How much money should I charge for mods? I don’t mean to be greedy but silicone, sandpaper, and paint cost money. Also it takes up my time. At my school I do mods and diagnostics for yoyos. so far I’ve fixed 2 yoyos and modded 2. Both mods included removing sharpie :-\ and one was the whole package. so i’m asking for the yoyo communitie’s advice on the following things.
Paint removal.
siliconing
silicone recessing
Painting
sanding
bearing cleaning
and
strings
I will make the first mod free and diagnostics are free. (when i say that I mean fixing it without major surgery.)
Charge what you like and adjust from there. If people don’t like your prices they will tell you.
Maybe start like this:
5$ for first mod job. Whether it’s painting, sanding, whatever.
2$ For any additional job on the same yoyo.
4$ for return shipping. It won’t cover the whole cost of shipping priority, but it’ll come close, and it’s pretty fair.
I might charge a bit more for recesses though. That’s a dangerous mod and you may want to build up funds in case you botch a yoyo. That way you can pay them back.