How To Price Your Custom Rugs

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[@Ninety5Shoots]

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[@fabulasglamorazdawn1]

That’s right don’t drop your prices someone will appreciate it and buy it

[@heidia.9602]

Your videos are very helpful and straight to the point! I love how confident and firm you are with your prices! Continue doing great work!

[@sarablandin5895]

Well ig I’m gonna have to tell you this since no one else is real enough too lol RAISE YOUR PRICES! These rugs take time! The most valuable thing & they’re 🔥🔥 your cheating yourself, get that bag cause they’re definitely worth it 💪🏽 keep going

[@wandakowalski7063]

Great information. There is a tendency for artisans to under price their work. You have to consider that your time is valuable: designing, the gas for your car, ordering materials and the time to create the project from start to finish should be all in the final price. Your target market is people who want something unique and recognize the value of that uniqueness and quality. The trick is to find that target market. Your stuff, while not to my taste, is really, really nice. Good luck and thanks for taking the time to share!

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Damn...Did i talk fast? lol Also give me more ideas for videos you guys want me to do. :) THNX

[@prinawoods1668]

Can you do a vid on how to make a rug and we're to get the materials?

[@RelaxingSoundsNow]

How to sell them... 😅😊

[@-AT-WALKER]

Make a "rainbow galaxy rug" include those words plus all your materials in the YT tags... Oh and use elmers glue for something so that's a valid tag also😉 Basically it's a suggestion to boost your views using highly searched, trending words... plus the thumbnail of a rainbow galaxy (whatever that'd look like) should be an attention grabber! Nice work man, stay safe👍

[@ElGranBosco]

I have a question. Maybe not enough for a video but... How much yarn per m² do you spend?

[@maddychavez1754]

How do you wash the rug or suggest washing the rug if it needs to be cleaned?

[@kenjames4769]

Great info!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Look forward to more of your vids!!

[@masonroyal328]

How do you not have more views/subs? I watched a couple vids and assumed you had at least 100k Subscribers, keep up the good work!

[@Ninety5Shoots]

I wish I wish I did. Lol hopefully one day lol I just have to be consistent tbh

[@ImaniRebecca]

Can we have a video of the different materials, where you order them from, and an example of them compared to eachother

[@AnitaAsani]

Would it make sense to take a mathematical approach to it? Like say for time, I add a certain amount per hour I spend on the rug depending on size...and also by running a small experiment determine the amount of yarn it would take for a certain fixed size, like a 1ft rug and use that in purchasing materials? Then add a certain fee for commissioned pieces? Can this method work?

[@fightvale57]

You are completely right. Make sure you place the value and have people meet it. The way value works is you have to set it because people will naturally try and low ball you. The right person will pay you what you're worth but you've got to tell them what the worth it. You do good work,I just wanted you to reinforce that you're totally right. This is the attitude of a successful person. You're talented.

[@lorettaslockbower5482]

This is fantastic advice for ALL artists 😀

[@tangoassasin]

thanks for the advice and I agree on holding off and accept your worth! that Space Jam rug is meaaaaan!!!! so is that LAxWL logo! great work!

[@bonnys3015]

Where do you get the designs? Are they self-drawn or projected and sketched? 175 is cheap for your space jam, btw.

[@bajap7406]

Ok this is great, now a video on how you ship your rugs

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

I've been an artist of different materials almost all my life. It's always been hard to get what my things are really worth. Common folk can't afford it and like you said the right person hasn't seen it yet.

[@bruvamarr8114]

i like the dennis rodman rug. Im in the process of buying all the supplies to get started also. im located in long beach and i look forward to purchasing some products soon.

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Good luck! It’s super exciting when you first start!

[@andrewgutierrez3778]

Stone cold rug 🥶🔥 that’s shit hard af

[@ashokadhikary2878]

How do we wash the tufting rugs?? Do you have any video suggestions for those kind rug washing?? What about back side of the rug issue while washing??

