Charging for freelancing...
I'm an in-house designer in packaging. I freelance here and there but when it comes to quotation, i'll be stuck. So I'm wondering how do you charge for designs. I've no idea what the market rate is, I get different answers here and there. I hope someone can enlighten me.
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Read this article (and click
Read this article (and click the other cb link in my post on this page):
http://creativebits.org/how_much_to_charge
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Powerpoint is not a design application
£150 a day.
Day rate. South England.
:)
Nice.
But what constitutes a 'day'? 24 hours or 12?
"Try not, Do! or do not, there is no try."
-Yoda
A "Day Rate" is usually a
A "Day Rate" is usually a working day so 8 hours. Photographers usually charge day rates rather than per photo, for example.
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Powerpoint is not a design application
Cool
I charge by the hour. . . but its always good to give a day rate. :)
"Try not, Do! or do not, there is no try."
-Yoda
Day rates are tough for us
Day rates are tough for us because we may do print and web design in the same day -- two things I recommend you charge different rates for (web design higher than print).
Keep your contract open as an "estimate" until it's final so you don't get stuck charging too little for a job that might outstrip your original estimate.
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Powerpoint is not a design application