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"I experimented with raising my prices super high..." The best thing I did was to try that years ago. One of my bosses told me he did that and not only found
by dabent 17y ago
"I experimented with raising my prices super high..."
The best thing I did was to try that years ago. One of my bosses told me he did that and not only found work, but respect, because his employers perceived his value and opinions as being worth more. If you have the skills, you can find yourself on a whole new level of employment.
- simonw 17y agoThe best piece of freelancing advice I ever got was, essentially, "raise your prices on every gig you do and keep going until no one will hire you".
- 100k 17y agoI like it! What increment did you use?
- ErrantX 17y agoA year or so ago I was looking for a polite way to turn a load of work down from certain clients - so I set my rate 8 times what I was currently charging on the premise it would put them off without me outright saying no. Complete failure there because they happily wanted to pay it (and you cant turn it down then :()
- khafra 17y agoThat has some nice side effects, though.
- ams6110 17y agoWhen you quote a high rate you can always come down if you discover you really want the work for some reason. Once you throw out a number, that's the ceiling.