# Royalties for designing apparel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royalties-for-designing-apparel/534592>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royalties-for-designing-apparel/534592 "2010-04-01T16:59:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royalties-for-designing-apparel/534592/1 "2010-04-01T16:59:32Z")

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I’m hoping maybe the Straight Dope might come through where other more topic-specific forums haven’t:

I do graphic design for a smallish company, who recently obtained a licensing agreement with a major nationwide retailer. My company gets a small percentage of net sales from the retailer. One thing my company will be doing is apparel. I designed several mockups that the retailer liked, so my company has offered me to create a line of designs on my own time, and will pay me a royalty % of their take. We will be working out an agreement shortly. Does anyonehave any what a fair % would be to ask for?