Varying Pricing on Product

Besides the obvious “people build in different amounts of profit in their pricing,” how much inventory the seller is able to purchase and store in their business. It costs less to order 1000 units than 100 units when ordering from a manufacturer. That purchase price difference is then reflected in the seller’s asking price for the units they purchased.

Cheap - smaller, poorer quality materials, or people who aren't paying themselves.

Higher end - different market, bigger pieces, higher quality, or paying themselves more.

Mid-range prices are probably more accurate with less profit margin.

Compare the products and how they are made.

I’m a member of some Cricut and Silhouette FB Groups. The yard dice first started getting really popular a couple of years ago. The quickest and easiest way to make them was to cut up inexpensive wood posts, stain or paint and apply vinyl ‘dots’ (aka pips) cut on the machines. Many people bought plastic buckets from Lowes or Home Depot and sold everything as a set.

The last several years, I noticed the dice making process has somewhat matured. Makers are now using more expensive wood, sanding the wood for a nicer finish, rounding the edges of each device so they roll better and have a nicer appearance, etc. Also, few people use the vinyl anymore. Instead, they make stencils and paint the pips on or many now use wood working tools such as routers to carve out the pips on all sides, then painting.

The highest priced sets are often sold in large buckets that have been personalized with the family’s name or some personalized saying or phrase. One of the most common things I see posted about making the yard dice is the fact that they are very labor intensive and are now mass marketed and readily available in stores such as Walmart.

The new hot item this season seems to be using the white buckets and making personalized lighted camping/lake buckets to use outdoors in the evening. They’re really cute.