The Real Numbers for Starting a Custom Framing Business: $57 in Materials to a $255 Frame
Custom framing turns $57 of materials into a $255 job because you're selling the difference between a folded flag in a box and a folded flag on the wall. This plan covers the full equipment buy list (a used kit runs about $6,000), the chops-not-lengths inventory strategy that keeps $8,000 from turning into wood you'll never use, and the shadow-box and military-memorabilia niche where markups run up to 500 percent.
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Built From Real Numbers
Built from real published figures: a working framer's full used kit — 48-inch mat cutter, wall cutter, dry mount press, underpinner, miter saw — runs about $6,000, and the pricing formula is (materials + labor) × 2 to 3, never a percentage of materials alone.
Walks through the customer-property intake process (photograph, condition report, both signatures), the bailee's insurance endorsement most general liability policies exclude, and the exact glazing upsell script that turns a $22.50 clear-acrylic job into $27.30 of nearly all margin.
What's Inside
- Frame Job Pricing Calculator — custom-job worksheet
- Customer Property Intake — condition and custody record
- Inventory Reorder Log — cash-control tool
- Remake Tracker — quality-improvement tool
- Equipment buy list with new and used price ranges
- Glazing comparison table: standard glass through museum acrylic
- Shadow-box and military-memorabilia specialty build guide
