Well documented and interesting. Thanks for taking the time to do that. I do have to add my 2 cents since I was a tax prepper. If you move that $140 to a marketing expense, you have to show it as income on the other side. But who cares, it probably won't get found anyway. Sometimes taxes are so complex I just say, well if they find it they are better than me and I would welcome the correction.
Thanks! Yeah I didnt want that part to come out in an "accounting speak" way but I guess its tax season and its on the brain haha. I more so meant I categorize it that way in my head and make sure everything is legit with my accountant.
Your openness and business advice, as well as your content are the reasons why I look forward to your videos. I will definitely be doing a one on one with you soon before I open an Etsy shop and dip my toes into an e-business. Thanks.
850 unread messages has me STRESSED lol love that you kept your quote to your needs and didnt upcharge just because there was a bid gap between yours and the other company.
HAHA yeah there are so many messages I just gave up on and havent deleted. The other quote was astronomical. It must have been an "I dont want to do this" quote.
Interesting and informative. Honestly, either quote seemed fair for the amount of work/material you put in but the reduction for delay and possible marketing was smart.
Great video! At least I know I am doing it right. Been doing that exact same process for years I did a large order for a movie and they had 70 Auto-CAD files to make a set that was in the movie for 4 minutes. Job cost them $800. My hourly charge is $100 and of course that goes up too when I don't want to do it. Great tip on the documenting as a Case Study. Great work! I learn something from all your videos and I've been laser engraving for 10+ years.
Thats awesome to hear I love seeing what other project types people are doing. You could make lots of good content around movie set stuff Im jealous. Ive never tackled 70 files at once thats wild!
It was the movie "Oblivion" with Tom Cruise. It was shot on a sound stage near New Orleans.Near the end of the film there was a set for a Space Shuttle. Every button, dial, lever was laser cut. Again, took a week of cutting, for probably less than 4 minutes of screen time.
Great content...Lost leaders are a great way to build clientele and demonstrate great customer support. Keep the content coming...and just a side note...Go Braves!!!
Thanks for showing the process, Justin. I found this video super informative and I liked the "behind the scenes" look into your laser business' daily operations.
Justin I have a new etsy business. Can you explain the process you used for picking your shipping? I saw you were able to find the best price, was that an app? A website? Looks pretty efficient.
Hey Justin - sorry if I missed it in one of your videos, but do you happen to have a go-to recommendation for a laser-safe leather supplier? Just curious, I'm thinking about experimenting with leather projects and I remembered that you have a background in leatherwork. Thanks either way!
Working with an undimensioned PDF and not an actual print sounds like a customer nightmare to me. I'd have to go back and forth making sure that's what they were actually intending the product to be like
Justin, excellent walkthrough video!! 🤯 For the quote…how did you estimate that, or did you say it would be added to the production piece once weighed? The PDF with the watermarks…I am going to presume that those were protected in the PDF. Were you able to remove them easily in AI or was the a process? Great marketing approach!
Thanks! Do you mean the shipping estimate? For removing watermarks it really depends on who made the file. Some makers will lock them down with passwords, or, rasterize the vectors so I cant pull out the shapes to edit. In those cases I usually say I cant complete the job unless they can acquire the vector files. However a lot of the file designers actually leave the PDF's editable.
@@justinlaser thanks for the quick response. Yes, I did mean the shipping portion of the quote. I believe I would have weighted the number of sheets anticipated, and was wandering about your approach.
Im looking at upgrading my small diode laser to a Co2, any recommendation for bed size? currently have a 500x300. i feel its too small, have you found that your current bed (not sure what size it is) is limited? any any brands you can swear by or ones to avoid? love your vids btw. great info
$30 to ship to west coast Canada from the US east coast?!?! There is something seriously wrong with Canada……. If I tried to ship that it would be astronomical and I LIVE in east coast Canada 😂
Well documented and interesting. Thanks for taking the time to do that. I do have to add my 2 cents since I was a tax prepper. If you move that $140 to a marketing expense, you have to show it as income on the other side. But who cares, it probably won't get found anyway. Sometimes taxes are so complex I just say, well if they find it they are better than me and I would welcome the correction.
Thanks! Yeah I didnt want that part to come out in an "accounting speak" way but I guess its tax season and its on the brain haha. I more so meant I categorize it that way in my head and make sure everything is legit with my accountant.
Thanks for the shoutout and great video, Justin! It's an honor to be your go-to plastic supplier!
Your openness and business advice, as well as your content are the reasons why I look forward to your videos. I will definitely be doing a one on one with you soon before I open an Etsy shop and dip my toes into an e-business. Thanks.
