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Interesting. So you're billing a week of elapsed time instead of working time, correct? If correct, do you find yourself working more or less than the usual wo

• jacquesm 3y ago
  > So you're billing a week of elapsed time instead of working time, correct? Yes, indeed. > do you find yourself working more or less than the usual working time in a day for freelancers during this week? As much as the job will require, usually that's roughly between 35 and 45 hours but there have been some very bad exceptions on the high end which ended up me working the weekend as well to finish the job on time. Having work sliced off in weekly increments also helps to keep my agenda manageable, which I would otherwise have serious issues doing. And the day rate trick works well too: if I do sell a day at that rate I right away have the option to sell more days during that week at the same rate and then instead of having less pay it works out to more and if there is no other work I have almost a whole week off but still 30% of the income.
  • sirobg 3y ago
    It all makes sense, thanks! And the week/day pricing seems like a good idea as well. I suppose it works best if your clients mostly have "more than a week long projects", though. Otherwise, they would have to pay your increased daily rate most of the time, which would make you above market. When I think about this for myself, I think my only chance to close weekly deals with some clients would be to discount my weekly rate instead of increasing my daily rate, which is not ideal.