Pay per job or per hour?

[Candra]

Adrian that site you gave me I couldn't find anything?

Also
I meet with the people wednesday and I made a booklet which took me 8 hours and a poster which took me around 2.



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They still have to be tweaked a little bit, but that is what they are going ot look like overall.
and I didn't really do much of a new design for the flyer so would I still charge as much?
I just don't know what to charge at all :(

[Cwilk]

We've always charged per project because we can design a high-quality flyer in less than an hour. The client doesn't know how long it takes and we feel like we get more for our money. We charge anywhere from $150.00 to $300.00 for a flyer too. So basically, I'm getting $150.00 per hour minimum.

If you're a very slow designer, you should also charge per project, otherwise the client loses because of you being too slow. They shouldn't have to pay for your shortcomings.

If you quote by the project, but it's a large project, incorporate a per hour rate into your contract if you're having to do more than the client originally asked you to do. This protects your time.

[Cwilk]

Originally Posted by adrianionescu

Have you tried Elance.com for some price comparisons? There are archived jobs in the profile of each freelancing artist, and you can get a pretty good idea about what to charge for a brochure, or for a business card.
If you browse through the jobs posted in the past, (say: "logo design" you will see jobs posted and adjudecated for the price range of $0-$49, or $100-$199.
You be the judge, as the prices may vary quite a lot. I noticed that the designers from Asia or India are really low price, as opposed to the North American market.

Hope this helps,

Our company was a member of Elance for a few years, so I don't recommend using it as a platform for what you should charge. We never under quoted and we won lots of projects on Elance.

If you use other countries costs for design as a basis for your own design in the U.S. (or another country), you're doing nothing but harm to yourself as a designer. The Indian market is also catching up because they know they are getting paid too little, so it's turning around for designers who charge what should be getting.

[Candra]

Do you think $140 dollars for the booklet and 80 for the flyer sounds good?

[Candra]

Or 180 all together?

[Cwilk]

While I wouldn't charge that little, it sounds like a great starting point for you with how new you are to the industry.

$80.00 for a flyer is not bad (one side only), but how big is the booklet? Pages? Size?

[Candra]

the booklet is 8.5x11 and is a front, back, inside and opposite inside (What i posted)
What do you think I should charge? I am a high school student so they expect less

[Cwilk]

Your work is very nice (regardless of being in HS). I don't think you should take less than $250.00 for the brochure.

Let me know how it goes.