Will a skinner ever be hired to make a skin for one person?
Saturday, September 13, 2003 by joetheblow | Discussion: Skinning
I have sen many thread asking for one skin or another with this shape or that and it crossed my mind that maybe someone would pay for a personal skin.
I don't see it happening now or anytime soon for that matter but there are possibilities.
What does evryone have to say about this?
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Reply #2 Saturday, September 13, 2003 8:56 AM
We opened a dialog with the person, to find out their needs, but rather unsurprisingly, when they got a price quote, they decided not to go for it. (Although we had already pretty much realised the person wanted it done for next to nothing anyway >
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Reply #3 Saturday, September 13, 2003 9:17 AM
In my experience, a person asking to have a skin made just for themselves is only willing to pay what a single skin is worth to them. That's somewhere in the $5 to $20 range. When a company commissions a skin to use in their application, or to promote their product, they are willing to pay waaaaaay more. That's because, for them, the skin adds value to their product and increases brand recognition.
For me, the skin author, it takes the same amount of time to make a skin, regardless of who it is for. So do I want to spend all that time and effort to earn $10, or do I want spend the same amount of time and effort to earn waaaaaay more? It's pretty much a no brainer.
If I didn't have any commercial work to do, and had some spare time on my hands, I might consider it. But I'd probably just tell them to keep their 10 bucks. More likely though, I'd rather just make a skin in my free time that I want to use and share on WC. Or, I could develop a whole suite of skins and sell it for $10. That works because lots of people will pay $10 for it, rather than just one person.
Basically, I doubt a single person commissioning a skin for personal use from an established skinner or studio would ever happen unless they were willing to pay a rediculous amount of money that was on par with corporate clients. Also, most of the individual requests are for skins related to copyrighted material that doesn't belong to the person requesting it. Corporate clients don't have that problem because they hold the copyright on the subject matter.
Reply #4 Saturday, September 13, 2003 10:15 AM
I guess it would be almost impossible to have someone commission a personal skin.
Me personally I would pay 50 to 100 dollars for a personal skin (one major app that is) for my private use. But I am a skin freak so maybe I don't count.
How about this:
Make a bunch of skin cuts pre-made so all a skinner or company has to do is put parts together and DONE! Masterpiece. Sort of like mass production with a personalized touch.
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Reply #7 Saturday, September 13, 2003 10:54 AM
its not for public distribution but for +- 20 people
Reply #8 Saturday, September 13, 2003 10:57 AM
true, when selling a skin not for public distribution, but for a 'limited' number of people they mostly pay around $10 for each extra person.
Reply #9 Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:44 AM
I had something to say and I forgot it. I'll remeber in the morning.
Good night.
Reply #10 Monday, September 15, 2003 5:39 AM
Depending on how many part the individual wants to change the cost goes up.
So if I wanted Colony in a different color and smaller window borders I go to skinplant and get my new skin for private use (free public downloads cost more)
If I want the whole colony suite redone in my likeness it too would be easier than doing a whole new suite.
What do you think???
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Reply #13 Monday, September 15, 2003 7:38 AM
What Jafo said.
And on top of that, I hate updating or reworking my old skins. Once I'm done with them, I prefer to just move on. Whenever I look back at them I see all the flaws and wish I'd done things differently. Then I start making changes to the skin, realize it's becoming vastly different than the original, scrap my update, and just start a new project alltogether. But that's just me. 
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Reply #18 Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:53 AM
That turning out different thing could be annoying... expecially if the person just want a color redo and a few more buttons
just a thought...
Reply #19 Sunday, September 21, 2003 9:45 PM
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 13, 2003 8:51 AM