Freelance Rate
Freelance Rate
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- gramme0
I don't really think it's anyone's business what your hourly rate is. Clients don't even need to know, unless the client is an agency that has already allotted at least a rough amount of time per project.
The mistake many designers make when calculating their hourly rates (I've made this mistake as well) is thinking of the salary they take home after all other expenses as profit. In fact, it's not profit; it's merely a business expense. The money you make above and beyond everything else is the actual profit.
The recent realization of this sobering fact is what caused me to recently raise my rates substantially.
- +1noneck
- Well said!Stian
- Did Jesus help you with this sobering realization? BTW, I'm TOTALLY kidding.monospaced
- recently recently, argh.gramme
- haha @ mono :)gramme
- +1 .. the rate should be a private matter.********
- so do you just quote per project and not an hourly basis ?traut
- Yeah I quote per project, based on an hourly rate I keep to myself.gramme