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Client's budget is higher than expected
There are those who believe that it is ethical to sell at what ever the client is willing to pay. Others see no such need and will look to give the client a good deal.
You can give a good deal to the ...
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Dealing with a customer that was satisfied with your services but is mad about the price
Neoflash,
If a customer's #1 motivation is to get a service done as cheaply as possible, then you can't fix that whether you are at the pre-service stage, performing the service, or done with it. ...
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Dealing with a customer that was satisfied with your services but is mad about the price
Personal opinion... don't engage too much. If the relationship is damaged, then it's damaged. Get paid and move on. Too much discussion will only inflame issues. In addition, any reduction not cited ...
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How to get Fiverr jobs at the beginning
As a beginner, try to keep your prices low, but not so low that it gives off an image of low quality. Add all the keywords that are relevant to your services. Also, along with keeping your images and ...
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When is a job too small for meetings?
I like this question: I struggled with the exact same thing with meetings in general. Clients one hour away asking me to join in on a meeting. I usually ended up spending an afternoon with 2 hours ...
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Changing the estimate as a freelancer
Assuming that there isn't a significant difference between your first and subsequent figure, I think one strategy to deal with this is to frame it as a best/worst scenario where your first figure is ...
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How can some freelancers work for very cheap rates?
Preface: I'm in the Unites States... I dislike and do not use any crowdsourcing site to acquire new work or clients.
To answer why rates seem low on some crowdsourcing sites.... Exchange rates
$10 in ...
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When working concurrently, do I multiply my "shoprate" for each teammate's time?
You can set your rates however you want, but I think your rate is too low and incorrectly calculated. Your "standing there doing nothing" cost is (expenses + profit) * hours - you must pay ...
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When working concurrently, do I multiply my "shoprate" for each teammate's time?
If your shop rate is $45/hr, for every hour a projects is in your shop, the customer owes $45.
It doesn't matter if one person is working on the project, or two, or 20.... the rate for every hour is $...
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How to avoid working as an unofficial full-time employee?
That, as you posted, is a full-time employment position. It doesn't matter what they "call" it. To you, it's a full-time job with no benefits. Do you want a full time job with no benefits? If you want ...
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Selling Java library - which pricing model to choose?
My answer is purely anecdotal, but I am a software dev who worked for a distributer that sold civil engineering software. (It was an application rather than an API/library.)
The model was a bit of a ...
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Selling Java library - which pricing model to choose?
A project on which I'm involved uses a 3rd-party library among its Maven dependencies.
What the 3rd party did was to set up a Maven repository on the public Internet, protected by a username and ...
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Should I discuss price of underestimated fixed price job?
Always and always, in case of miscalculations, talk to the client first. Explain to him why you missed estimations and how you worked much more than you initially thought.
Ask the client if he is ...
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Is payment gateway integration considered part of the deal?
This should be defined and negotiated before any work begins and detailed in any contract.
The purpose of a contract is to clearly define what is to be completed and what fees are associated with that ...
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Is payment gateway integration considered part of the deal?
There is not an objective answer to whether it's part of the deal, as you and the client obviously disagree.
Most would agree that ideally all requirements should be spelled out in a contract - and ...
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What are some techniques to get past Human Resources to talk to the person that needs help
As you've correctly determined, you're speaking to the wrong people with the wrong priorities.
HR's problem is that they've been given a job that needs filling. Their task (as they see it) is to find ...
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Client's budget is higher than expected
It is important that you can justify any prices you give; if the client gets the impression that you are making up numbers on-the-fly (e.g. simply increasing your price to be nearer their budget) then ...
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Is it normal to charge the customer on the requirement gathering sessions for a large project, which i need time to understand its scope
There is probably no general one-size-fits-all approach to this problem.
In a perfect world, the client pays for all your time. However, sometimes landing a large project may be worth an investment - ...
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When is a job too small for meetings?
No, do not decline them unless you do not work on it, you don't like it and so on.
Simply ask a client if he is wiling to cover your travelling costs and that you will charge time spent on meeting ...
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What's the smallest unit of time I should charge for when clients request minor changes?
I also had to start charging 15 minutes for small things, it's due to interupting the work flow randomly and they usually want it done right away. So even if it takes me 4 minutes, it stops what I'm ...
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What's the value of exclusiveness?
Although I have never signed contract for the purpose you state, a friend of my how is a game developer and has his team, does this often.
They charge their time for one price and as the output give ...
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How much should I pay for a simple android app
From the information you provided:
Your app does just ask 50 multiple choice questions,
has no user accounts or logins,
does not validate or
visualize or
send this data anywhere,
the questions ...
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How much should I charge for building a website with no professional experience?
I would suggest:
When coding from scratch: stick to what you have taught yourself and
have done (to production for a client or delivered a successful
working project)
Content Management System: - If ...
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Selling Java library - which pricing model to choose?
1) Pay for each user. It wouldn't work. Reason: we have team of 100 developers, but your library is only used by the server when it builds the application. You get the idea.
2) Pay for each project. ...
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Landing a ReactJS gig with no work experience
My first ReactJS project was done with no prior experience in any kind of web stuff. I did multiple native mobile apps before though with Java Swift and Kotlin. Just go for it.
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Pricing of painting
Art has no intrinsic value. The only value of any artwork is the value the artist places upon it or what others are wiling to pay for it.
Diamonds, as an example, also have no intrinsic value. They ...
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How should present to my clients how much I'll be charging them as a beginner web developer?
There is always a constant tension between a developer and a client over pricing. You have to charge enough to cover your business expenses. But clients want the least expense and want assurances of ...
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Client's budget is higher than expected
As the other answers indicate, there are several aspects to setting a price.
If it is a one-time-sale, one should probably attempt to maximize the payment. This could either be done by setting a price ...
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Is it a good idea to make the advance payment of a project non-refundable?
If this is before you have written the contract, then you get to decide if it is non-refundable. If the client agrees and signs the contract, that is all that counts.
If, however, you don't have this ...
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