Finding Digitizing Clients?

LNorton · #1 March 6th, 2007, 09:52 AM

I am currently looking to find 1-2 new digitizing clients. Currently attending college and have been digitizing for 3 years and have spent my entire life in the embroidery industry.

My main concern is that advertising may pull in too many clients to handle. More or less I am only looking to find about 5-10 more designs to do per week. My recent local searches have told me that most shops either have a digitizer that they prefer or digitize in house.

What are your opinions on how to find new digitizing clients? Any help is greatly appreciated.

EmbroideryDigitizing · #2 March 7th, 2007, 04:07 AM

Hi,

Finding clients is a big issue, and a bigger one is providing quailty support and service.
Id suggest you post a "digitizer available" thread.

LNorton · #3 March 8th, 2007, 01:28 PM

Thank you for the feedback embdigitizing. Currently I am breaking off from our embroidery shop with a digitizing only business. I am a one man shop, so getting too many clients would be worse than none at all. Providing only the best in quality is the name of the game! This is why I cannot compete with such low price digitizers such as yourself. $1.50 per 1000 wouldnt quite pay the bills!

Thanks a lot!

EmbroideryDigitizing · #4 March 9th, 2007, 10:46 PM

That is true LNorton, providing top quality services & support is the game. No use working if you cant provide that. The reason behing our prices being so low is that we are an off-shore company with highly skill professional staff. Our volume of business gives the profit which we directly offer to our clients. Prices so low are really not possible if we dont have good volume of work. More over the, professionals and support teams here are extremely happy with the salaries and commission we give them.

LNorton · #5 March 19th, 2007, 02:00 PM

Yea, working in the states by myself makes it tough to price that low. I have come up with a pricing strategy that seems to be the norm for businesses such as my own. I can't push out a hug volume like you guys, but am searching for lower volume shops that want designs that sew to perfection and dont break thread.

rox · #6 May 19th, 2007, 06:05 PM

With prices like $1/1000 stc. I don't think you'll have a problem with too many clients. Cheap Digitizing is one of the companies that have put us "small guys" out of business. They eat their young. The market use to be $10/1000 not too long ago. I have a few clients that still pay that because my work is worth that and more. I have used CheapD before and ended up re-digitizing most and editing the others. No trims........ No pull comp where needed....... and the list goes on. It apears they used an auto digitizing software program such as Corel Drawings. Works great for basic shapes with outlines but not worth the hastle.

rob21 · #7 June 1st, 2007, 07:17 AM

I have to be honest here. Having to charge such a low rate is really painful but to be able to survive, no other way unless to go with the flow. My price rate is very much much higher six months ago as I worship perfection in my works but it declines drasticly as too many competitors offer only low rate, low rate, and low rate.

I hope things will be better as many customers are paying more respect on quality.

Creative Digitizing · #8 July 5th, 2007, 08:55 PM

Most people do not shop to much for digi. so guys like chp.digi. use NAFTA type workers to fill larger orders. If your just looking for a few a week you may need to do a little ground work and in turn be able to charge a little more. One idea is to reduce the cost for more stc. drop so-much per 1000

EDSoldschool · #9 August 21st, 2008, 09:28 PM

We charge 12-15$ a 1000. and we dont even advertise. Our reputation and word of mouth does us good, also people tired of getting crud from newbes . run a design from someone with more than 10 years experience and you'll know the difference. You could try to get close to an embroidery machine salesman and see if they will throw a costomer your way.

Web Star · #10 August 26th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Get a web page is a good way to start. You'll get exactly what you are looking for: I want some clients but I don't want too many. (Tho it's kind of strange. Most people want as many as possible).

As long as you are good and can digitize fast, $1.5 or $2 / 1000 stitches still can bring in good money. We don't need to blame offshore digitizers for ruining the market price. If you cannot beat them, join them. I am in the states, I charge the offshore price but still making good profits.

http://www.webstar88.com

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