Comments on: The Sticky Issue of Pricing

By: Marya Miller

Marya Miller — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:42:01 +0000

I don’t charge by the hour either, I have set rates. And I’ve learned what I lose money on, and what I don’t. I specialize now in Sales Letters, Squeeze Pages, Information Products and Small Reports.

I also work the offline market too, since I have a background in magazines.

What works for me is going with my strengths. And working with great clients.
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By: Alexis

Alexis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:13:33 +0000

Hey @dmk, thanks for your comment! Looks like we have a similar approach: use an hourly rate as an initial ballpark and then move up or down from there depending on several factors. Works great!

By: dmk

dmk — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:45:53 +0000

I usually charge by the project with tweaks up and down depending on who referred them, new client, chance of ongoing business, their personality (i.e. if they come across as cock and pushy) how much in my comfort zone the project. and all this loosely based around a rough per hour charge.
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By: Alexis

Alexis — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:14:45 +0000

@Maria I forgot to mention another reason I don’t charge by the hour: I work pretty fast! I write pretty quickly, even when I have to research, so the amount of time I work on something isn’t a good gauge of how much I should charge for it. Thanks for dropping by!

By: Maria Palma

Maria Palma — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:07:22 +0000

I don’t really like to charge by the hour because I simply don’t like to keep track of all the time I spend on a project. I work in an environment that has interruptions which eats away at some of my time.

Like you, I tend to just go with my gut instinct. I take into consideration many factors such as the ones you listed.
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