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Serious question, has anyone else switched from hourly to project rates?
I billed by the hour for my first 2 years of freelance writing. Last month, I tried a flat $1200 fee for a complete website rewrite for a client in Austin. The difference was huge. I worked faster and smarter because I wasn't watching the clock, and the client loved the clear upfront cost. How do you handle pricing for bigger jobs?
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oliver217d agoMost Upvoted
That flat fee sounds great until you get a client who asks for endless revisions. I did a project rate once and ended up working almost double the hours for the same money because the scope kept changing. Now I stick with hourly for anything over a week long, with a clear limit on revision rounds.
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owens.ben17d ago
@oliver2 how do you handle it when a client pushes past that revision limit?
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quinn96817d ago
A buddy of mine did a flat rate for a logo and brand guide. The client approved the first three concepts, then asked for "just one more tiny change" every other day for a month. He redrew that bird mascot twelve times. It went from a simple hawk to something that looked like a fancy chicken. He made less than minimum wage by the end.
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