logo costs

[simpletouch]

hey guys sorry i havnt been on this site in a while , ive been a bit busy people doin a few things for people, anyway ill cut to the chase lol

ive just finished designin a logo for a client for her new business but its my first proper client for a logo and im wonderin how much to charge her?? any ideas??

it took me about 2-3 hours to complete 6 example logos for her and she has decided to go with one that she really likes i mean she loves it but i had to fix a few things on it

any ideas on what to charge??

i can post up the final logo if wanted ??

get back to me asap as she will be lookin for a price soon thanks guys!!!!!

simpletouch

[Toon]

You should have agreed an hourly rate before you started, it seems 2-3 hours is a pretty quick job but had the client made change after change you would have made sure you got paid for the work, I wouldn't price yourself out of further jobs being your first logo job but you know what sort of client you're dealing with and what they're willing to pay.

[simpletouch]

yip ur ryte well we didnt agree on any type of pricing method at the start, i was thinkin around £40?? more/ less?? she lives in london were as i am in ireland so it will be all through the phone or email and payments would be over postal methods,

originally i was thinkin £40 for the logo and an extra £20 for the changes, i will be sending the logo to her through email at a decent res, and when i recieve payment i will send the logo by mail on a disc to her address so that she can use it when ever!


is this a good way to deal??

[Toon]

Seems very cheap, I was thinking more like £40 an hour. Can we see the final artwork?

[simpletouch]

lol yip im headin out now to meet the girlfriend here but will be on later and ill post it up!

yous can evaluate it and give me a price that you would charge if it was your work! that sound ok??

thanks for the help toon!! u da man lol!! xD

[simpletouch]

this is the logo that ive done for my client, her business is for massaging and reiki healing!!

evaluate lol thanks

[zumojuice]

mmmm you might have to charge lower seeing as nothing was agreed.

[simpletouch]

yeah i have asked her £50 all in for this logo, do you think it is a good price??

[zumojuice]

It's very hard to say, even knowing how much time you spent.

Fact is, the logo seems like a easy and simple design task, but it's not. It is really the personification of the brand in visual form, the forward-facing link point. It is not the brand however, only a part of it. The fact is, if you're supplying a logo, it can be fairly low, and if it's the whole logotype usage, more again. If it is a brand, ready to go, then more 0's can added.

The girl would invented the nike logo was a student and got $50 or something (and later a gold watch and stuff, when they did well). The logo is perhaps the simple bit here, the application of that logo is more complicated. But a crap logo can't be applied well, so the two do go hand-in-hand. Are you likely to get more work from this woman?

[Liliya]

Hope it's not needed in Black and White