[@AFTERDEATHX]

Appreciate all ur tufting videos bro I hit that sub. Inspiring to make me start a YT lol

[@fabulasglamorazdawn1]

How many things of white did you use. I want to make a big rug So I’m wondering how many yarns I need

[@nottoogudandy5448]

loving the lord quas in the background

[@fabulasglamorazdawn1]

Also is it hard to get the yarn to stay still when making the rugs

[@SwagkiddTaylor89]

@Ninety5Shoots I have a question, on average how long does it take you to finish 1 custom rug?

[@technofeeliak]

Great work. Very impressive.

[@happyviewerviewinghappy7559]

Your start to finish times, is that just the tufting part?? or did you mean entire process from drawing on cloth to end and ready to sell as fully completed with glue, backing, trimming etc done.

[@angelrose1714]

Just an FYI for other people doing different things and don't know this info can be used for whatever you are doing...I use the same methods for when I sell my 5d diamond art

[@Army_Of_Juan]

A video on how to know how much yarn you need to make an art ?

[@leionaburke9638]

What about copy right of the images?? Do you consider that? Really interested in starting something like this but afraid about appropriating the art

[@if3181]

Hey, thanks for your video. Do you have any problems with trademark?

[@Hrackoe]

Be careful doing rugs that are from copy written material brotha. My mom does embroidery and the creators of a Nickelodeon show threatened to sue her because of a dress she made with their character on it. Keep up the amazing work though man!!

[@nyiwilson3899]

Can’t u charge for only the time spent on making it not the design

[@aaronnilestoussaint5672]

that what I was wondering as well how do small rug people not get copy right

[@Danilo8208SS]

@@nyiwilson3899 no you’re still making money off of someone else’s art/brand etc

[@HuPuAtelier]

You absolutely cannot profit from any copyrighted material. It is a legal matter, not to mention that it is entirely unethical. Strictly speaking, you cannot publicly disseminate other's intellectual property or any work derivative from it so even posting online can trigger legal action.

[@susciety]

When they send you a cease and desist, you make a rug of the letter.

[@doreendiane5681]

Can you make a video about how do you set so much detail in a design...🤞🏽

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Yeah of course! If you can go a little more in detail on what you would want me to cover i can do a video. :)

[@doreendiane5681]

@@Ninety5Shoots I really like how you put great detail to the Dennis Rodman rug and the skeleton stone cold rug, how do you do it? How do you use the gun to fill the small spots? what is it that you do that turns out so cool and detailed?

[@ericcash7797]

Great content .... I how do I get in contact with you G?

[@annieacul5475]

Hey, one question. How does it work with using copyrighted logos and such. I have some really cool ideas from movies or logos but i don't want to get sued for selling rugs. Any help?

[@damiancampoz4493]

Are you worried about copyright infringement laws? But copying logos and then profiting from them would that be a problem? I want to start but I don't want to run into these issues have you looked into that?

[@ilana_____]

hi! what company do you purchase bulk monks cloth from? i'm in mexico and it's really hard to come by so i would love to just buy in bulk for all my commissions xx

[@ramzzz_z6755]

i get mine from fabicland idk if you guys have it in Mexico but they sell 1m x 1m for like 31$ in cananda

[@acaciabury1706]

You should link where you got your monks cloth

[@sophiahylton4157]

I’ve heard you can use burlap as an alternative for monks cloth, that it works the same

[@danialhowe9814]

ive considered that myself - if you can find a tight weave of it. for anyone reading this try contacting a fabric supply wholesaler ( ask an upholstery shop they will tell you whos out there in your area ) - my guess is you'll pay at least 40% less than what it costs on amazon or ebay

[@manlymcstud8588]

@@danialhowe9814 one guy on YT uses jute burlap from joann's. another tufter says you don't want a super tight weave as it's just harder to work with.

[@HYPRdream]

Can you do a video on trimming and overall finishing the rug (what kind of backing ,etc) thanks 😊

[@Safehaven444]

Yes that would be perfect !!

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Im not 100% sure what you mean but "trimming"? Trimming the edges or trimming the yarn? I have a video up where i do my whole process. check it out and let me know if that video helped or i can possibly create a new vid.

