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The (related) advice that has always worked well for me: "You know you're charging the right amount when a client complains about the price but still pays you.
by adamcharnock 9y ago
The (related) advice that has always worked well for me:
"You know you're charging the right amount when a client complains about the price but still pays you."
Or, to put it another way, if no one complains about your prices then you're not charging enough.
YMMV.
- marklgr 9y agoReminds me of the ol' poker advice: "If you're almost never caught bluffing, then you're just not bluffing often enough".
- fencepost 9y agoThe part that often gets missed with "raise your prices" is that for a lot of that price increase range you may lose customers but you'll make more money for less time commitment. Cheap clients have a cost.
- LanceH 9y agoI find cheap clients have the most unrealistic expectations as well.
- baby 9y agoInterestingly this was my approach to haggling. If the vendor is smiling when you leave the store, you badly bargained.
- francisofascii 9y agoI think this is good advice, but sometimes you never really know what work you are missing out on. Non-essential projects may be put on hold or farmed out to others because your price is too high.
- hayksaakian 9y agoTip: you don't want to work on non essential projects.
- s73ver_ 9y agoIf your plate and your bank account are full enough, does it matter?
- nitemice 9y agoJust out of interest, do you think this applies when (re-)negotiating your salary as well?
- dnh44 9y ago"You know you're charging the right amount when a client complains about the price but still pays you." Another related thing I've had the misfortune of experiencing is that people who don't intend to pay you from the outset generally don't complain about the price.
- chrisbennet 9y agoWorking on retainer weeds those clients out pretty quick.