Comments on: How Freelancers Should Haggle

By: Issa

Issa — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:12:22 +0000

Interesting article. I’d say setting your rates and getting paid for what you truly deserve is among the top pet peeves of any freelancer out there. When I encounter difficult people who love to pay for peanuts, I will just have to stick to my guns – that my rate speaks for the quality of work I’ll be giving them. Some would accept it, some won’t. That’s life. You can’t have everything. Just my $.002.

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By: pharm

pharm — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:41:35 +0000

What a great resource!

By: Tomasz Kowalczyk

Tomasz Kowalczyk — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:24:12 +0000

There is also an option to negotiate what would be done for a certain amount of money. For example if I say that this project is worth 3k$ for a blog, shop and CMS for them, and client is trying to lower this quote – let’s say to 2k$, we can say to him, that it is “not enough” for us, but we can do blog and CMS [with certain features needed] for that 2k$ and the shop + CMS [for shop purposes] will be done later, using remaining 1k$.

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By: Advocate Reason

Advocate Reason — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:35:27 +0000

Great post. You explain things in a very natural clear way. I like it!

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By: Shoaib

Shoaib — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:05:41 +0000

@ Jordan. Exactly, so I suppose another pointer for anyone negotiating a price would be to politely explain to the client why the cost is what it is. Thanks for your input Jordan.

By: Jordan Walker

Jordan Walker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:51:56 +0000

The other thing that a freelance needs to keep in mind is not race for the bottom when a client objects to your quote. Most of the time the client really does not know what it takes to build a website or application and therefore doesn’t know the costs associated with the project.