How Much Do You Charge For Freelance Work?

You can see why builders charge by the hour but the house-holder wants a fixed fee.

But the same applies to any freelance creative person, whether it's a writer or artist. Unless you are churning out similar things every time and know exactly how long it will take.

Gathering information can take more time than the work itself. For example, typing up and re-wording a menu and doing the layout.

The gathering information is an elastic rope. The problem can be that the customer keeps adding information and spends thirty minutes a day chatting. If you have time, fine.

I now know why one person who quoted a fixed fee for creating a website said he would start when you had all the information and pictures and would allow only one update on it. That was his solution. Cost control. Control of time.

Yet another way of doing business is to get satisfied customers. You allow as many changes as are needed until it's right.

The other problem can be with you. The customer says, 'Yes, that's fine,' giving your work barely a glance. He just wanted something good enough, which was why it needed improving in the first place. But you keep re-reading it and seeing things you could have done better for days afterwards.