You might get pricing idea by googlin' vector packs.

Hope that helps.

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Neil,

Yes, yes, yes! That was VERY helpful. "Illustrator brushes" was getting me nowhere but annoyed, but "vector packs" gave me a very good idea of what semi-comparable products are available, and how much they cost.

For instance, if a pack of 11 brush patterns is selling for $8.50, a set of 132 instant borders ought to go for $102.00, if there is no quantity discount—which is way more than I was ever considering charging.

Now, all I need to figure is where is the precise Vito Corleone point that makes the offer so tempting that few reasonable people would refuse it? $39.95, maybe? Too much? Could ask more?

Any votes? Anyone interested in taking the set out for a spin?

I can't help with your technical dilemmas, but I'd certainly take the brushes for a spin …

Oh, also, I think $50 to $80 wouldn't be unreasonable for this.

Joshua,

Thanks for your frank and honest—and extremely encouraging—opinion.

Drop a note to me at kipnick (at) msn (dot) com, and I will send you a complete set as soon as I have finished tweaking stuff to my satisfaction—which will probably be in a week or so, because I have an out-of-town wedding to attend on Wednesday, with travel time and details to be taken care of before and after.

P.S. I set the brushes up in Illustrator CS3 on a PC, which should make them cross-platform and forward-compatible. One thing I want to do is to fiddle around with how far backwards-compatible I can make them while still maintaining their functionality.

Glad to help. You might want to promo the goodness by offering up a free pack on Bittbox or the like to glean marketing responsiveness - relevant contest entrance comment of some sort.

Are the borders classified per era/design style?

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Neil,

Excellent suggestions. As it happens, I have built a pretty good relationship with a European publishing group by providing them with free stuff, which helps us both out. As luck would have it—or whoever is in charge of serendipity-doo—they are launching a NEW magazine which JUST SO HAPPENS to be directed at my target audience.

You see where this is going? Win-win-win: the magazine has a BRAND NEW product; I provide a free sample of my stuff; the magazine provides the info to the new subscribers on where to get more, and the incentive to buy is FREE; and, maybe, I offer a special discount code to REALLY sweeten the deal.

What else could go right? So far, everything. Or, at least, everything I am aware of. But, what the hey—if you're going to be surprised, the good surprises are the ones you want coming your way.

Serendipity-doo…

On another note: ANYONE have any experience with the subject of the post? I have a demo of the program, but it won't let me save the results; and, if I don't know if the changes will actually stick, all I MAY be accomplishing is screwing something up.

Good stuff, hopefully their online version will get a lot hits.

You might also consider putting them up on stock vector image sites.

n.