pricing question
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- ali0
They obviously have confidence in your skills.
$75 seems a more fair and standard rate.
- inkpink0
i've had a few of these "10hrs of thinking" jobs.
careful your 10hrs identity development doesn't turn into a cheap logo for them. if you "discover" a logo for them and are asked to wrap-up artwork (+2hrs maybe) thats potentially a deal for your client. doesn't cover your ass for the value of an identity.
you need a signed agreement.
- vaxorcist0
You?!? $25/hour
huh?!? you're good........
wait! I might outsource everything I do to you and pocket the extra $40 per hour.....
- robotron3k0
25 per hour is fine. just do it all in 3 hours.
- gramme0
Incidentally, what's with all the Anton LaVey-ish gear? Is there a goat's head mounted above your computer?
- scarabin0
i'm shit with pricing myself
- ismith0
Low.
- VectorMasked0
low
- ukit0
Way too low man, don't you do all kinds of promo work for big movies and shit? Get some fucking balls and charge $50/ hour.
- arthur0
If a client puts together a NDA, I assume they have a bit of money for the project. At least double your rate.
- scarabin0
thanks everyone, this has been a big help
- gramme0
$25/hr is way too low for anyone outside of college. How much experience do you have, scarabin? If you have at least 3 years of professional experience, I think you can safely get away with charging $50/hr. And to be honest, if you're good you can easily charge $75 per hour. Especially if you've been working 5+ years. 7+ years, even higher ($85/hr or more). This is assuming you aren't in a major metropolis like New York with an obscene cost of living. If that's the case though, add at least $20 the the above figures.
The above is *especially* applicable since there's an NDA involved. NDAs can create a hamper to your self-promotional ability, that is if the project never makes it off the ground. That happened to me once, and I have some nice work for a cool project that I can't show anyone. To my knowledge, the client's venture hasn't gone anywhere, and until that happens mum's the word.
- bigtrickagain0
wtf, $25/hr? my base rate is $75/hr for my oldest clients, and i frickin suck at design work. you are charging peanuts for the level of output you do.
- scarabin0
i have around 5 years experience, it's just exclusively agency work. last time i did freelance it was in college, hence the $25/hr rate. i don't know shit about pricing 'cause i've never had to...
the project is for an ex-CD of mine, a mentor.
i quoted him $500 (50/hr) because it seems like a low/mid range response. i'm not really trying to make a mint of him as he's a friend, it's more to help him out.
also i haven't gotten the brief yet so it could be my future agency i'm doing the ID for... could be his new shop (he just left his old place)
- That's a step in the right direction. No more 25/hr though!acrossthesea
- utopian0
I give the guy who shovels my snow $35- an hour, just sayin.
- utopian0
Let's assume that you make $25- per hour, work 40 hours a week and 52 weeks a year without a vacation. That equals $52,000- a year, the equivalent of mid-level designer. If you are happy with that, then more power to you.
*to each their own