[@HYPRdream]

@@Ninety5Shoots trimming the edges and cleaning it up , so overall Deatailing on finishing after you’ve tufted it. I’ve seen your other vids tho

[@frmdastash]

I would def pay any price you ask3d . Amazing talent.

[@eserob5864]

Ei man you recomend a 2-1 machine gun ?

[@pressureflipin1992]

Damn I was just thinking about this!

[@veronicanoble8118]

Where do u buy the rugs to design with?

[@luca91590]

i agry with all your pojnts exept the last one "popularity". I mean i kinda understand the reason that because there will be more people interested, you can put a higher price because you kinda know that it will sells anyway (if i understood well, i'm french so maybe i'm missing a point) but for me the last point should be creativity instead of popularity. If you just recreate a design that already exist (like the space jam logo) you basically just do an industrial work, there's no creativity, no singularity, so for me it should be even cheaper. But if you do something really personal, your style, something which doesn't exist anywhere else, for me this should be a point that increase the price, because there's singularity, and also because you took time to create the singular design

[@hancockschannel]

How do you ship your rugs?

[@matthewcisneros8256]

What company do you buy tufting cloth from?

[@beefknuckles]

Damn that Stone Cold rug is... stone cold. Too sick

[@PawPawKellum]

By "Popular", does he mean copyrighted/owned by someone else? Are those even legal to sell?

[@eo4767]

Can you do a video on how much yarn I need to buy

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Just uploaded a video on where i buy it and how much i usually get. Long story short i never know but i just buy about 4 ball of yarn to start off. Thats a good video idea ill will create that video soon!

[@Hackdaddy81]

Have you had any issues making and selling copyrighted design like different logos you are doing??

[@artanddesign8561]

ya good question.

[@manlymcstud8588]

when you sell a very few things and are way off the radar, i wonder if it's worth a legal department's time even to send a cease and desist. sell them consistently and in blatant ways, then maybe you'd get one eventually, but even then a lot of ppl get away with it.

[@ljs0095]

Do we need copyright licenses for selling anime rugs or something which may cause copyright infringement?

[@treysajeski9055]

Is youre rug gun automatic or do you have to manually tuft it?

[@manlymcstud8588]

they're power tools. you're likely to want to get a hand punch for small hard to do areas.

[@carlitosaleman4199]

Bro do you know by any chance how they add so much detail to the custom rugs for example the 100$ dollar bill custom rug

[@carlitosaleman4199]

@UCWxAeu58314kM1mjOFxv5XQ it looks almost printed it has too much little details 🤔

[@Ninety5Shoots]

I'm not too sure what rug you're referring too if you can show me a @ i can see what you are talking about.

[@carlitosaleman4199]

@@Ninety5Shoots not sure if you have seen the 100$ bill rugs

[@brittneyesser9479]

Where did you get the monk's cloth?

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Amazon and tufting gun. com

[@ElGranBosco]

@@Ninety5Shoots do you prefer monk cloth or tufting cloth? What's better?

[@ethansilva4973]

can anyone tell if he uses a cut or loop pile gun

[@andrewford7185]

So I did the math for everything I would have to buy and my total is around 560 but it can be lower or higher I’m jus in the decision to c how much I would need to sell prolly 40+ so it would take 6 rugs to make ur money back and continue to make profit plus using money to buy yarn plus fabric a couple times a month

[@andrewford7185]

Wait I jus watched this and he said thst space jam he would sale for 400 so now I’m rethinking lol I thought the margin would b 70 lol

[@badluckkid999]

Yo so say if I see a graphic and want to make it into a rug, is it safe to make it and price it or shut I hit up the creator?

[@badluckkid999]

And if I do have to pay for the graphic which is usually $200 do I include it in the price of the rug?

[@jasonsharpbucks]

@@badluckkid999 that's the legal way to do it

[@josuetrejos2146]

Not me watching how to price the rugs I don’t even make 😅😅

[@44cephlopods]

planned attack in the backround makes it 10 time better

[@affectionizm]

Planned Attack 😌

[@drippymenace7379]

When making customs do u need to get copyrighted?

