Per hour, with a minimum number of hours. Fixed-bid (per project) is a sucker's game, and you can sell your clients on per-hour like this: "Some clients, not y

Per hour, with a minimum number of hours. Fixed-bid (per project) is a sucker's game, and you can sell your clients on per-hour like this: "Some clients, not you of course, will take advantage of a fixed bid to waste everybody's time tweaking things that don't matter, or expanding the scope beyond what was originally intended or agreed upon. If I were to accept fixed-bid contracts, I'd have to heavily charge more than what I figure it will actually cost to make up for the people who will abuse the contract like that. The only way for me to be fair with you is to ask for a fair price per-hour. That way the clients who do want to waste my time can pay for it, and those that don't waste my time can save money."