Method Notes Flat rate You may prefer to charge a flat rate for digitizing based on wages, software depreciation, running costs, and average digitizing time per design. Per 1000 stitches Many digitizing houses create estimates based on a cost per 1000 stitches. This will be a function of wages, software depreciation, running costs, and average number of stitches digitized per hour. None If you are only interested in production estimates, choose this option.