{"id":323,"date":"2020-09-14T18:58:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T23:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/?p=323"},"modified":"2020-09-14T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T00:01:32","slug":"how-i-calculate-my-rate-as-a-freelance-web-designer-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/how-i-calculate-my-rate-as-a-freelance-web-designer-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Calculate My Rate as a Freelance Web Designer\/Developer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Is a designer\/developer simply an hourly rate? Or are we valued for the cost of the whole project, taking into account all our cumulative years of knowledge, skills, and experience?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are advantages and disadvantages of both fixed rate and hourly rate. I need to evaluate my preferences as well as the client\u2019s requirements while choosing a billing method. Most freelancers use a mix of hourly and fixed pay rates pricing for different projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I tend to base quotes on an hourly rate, my experience makes things faster. Yet one shouldn\u2019t be penalized by an \u201chourly rate\u201d for being experienced. A client hires me for my years of knowledge and acquired skill, not machinelike piecework in a vacuum. I\u2019ll charge more if the job includes strategy, consulting, or managing other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, hourly is not always equal to quality work. And a special creative task may translate better to a per-project rate. My productivity fluctuates. Sometimes I\u2019m very inspired and I get things done super quickly, and sometimes it takes me more time to complete a project. This has nothing to do with the client, so they shouldn\u2019t pay me more or less based on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve maintained a relatively consistent rate while developing new or redesigned websites and I charge clients per hour. The hourly approach makes more sense for me since there are so many unexpected turns in a design project. I\u2019ve worked with clients who keep adding changes that affect the entire design. This can result in hours of extra work that wouldn\u2019t have been anticipated if I charged them per project. Charging per hour protects me from having to eat the cost of all those extra hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, as a veteran freelancer I have a habit of increasing or changing my prices every couple of years because I\u2019ve consistently improved my knowledge and skills\u2026 plus\u2026 well, inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality, my \u201chourly\u201d rate is often a composite of time and task charges, a rate which takes into account the overall value of the website project AND represents my value as a professional designer\/developer to businesses, individuals, and organizations that choose to contract with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are advantages and disadvantages of both fixed rate and hourly rate. I need to evaluate my preferences as well as the client\u2019s requirements while choosing a billing method. Most freelancers use a mix of hourly and fixed pay rates pricing for different projects. While I tend to base quotes on an hourly rate, my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,69,44,72,46],"tags":[76,77,75,74,73],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-consulting","category-design","category-develop","category-website","tag-calculate","tag-freelance","tag-hourly","tag-rate","tag-value"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainofhearts.com\/roh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}