How Much Should I Charge As A Freelancer?

It took me a lot of time to figure out how to price my services. I’m still kind of thinking about it with each project because every project and every client is different. I can give you some advice but this part is simply learning by trying. I can’t estimate how much time it will take you, how much phone calls, emails and meetings it will take for you to finish and deliver the product. But I can give you some tips which help you to estimate your price.

First of all, find out how much other people from your industry are charging. How? Go to Facebook, join a group of your profession; my example is ‘I need a videographer London’ group; and you will see so many job postings for this and that much. Don’t calculate based on this. Just write down types of projects and price for it. Usually from my experience prices on Facebook are very low and it is a cheap resource for someone who needs a video. But, that is not always true. I scored some well-paid projects on Facebook BUT I had to go (see) through 120 cheap ones first.

Charging by the hour?

It is up to you if you want to charge per hour or per project. I do charge per project/product/service not by the hour. The reason for that is that I do value the whole project. If I spend more hours on it than I expected, it is my fault. Either I had some technical difficulties or didn’t make sure that everything was agreed with the client beforehand and not adding anything in the process of video editing.