How to Price Resin Art and Launch a Side Business

Transforming your Resin Passion into Profit.

Numerous resin artists in UK begin crafting resin as an activity to rejuvenate, relax, explore color, and create beautiful, personalized gifts. However, when your friends are inquiring, Can I buy one? then maybe it is the time to make your resin hobby a little business.

It is a step-by-step guide to pricing your resin art, establishing your sales channels and developing a sustainable resin side hustle, with your favorite Epoxy Res-iT kits, pigments, and tools.

1. Before You Price, Know Your Real Costs.

Pricing is not merely that a person will pay a certain price. It is concerning how to meet your expenses and compensate yourself well in terms of time.

One can easily compute it by:

Materials:
Use all that you put in your work, resin, pigments, moulds, cups, gloves, sandpaper, and finishing compounds.

Tip: Track usage per project. As an example, you can have 10 coasters out of your 2L Epoxy Res-iT Pro Kit, then divide the cost of the resin by 10.

Time:
What is the time to mix, pour, cure, sand and finish? Your hobbies should not be undermined under any circumstances by other hobbyists either. Apply a modest hourly charge (£10-15/hour to start with).

Overheads:
Electricity (lamps/heaters), packaging, delivery materials, website costs and marketing costs (such as Etsy listing or social media advertising).

Example:
Assuming it takes you the equivalent of one pound of material, one pound of time and one pound of packaging, then your initial cost is 10 pounds.
With an addition of a 30-50 percent profit margin, you might sell it at a price of £13-15.

Pro Tip: Have a basic spreadsheet where you list these costs. After having your base price, it is not difficult to scale or change it to bigger ones such as trays or tables.

2. Know Your Market: What Are Your Competitors Charging?

Conduct a bit of a market research in the UK before listing your work:

• Shop Etsy UK, Instagram, and Folksy (coasters, trays, keychains).
• Record their prices, styles and packaging.
• Determine your art unique colours, patterns or finish quality.

When you work with high quality Epoxy Res-iT Pro Resin, you are sure that you are at a step higher than the sellers of the low quality resin that does not work well in the area of clarity or durability.

3. Tiers of Products: Design Choices to all Buyers.

Give different prices of the same type of the item. This is attractive to more customers:

This level of approach is the one that leads to a repetitive sales, a person that purchases a simple set can make a return to purchase a tailor-made premium gift in future.

4. Selling Sites: Resin Art Sale (UK)

Etsy UK:
Nevertheless, the handmade resin art still goes to it. Well priced, with a 6.5% fee. Pay attention to such SEO titles as Handmade Resin Coaster Set UK or Epoxy Jewellery Gift.

Instagram and TikTok:
Visual narration prevails. Display behind-the-scene video, resin pour videos, demoulding videos and polishing videos. Include hashtags, such as, EpoxyResinUK and ResinArtistUK. Link your shop in bio.

Craft Markets and Fairs:
Ideal for local exposure. Resin art is something that people would love to see, touch and feel. Always carry business cards with your Instagram account and brand name.

Your Personal Web Site (Epoxy Res-iT Products is Featured):
When you start gaining momentum, a Shopify or Wix gives your brand a professional appearance and retains all the revenue.

Hint: Natural light and plain background should be used. We have a guide on how to photograph resin art that will assist you in being perfect at it.

5. Laws of Selling resin art in the UK.

You must be in compliance: before you sell,

Labelling: It is important to include materials used. In case your work is decorative, place Not for food contact use.
Safety: Certified non-toxic or low-VOC products such as Epoxy Res-iT Pro Resin should be used.
Insurance: Public liability cover or product liability cover should be considered whenever selling at markets/ online.
Accounting: Receipts and sales records, sales including hobbies are taxable.

6. Packaging/Presentation: The Secret of Repeat Buyers.

Memorable brand is beautiful packaging.

• Recyclable boxes and tissue paper do not need a lot of persuasion.
• Include an appreciation note or care instructions (curing, cleaning, and polishing tips).
• In case of high price products, add a business card with your logo and Instagram account.

Bonus: The Resin Artist Starter Kit by Epoxy Res-iT might encompass suggested tools and pigments, as well as packaging materials, to streamline this step with artists.

7. The Brand Creation: The Importance of Storytelling.

Buyers do not merely buy resin art they purchase your storey. Share your creative journey:

• What was your initial pouring motivation?
• What do you use when selecting your pigments and colours?
• What is so special in your technique?

People love authenticity. It transforms one time shoppers into your disciples who market your products at no cost.

Hint: use hashtag EpyRes iT in your posts - we would be delighted to feature artist Spotlights and know UK makers using our products!

8. The 10 Pricing Fallacies (and the ways to prevent them).

Undercharging -Most creators simply charge resin and do not pay attention to time or overheads.
Solution: Never leave out labour costs and packaging costs.

Irregular pricing -Altering price too frequently disorients shoppers.
Solution: Establish size-, material-, or complexity-based ranges.

Neglecting the perception on the market – Low pricing will create an impression that your art is of low quality.
Solution: Price your work in proportion to your finish quality and skill (particularly when you work with high quality resin and pigments).

9. Growing Your Resin Company: Side Income to Brand.

As soon as you start to make regular sales:

• Buy in large quantities of resin kits in order to reduce the cost per unit.
• Bring in bespoke commissions (e.g. wedding coasters, brand keyrings).
• Collaborate with homeware shops or local boutiques.

When your volume increases, you may need to use specialised resins depending on your requirements such as deep pour, fast-cure or UV-resistant grade with Epoxy Res-iT.

10. Concluding Ideas: Your Creativity Commences at a Small Scale.

Depending on the right attitude and materials, a resin business can be as simple as making a sale of a single set of coasters to a friend and may well be expanded to a larger size.

Through learning to charge reasonably, look professional and market your art, you will not only be able to earn money but also get people to venture into their creativity.

And the stable nature of the Epoxy Res-iT resin, both in starter packs and high-end resin and pigments, you will have the means to make each pour your best.