How Much Should Embroidery Digitizing Cost?

While digitizing your embroidery designs, you may have to deal with the problem of pricing and turnaround time. You may also be running into issues with your customers while working on orders like: how long should it take, when will I get my embroidered goods? We believe there’s a way to solve these issues and we’re here to help you out!

Embroidery digitizing pricing:

Some quote the price of digitizing embroidery art and calculate the price based on the number of stitches. You can use software such as Wilcon to digitize the artwork by the number of stitches and quote a price.

But digitizing by the number of stitches is not a good way to set prices. A simple design with 5,000 needles takes much less time than a complex design with the same number of needles. Therefore, you must estimate carefully by looking at designs that require some experience.

If you have a flat rate, the price of your bust, hat and full back logo will be:

Left breast and hat: $25.00

Jacket back: $65.00

Stock letters: $4.00

Some embroidery digitizing services charge a flat rate per 1,000 stitches. Most digitizers charge between $7 and $20 per thousand stitches. The exact price depends on how long it takes to digitize the artwork based on its complexity.

The digitalization services involved 3D puff design, custom embroidery patches, applique embroidery digitization, left breastplate digitization, jacket backs and hat and hat patches.If the splice file contains a lot of detail, it will cost more, and vice versa.

2. Turnaround time:

Total turnaround time, which means receiving the order, editing the printed document, generating the digitized stitch file, embroidery and final retouching until delivery, takes an average of 24 hours per order.

Digitizing custom embroidery patterns requires a little expertise. It involves many steps, such as specifying stitch number, stitch direction, setting embroidery thread color, setting embroidery size, etc.

In addition, if you use modern embroidery digitization software, such as Hatch Embroidery, Wilcom es4.5, Embrillance, etc., it becomes affordable, reliable, and takes less time to digitize the artwork to create accurate stitch files.

3. Is the discount for the combination design order reasonable?

Suppose you receive orders for multiple embroidery prints, such as plaid and hat logos, full back and hat logos, and so on. As a result, we have unique pricing for each logo category. Therefore, should you charge a discounted price for such combination print orders?

Most digitizers will not discount further even if they receive a combination order. If your prices are reasonable and you provide quality work, then you should not hurt your profits.

4. What if the customer is not satisfied with your work:

In some cases, customers may be unhappy with an embroidery print and want the logo redone or reprinted. Should you charge them extra?

You may charge an additional fee when a client submits a faulty artwork. However, if you find a fault in the digitalized stitch file generated by the store, you must correct it free of charge when the customer returns with the fault. Even a year later.

This business attitude is essential to gain the trust between customers, thereby gaining brand reputation and repeat customers over the years.

5. Digitize embroidery documents to customers:

Should a digital stitch file be given to the client if requested? The answer is that if you charge separately for producing the digitized file, then you can provide it to your customers. However, if you don't charge, you can create the order and write all the terms and conditions.

The safer side is to keep your digitized files secret, as your competitors may copy your quality and work standards.

Most digitizers will not discount further even if they receive a combination order. If your prices are reasonable and you provide quality work, then you should not hurt your profits.