Charge for business card design?
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- cannada
A client wants a new business card, but doesn't need any other stationery.
How much can you charge for this? I feel like no matter how long I work I can't charge that much.
- Amicus0
$190,000 plus expenses.
- prophetone0
If simple, like an hour or something of mucking, $150? keep in mind the delivery/communication with printer for a day or two, etc. if double-sided then $190k.
- cannada0
$10,000 too little?
- Josev0
Is it JUST a business card? Do they have an existing identity? Is it a simple layout with type, colors, and logo provided? How/where is it used -- for sales calls, simply handed out for follow-up contact info? We need more info.
- Also, will you handle contacting printers, getting estimates, selecting paper, etc.Josev
- MrAbominable0
depends on size of the client; how much work you're showing/doing; and whether or not you like them.
$500-$750 is fair range considering comps and printer wrangling. Unless you're Sagmeister and Walsh, then you charge nothing but make it mandatory that there's a reality series about walking your client's dogs, AIGA fawns all over you, and they chizzle your combined Walshmeister face onto Mount Rushmore.
- randommail0
If it was me...
4 unique card designs @ 3 hours per card, for Round 1.
2x your hourly rate for Round 1. Tell the client this $.Client chooses 1 or 2 favorites, for subsequent rounds.
1x your hourly rate for these subsequent rounds. Tell the client this $.Sign a 1-page agreement with the agreed costs. Done.
- utopian0
2k
- omg0
design it for free...
- yeah, then ask him to tell everyone you did the card! you can't lose.doesnotexist
- sem0
Always ask yourself...
