You're correct. Scroll saw art is before all a hobby, and usually, it's good to keep hobbies as cheap as possible! That's the very reason I target primarily scrollers doing it professionally, but I also let it open to regular scrollers so they can enjoy the "pro" low prices.
My customers would rather spend a couple dollars to spend 100% of their time having fun cutting, rather than spending 50% of their time waiting for their pattern requests to be done.
It's always all about costs vs convenience!
One of my customers posted this today, for example. She spent 30 sec personalizing her pattern, got immediately back to her saw, cut it and she then could just start working on her next project. I mean, you can't make more simple than that!
This is probably worth $65 as customization definitely bump the price she can sell it for. She got a great business
Thank you for your message and wishes @Phantom Scroller, maybe someday you'll give us a try too if you decide to go pro or just want a pattern for a present for someone special
You can even contact me directly and I'll send you a coupon as a thank you!
Take care,
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Hans