Appreciate the kind words thank for watching!
850 unread messages has me STRESSED lol love that you kept your quote to your needs and didnt upcharge just because there was a bid gap between yours and the other company.
HAHA yeah there are so many messages I just gave up on and havent deleted. The other quote was astronomical. It must have been an "I dont want to do this" quote.
Interesting and informative. Honestly, either quote seemed fair for the amount of work/material you put in but the reduction for delay and possible marketing was smart.
Great video! At least I know I am doing it right. Been doing that exact same process for years I did a large order for a movie and they had 70 Auto-CAD files to make a set that was in the movie for 4 minutes. Job cost them $800. My hourly charge is $100 and of course that goes up too when I don't want to do it. Great tip on the documenting as a Case Study. Great work! I learn something from all your videos and I've been laser engraving for 10+ years.
Thats awesome to hear I love seeing what other project types people are doing. You could make lots of good content around movie set stuff Im jealous. Ive never tackled 70 files at once thats wild!
It was the movie "Oblivion" with Tom Cruise. It was shot on a sound stage near New Orleans.Near the end of the film there was a set for a Space Shuttle. Every button, dial, lever was laser cut. Again, took a week of cutting, for probably less than 4 minutes of screen time.
Well Business minded person, motivates me to see the business in a different angle. Thank you
Great content...Lost leaders are a great way to build clientele and demonstrate great customer support. Keep the content coming...and just a side note...Go Braves!!!
Thanks for watching! Braves looking good so far. the Phillies on the early struggle bus as usual.
Thanks for showing the process, Justin. I found this video super informative and I liked the "behind the scenes" look into your laser business' daily operations.
Lots of good insight into your process. Thank you and the customer!
Appreciate it!
Great video! Love the way that you explained everything on how and why you did what you did.. Thank you very much for your insight and information..
Thanks for watching my friend much appreciated!
Justin I have a new etsy business. Can you explain the process you used for picking your shipping? I saw you were able to find the best price, was that an app? A website? Looks pretty efficient.
Good stuff man thanks for the documentation of the job
Appreciate it thanks for watching!
Great video
Thank you appreciate you watching.
I live in Vancouver Canada and we cannot compete with that pricing because our costs here are way higher. You just made another Canadian homeless.
The price the local business quoted him at was close to 9 times more expensive and Im not joking.
Yeah, maybe they didnt want to do it or it seemed more complicated, you gave a really good price, was it in US funds?@@justinlaser
Nice workflow. Great content as always
Hey Justin - sorry if I missed it in one of your videos, but do you happen to have a go-to recommendation for a laser-safe leather supplier? Just curious, I'm thinking about experimenting with leather projects and I remembered that you have a background in leatherwork. Thanks either way!
Working with an undimensioned PDF and not an actual print sounds like a customer nightmare to me. I'd have to go back and forth making sure that's what they were actually intending the product to be like
Thx.. nice work!
Thank you!
I am interested to see complete armour's! I hope youtube watchers will get this chance :)
Me too! I assume they take a long time to make but Im not sure I havent done it before.
Justin, excellent walkthrough video!! 🤯
For the quote…how did you estimate that, or did you say it would be added to the production piece once weighed?
The PDF with the watermarks…I am going to presume that those were protected in the PDF. Were you able to remove them easily in AI or was the a process?
Great marketing approach!
Thanks! Do you mean the shipping estimate? For removing watermarks it really depends on who made the file. Some makers will lock them down with passwords, or, rasterize the vectors so I cant pull out the shapes to edit. In those cases I usually say I cant complete the job unless they can acquire the vector files. However a lot of the file designers actually leave the PDF's editable.
@@justinlaser thanks for the quick response. Yes, I did mean the shipping portion of the quote. I believe I would have weighted the number of sheets anticipated, and was wandering about your approach.
This was an awesome video. Incredibly informative. I would love to have you as my mentor. Let me know if that's something you're interested in
Im looking at upgrading my small diode laser to a Co2, any recommendation for bed size?
currently have a 500x300. i feel its too small, have you found that your current bed (not sure what size it is) is limited? any any brands you can swear by or ones to avoid?
love your vids btw. great info
But you chose not to include the pictures of the armour at the end ...? Hmm.
I just sent the order out. Probably hasnt even gotten to BC Canada yet.
$30 to ship to west coast Canada from the US east coast?!?! There is something seriously wrong with Canada……. If I tried to ship that it would be astronomical and I LIVE in east coast Canada 😂
HAHA I have no idea how I got that rate I was expecting near $100.
dude thats way to cheap