Was skeptical about raising my rate until a client ghosted me over $15.

I had a regular client who always paid $50 an hour and I was scared to ask for more, but when they dropped me for someone charging $35 I realized my work was worth that $15 difference. Has anyone else had a lowball situation actually make them rethink their pricing for the better?

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abbyhall14h ago

$50 to $35 is a pretty big drop and honestly, getting ghosted over fifteen bucks feels more like a them problem than a you problem. I mean, if they were that price sensitive, they were probably always going to bail the second they found a cheaper option. Was your work actually in a totally different league than the $35 person, or just a little better? The whole "money=worth" thing gets way overblown sometimes, like every dropped client is some deep lesson about value. Sometimes people just chase the lowest number and that's it.

zarag1714h ago

My cousin once dropped a really good barber because he raised his price from $25 to $30 and went to some dude charging $15 and came out looking like a Lego man. Sometimes people just get tunnel vision on the number and forget they're paying for the result.

emma_jones13h agoMost Upvoted

My cousin did the same thing with his HVAC guy. Service call went from $80 to $95 and he switched to some $65 outfit that didn't even have a license. Took three visits and a second company to fix what they messed up and cost him double in the end. People don't account for the hassle and time when they nickel and dime things like that.