[@drippymenace7379]

If ur making a cartoon for example

[@tiggercampbell6198]

I heard you can use like a potato sacking material?

[@user-kc1pz3dv7n]

A vid on how to do a detailed rug like the sza album cover or the weekend and show how to project it I’ve been tryna find a vid but there isn’t and they don’t show how they find the shadows and highlights of their face also how to promote

[@Ninety5Shoots]

i have a video up where i show my process let me know if that video helps if not lmk how i can create a more detailed one!

[@user-kc1pz3dv7n]

@@Ninety5Shoots It was helpful but If you can do a video doing more detailed like a face I’ve seen someone do it on TikTok you can see their vid the @ is moscarmakes. They did a SZA rug and I wanted to see how it was projected if you can do that:)

[@user-kc1pz3dv7n]

@@Ninety5Shoots like where they put the lightest and darkest parts of you can show how to get the image and find the key points idk if they use photoshop or what just been wanting to do a detailed rug

[@JD-lh4kb]

Do you get permission to sell trademarked logos etc. like Spacejam or lets say you get an order for a sports team logo?

[@manlymcstud8588]

short answer, no. long answer, no. lol. unless you have a license to manufacture this stuff it's IP infringement, and you won't get a license unless you meet their criteria and can afford the license. they're just not going to sell you a license for a couple of pieces to a guy working out of a spare bedroom even if you could afford it. unless you're able to mass-produce and have retail relationships with large chains they really have no incentive to waste their time. there may be exceptions where a really small company might own the copyright to some ancient property and the market is so niche that 200 units would be considered a success, but even then they're not likely to give permission to some schmuck who doesn't even have a vendors license piddling away in his spare bedroom.

[@Geteozaawimakwa]

Are you worried about copy right infringement?

[@dalewooten939]

So the things you mentioned are pretty straightforward. But you really didn't mention HOW to price them. You also didn't mention the price of licensing for the Lakers and Disney brands you showed, or lawyer fees you'll need to back you in f you don't have a license for those "popular" products. So for products, how do you figure in the price? 2x-3x the cost? Did you figure cost of your tools? You should figure in a cost of use, so you can replace the gun when it needs replaced. Or the oil for cleaning, the air gun for cleaning, vacuum etc...all those need figured into it. Also design time IF you have an original idea, set up etc... This is what I taught our kids at photography school...all the big and small details must be figured in.

[@Chainedtolifemedia]

how does the copy right for that brand work? can you still sell it?

[@manlymcstud8588]

lol, it's straight up copyright/IP infringement. there's no possible way you'd get a license for a few one-offs even if you could afford it. the stuff you would typically license is owned by a larger company with a licensing department, or maybe a licensing agency.

[@papatacojr2332]

Yo homie how u wash that shit when there’s dirt and grease I bet if u trow that shit in the washer it will come apart lol 😂

[@Ninety5Shoots]

Ay PapaTaco probably other peoples but i use latex glue if you know what that is you know that shit aint coming off for nothin.

[@manlymcstud8588]

@@Ninety5Shoots i have some bath mats with a latex back. they're pretty old, but the latex does eventually flake off after a *lot* of washes in regular wash cycles with no special care at all. that latex is pretty good quality, i understand, but if you can afford it and don't mind the smell then that should be one of your selling points for sure. it's a good topic to discuss. i've read conflicting statements about dry cleaning acrylic, so it's just best to ask the cleaners themselves. there are plenty of advice pieces on how to clean acrylic clothing which should be applicable to rugs, too. just tossing it in the washing machine... uh, no. i mean, duh. :)

[@tufftuffrugz5330]

What about copyrighted graphics that people tuft and sell

[@MR-gk2ed]

im trying to fine some one to make me a small rug

[@RocketNera]

I price based on size alone $55 per square ft

[@Giogiogio4]

By materials from Alibaba

[@ElGranBosco]

You speak really fast! 😅😅😅

[@Ninety5Shoots]

I noticed im getting better tho. lolol

[@JR-bg4ou]

What is your IG

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