Freelance pricing - Topics

Using a waitlist to hold your price instead of discounting Should you publish your rates where anyone can see them? What does the next pricing tier look like after two years of steady clients? Rush fees and weekend rates: how much extra is fair before clients balk Why a platform's cut of one large project can wipe out your whole margin Estimating a feature is easy until you inherit someone else's undocumented codebase Pricing by the day instead of the hour removes the incentive to rush When a freelancer should start saying no to work that pays well How do I quote a rate for reported features when the interview count is unknown? My consulting report said the client should reorganize support and they ignored it — how do I bill advice that never gets implemented? Turning custom work into a productized service with one fixed price Adding a recurring subscription tier to freelance work Turning a generalist freelance practice into a named specialty Anchoring a retainer with a high first tier makes the middle tier look reasonable Client says your quote is double the last freelancer's so what do you say back Hourly billing punishes you for getting faster at your own craft Do paid memberships on freelance sites ever earn back the fee Asking other freelancers what they charge — does price transparency hurt anyone? Should each portfolio piece name the budget tier it came from? How to find out what other freelancers in your field actually charge Published agency rate cards are not what a solo freelancer can ask Why raising rates can lower annual freelance income When a client asks for a discount what should you ask for in return Is a separate portfolio version for small clients versus agencies worth the extra work? Keeping a private rate history so a client can see your last three increases Developmental editing and line editing get quoted as one service and they should not be The first number out of your mouth anchors the whole negotiation so say it slowly Charging for discovery calls filters out the clients who were never going to buy The income jump after moving from hourly billing to project pricing Quoting a project in a field you have never worked in before Estimating in days and multiplying by a day rate hides the whole risk How to price a discovery phase when the client expects it free