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A potential buyer in Austin told me my project rate was too high because 'it's just a few hours of work'
We were talking about a custom logo design, and I quoted $750 for the whole process. He laughed and said his nephew could do it in an afternoon for $50. I explained my rate covers research, sketches, revisions, and final files, but he kept saying the time spent was all that mattered. Has anyone else had to defend their pricing against someone who only counts hours?
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ivan_price35mo ago
Time is the only fair way to measure work, because anyone can claim their process is special. If a job truly takes just a few hours, charging for days of made-up research isn't honest. Why should a client pay for your learning curve or slow methods?
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path475mo ago
What are you actually buying, just the hours or the result? @ivan_price3 has it backwards because the value is in the skill and final product, not just the clock. That client is paying for a professional logo, not babysitting someone's nephew for an afternoon.
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betty_coleman5mo ago
My uncle tried to design his own menu once. It looked like a ransom note. You're paying for it not to look like that.
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sanchez.ivan4mo ago
Remember my friend who hired a cheap guy to fix his deck? The guy just hammered some boards for a few hours. It fell apart in a month. He paid a pro to redo it right, and that's been solid for years. That's the difference @ivan_price3 misses, it's about the thing lasting, not the clock. Isn't a logo supposed to last a long time too?
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