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_price328d 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?

path4728d 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.

betty_coleman28d 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.