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Freelance Freedom #186: Pricing Options



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N.C. Winters is always drawing. When he isn't making comics, doodling or working as a freelance graphic artist, he spends his time painting pretty pictures for galleries from his home studio in sunny southern California.


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  1. PG Texnologia
    December 13th

    LOL , funny sketch:D

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  2. PG Adam
    December 13th

    Haha awesome.

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  3. PG WebRaptor
    December 13th

    Good one! Especially the biggest plan!

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  4. PG Cippo
    December 13th

    Very nice :) )

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  5. PG Dan Howard
    December 13th

    Not a bad idea….might offer it out!

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  6. PG Diego Monzon
    December 13th

    Very funny , reminds me of my clients :-) )

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  7. PG Tamixes
    December 13th

    Hmm, doesn’t the Ultra Unreasonable plan come with screen capture software that sends images of your work in progress to the client every 10 mins and sends them an alert when there’s no mouse activity for 15 seconds…

    Sometime e-commuting can be worse that having a boss looming over your shoulder while you work.

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  8. PG Jay Hughes
    December 13th

    Haha great comic. I think I know of a few clients that would want the Ultra Unreasonable plan but wouldn’t want to pay for it.

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  9. PG Juan Gomez
    December 13th

    are you kidding right ? live webcam transmision should be included in all packages at no cost! :P

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  10. PG Ryan Waggoner
    December 13th

    Here’s the best option:

    “My estimate is that it will take 5 hrs, but that’s an estimate, not a guarantee. I charge $xx / hr. If it’s going to take more, I’ll let you know ASAP.”

    Flat-rate jobs are terrible, especially for new freelancers. You almost always get fleeced, and you take all the risk. If you’re good, you shouldn’t put up with it.

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    1. PG Michael Saathoff
      December 17th

      sort of disagree with the “if your good” part, in my opinion if you are “good” you ask enough (and the right) questions to provide your client with an accurate scope of work. I actually prefer flat-rate jobs, but i am a web/flash developer and i always use a set project price with a detailed scope of work and provide an hourly rate for scope creep/add-ons. I would assume that more creative (design/writing) jobs would make more sense to quote hourly since you never know what the client will say or think!

  11. PG KPI Wireless
    December 14th

    Really funny!! Enjoyed it.

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  12. PG jmack
    December 14th

    I actually have used a live feed of sorts (via yuuguu) for a client to put the finishing touches on a custom logo font…

    I don’t recommend trying it

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  13. PG Matt
    December 14th

    Great post and funny comic.

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  14. PG ibdreamy
    December 17th

    Love it! This is so right on. It’s one of my most common hurdles.. making another persons imagination come to life. Plus some people just have terrible taste and I have a hard time doing what they want if that seems to be the case… My problem.

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  15. PG kosodesign
    January 4th

    I’m used to do it but….. anytime the feedback is that the client always wants a discount on the lowest price!

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