Need Pricing Help

[Nick.L]

Hi,
I’m pretty inactive on here but I’m in need of some help.
I’ve been doing more freelance building work in MC as of late and it can be real difficult getting prices correct.
Most of the time the client comes to me and says “just tell me what you think it will cost” and it’s a awkward situation and never feel confident with the number I say.

my latest project was about 35hrs of work but it was a bunch of smaller tasks rather than a giant one so should I charge per hour or an overall estimate is the question that’s bothering me as of late.

anyone have any advise?

 

[Kuo]

In my opinion, When a customer comes at you for a quote, always estimate. It can never be on the dot with how much you think something will cost as you have no clue how much effort, detail & work will go into it.For me as well I see a lot of people just outright saying "It will be this much" and actually charging it, but if you do provide high quality work that has a lot of effort being put into it. Charge per hour. This is something not a lot of people do here, but is more common over all industries as freelancers. But make sure you don't charge extorsionate prices, like $20 per hour. For me I would say $3 a hour would be great for services as that can equal to a nice service as a reasonable price. Also make sure you clock all your hours that you put into your work to the dot. But that is my opinion & most people wouldn't agree with me. Honestly try both out and see where it leads you. You might find working on a PPH basis would be a better option.

 

[SkapDoesMC]

In my opinion, When a customer comes at you for a quote, always estimate. It can never be on the dot with how much you think something will cost as you have no clue how much effort, detail & work will go into it.For me as well I see a lot of people just outright saying "It will be this much" and actually charging it, but if you do provide high quality work that has a lot of effort being put into it. Charge per hour. This is something not a lot of people do here, but is more common over all industries as freelancers. But make sure you don't charge extorsionate prices, like $20 per hour. For me I would say $3 a hour would be great for services as that can equal to a nice service as a reasonable price. Also make sure you clock all your hours that you put into your work to the dot. But that is my opinion & most people wouldn't agree with me. Honestly try both out and see where it leads you. You might find working on a PPH basis would be a better option.

I agree with Kuo, maybe raise the prices, also look at the other prices and look at theirs and copy it for yourself, if it's like $10 or $15/hourly, then just make it $7.50/hour