Website made using only Xara Web Designer, and no other graphics or software tools. Why We Have a Minimum Charge Our shop minimum is $35. There has only been a few times a customer has expressed displeasure at this minimum feeling that the product they ordered should cost less than $35. Understood. When one considers a couple of small stickers they need shouldn't be more than $10 or $12 then to be told the minimum charge is $35 it seems like a rip off. Below is a list of the steps involved in making even a couple of small stickers. We're not complaining about the amount of work because we love to do it and it's a huge reward to make a customer happy with the outcome of his project. So though we're not complaining we are pointing out that there is a lot of work and time in even the smallest of jobs. Lets take an example of a small job consisting of two 6" diameter stickers for which a customer  has a file of his own artwork so we're not involving time in creating the design. All we've got to do is print it and cut out the two circles.  Easy peezy, right? Starting with the moment a customer walks in ... • We take the order which involves a conversation of 10 to 20 minutes • Receive the customer's file on CD, a flash drive or through email • Open the file and make sure it is ok to print • Most often we must adjust the file so it will print properly • Add cut lines for the plotter to cut out the two circles • Check color profile and possibly convert before sending it to the printer • Fill out a work order for our guys so they know what to do with the job and when to do it • Make a file that is compatible with our equipment • Send the job to the rip computer (which controls the printer) • Load correct material into the printer for that particular job • Rip the file which consists of adjusting settings for that particular job • Print the file • Have the finished print sit somewhere overnight to dry before we can laminate it • Unload the material that was used • There is wasted material making before and after the print which is typical • Laminate the print after it is dry • There is wasted laminate material ahead of and behind the print to get it through the machine. The smaller the piece the more perecentage of waste. • There is time to reload and setup the printed/laminated sheet into the plotter • Open the file on the computer and then set up and send it to the plotter to cut the file • Unload the job after it is finished • Weed away the waste from around the print • Trim by hand if necessary • Update the work order • Calling or emailing to say that it is ready • Write up the invoice • Meeting and bs'ing with customer when they pick it up • Explain how to apply the sticker to the customer • Collecting cash and or running a credit card, • Paying credit card fees • Giving them a paid receipt • Depositing their payment into the bank • And paying taxes on it A pretty nice list of stuff to keep a guy busy for $35.