Just realized I'd been undercharging for revisions for 2 years

A client asked for the 6th round of changes on a simple landing page and I did it for free out of habit, then saw a tweet from a designer in Denver who charges $50 per revision after the third one. Has anyone else baked a hard limit into their rate card or do you just raise the whole rate to cover the endless tweaks?

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the_robin10d ago

Honestly, the real trick isn't the limit itself-it's making the client feel like they're getting a deal by agreeing to it. Tbh, I frame it as "the first three revisions are included in my base rate to keep things moving fast, after that it's a small fee to cover the extra back and forth." That way they think they're getting three freebies instead of getting punished for changes. Ngl, I've had clients actually stop tweaking at round three just to avoid the fee, which is wild but it works. The psychology matters more than the dollar amount.

mitchell.thomas10d ago

Drop the limit thing entirely and just use a deadline lock instead. I started telling clients "I take all the revisions you want, but once I send the final file, the project is closed and new changes start a fresh invoice." That way they burn through their tweaks early in the process and don't drag it out for weeks. Had a client who normally goes through eight rounds of tiny font changes suddenly wrap it up in three because he didn't want to start over on pricing. It flips their brain from "how many free edits do I get" to "I better make sure I'm actually done before I hit approve.

corap6110d ago

Knew a buddy who tried @the_robin's trick and got a client to stop at exactly three revisions just to avoid the fee.