Comments on: How 20 designers charge their clients – part 1 http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/ David is a graphic designer passionate about brand identity. Here's his portfolio and a wonderful community of 100K+ designers subscribed to his blog. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Natasha Collins http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-152439 Natasha Collins Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:52:33 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-152439 This has been very helpful. Thank you very much. I have been trying to find info on this topic for quite a while. I have a few large clients now in Texas USA including a major University that I do ads for. Was curious if it is more common to charge by the project or an hourly rate. I have priced it both ways before for different clients and while doing pricing by the job is always dependent on the work involved I was curious if there was a "standard" rate or close to it that most charge hourly for smaller jobs (possibly with a 2-4 hour minimum involved). I have had to be very flexible with pricing styles and while I know my worth don't want to be overcharging people that are coming to me for projects that are outside of my normal element of projects. Any advice would be helpful here just as some close figures to help me with basing my numbers off other accomplished graphic designers. Note: I don't do web design. Only graphics for things that will be printed but of every sort within that type of category. Thanks you all for your helpfulness. You are all wonderful. This has been very helpful. Thank you very much. I have been trying to find info on this topic for quite a while. I have a few large clients now in Texas USA including a major University that I do ads for. Was curious if it is more common to charge by the project or an hourly rate. I have priced it both ways before for different clients and while doing pricing by the job is always dependent on the work involved I was curious if there was a “standard” rate or close to it that most charge hourly for smaller jobs (possibly with a 2-4 hour minimum involved). I have had to be very flexible with pricing styles and while I know my worth don’t want to be overcharging people that are coming to me for projects that are outside of my normal element of projects. Any advice would be helpful here just as some close figures to help me with basing my numbers off other accomplished graphic designers.
Note: I don’t do web design. Only graphics for things that will be printed but of every sort within that type of category.
Thanks you all for your helpfulness. You are all wonderful.

]]> By: Rory http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-148661 Rory Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:17:17 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-148661 Such great examples - answers so many of the questions I have. Awesome content here for anyone starting out as a freelancer or trying to take the leap. Thank you David! Such great examples – answers so many of the questions I have.

Awesome content here for anyone starting out as a freelancer or trying to take the leap. Thank you David!

]]> By: Mike Lawson http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-143187 Mike Lawson Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:46:25 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-143187 Great to see what/how other agencies charge clients. We've recently updated our terms to tie in with the, what seems to be common 50% upfront. Great to see what/how other agencies charge clients. We’ve recently updated our terms to tie in with the, what seems to be common 50% upfront.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-141598 David Airey Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:46:26 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-141598 No problem, Eleojo. Very happy to be of help. No problem, Eleojo. Very happy to be of help.

]]> By: Eleojo Emmanuel http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-140102 Eleojo Emmanuel Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:16:10 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-140102 David, i must be honest. Your posts are wow and highly beneficial to rookies and pros. I just discovered your site and i've been locked to it ever since. Going through your posts and contributions make me feel like i'm running an online logo and graphic design course. Thanks DAVID! David, i must be honest. Your posts are wow and highly beneficial to rookies and pros. I just discovered your site and i’ve been locked to it ever since. Going through your posts and contributions make me feel like i’m running an online logo and graphic design course. Thanks DAVID!

]]> By: David Rodriguez http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-136093 David Rodriguez Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:43:28 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-136093 I really like the idea of charging a base rate for web designs. The first question a prospective client asks is always "how much does a website cost". And, of course the answer is that it depends on what they want but... I like to give the person at least a ballpark figure of what the minimum amount is going to be and what that consists of. For example, I charge $500 for a basic site which includes 5 html/css pages with only text and images. This price includes a contact form/ uploading / debugging 1 month after site is live / and 3 rounds of edits. Then, I itemize any additional features they may need based on a hourly rate, such as logo design, flash intros, slideshows, animated buttons, lightbox, copywriting, illustrations etc... This seems to work fine for me because even though $500 is a small amount to pay for a site, the total amount is usually closer to 1000-2000 depending on what they need. I really like the idea of charging a base rate for web designs. The first question a prospective client asks is always “how much does a website cost”. And, of course the answer is that it depends on what they want but…

I like to give the person at least a ballpark figure of what the minimum amount is going to be and what that consists of.

For example, I charge $500 for a basic site which includes 5 html/css pages with only text and images. This price includes a contact form/ uploading / debugging 1 month after site is live / and 3 rounds of edits.

Then, I itemize any additional features they may need based on a hourly rate, such as logo design, flash intros, slideshows, animated buttons, lightbox, copywriting, illustrations etc…

This seems to work fine for me because even though $500 is a small amount to pay for a site, the total amount is usually closer to 1000-2000 depending on what they need.

]]> By: Ken http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-135907 Ken Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:13:36 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-135907 Hi David, Thanks for this post. It's always a tricky area for me when deciding how to bill a client. I know asking for a deposit is the best way of securing payment, but I'm nearly too shy to ask. Regards, Ken Hi David,

Thanks for this post. It’s always a tricky area for me when deciding how to bill a client. I know asking for a deposit is the best way of securing payment, but I’m nearly too shy to ask.

Regards,
Ken

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-135742 David Airey Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:54:45 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-135742 You're more than welcome, Leigh-Ann. Good luck. You’re more than welcome, Leigh-Ann. Good luck.

]]> By: Leigh-Ann Reid http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-135729 Leigh-Ann Reid Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:34:15 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-135729 This is so helpful and timely for us as we really try to solidify what our policy is going to be on collecting money. We really have played to the clients wishes for a good five years now, and we've never been content with how we've been handling this. There is too much wiggle room for the client to put off final payment for, basically, as long as they want. Thank you for putting all of this wisdom in one place for us. This was incredibly helpful. THANKS! This is so helpful and timely for us as we really try to solidify what our policy is going to be on collecting money. We really have played to the clients wishes for a good five years now, and we’ve never been content with how we’ve been handling this. There is too much wiggle room for the client to put off final payment for, basically, as long as they want.

Thank you for putting all of this wisdom in one place for us. This was incredibly helpful. THANKS!

]]> By: lerayne http://www.davidairey.com/how-designers-charge-their-clients-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-131096 lerayne Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:10:46 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=668#comment-131096 thank you for this piece of valuable contribution. *Hugs David i totally AGREE with what was posted, really helpful and trust me, there really are unscrupulous clients who skip payment especially during the job ends, this happened to me and the client just denies of anything. It became the expensive lesson I paid for. I feel more confident now and have more idea of design charges. Once again, Thanks! thank you for this piece of valuable contribution.
*Hugs David

i totally AGREE with what was posted, really helpful
and trust me, there really are unscrupulous clients who skip payment especially during the job ends, this happened to me and the client just denies of anything. It became the expensive lesson I paid for.

I feel more confident now and have more idea of design charges.

Once again, Thanks!

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