I used to charge $50 for a logo, now I ask for $500 after a friend in Dallas told me to stop selling myself short.

That one piece of advice from a fellow freelancer six months ago made me realize my old pricing was just covering costs, not actually paying me for my time and skill, so has anyone else had a moment where a simple chat completely flipped how you value your work?

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riverthompson15d ago

Wow, that's a real shift. So when you started asking for that much more, did the kind of work people wanted change too? Like, were the $50 clients asking for endless revisions on a simple idea, and the $500 ones more clear about what they actually needed from the start? I always wonder if a higher price tag filters out the messy, unsure projects.

margaret_kelly555d ago

Oh man, it absolutely does filter things. It's like the price sets the tone for the whole deal. The cheap jobs always came with this nervous, picky energy, like they were scared they weren't getting their money's worth so they'd nitpick everything. The higher rate? It feels like buying a ticket to a real show. People show up ready, with their ideas sorted, because they've already invested trust. It's a rule that works everywhere, not just work. You see it with free events versus paid ones. The free crowd is flaky and full of complaints. The paid crowd shows up on time and pays attention.

david_mason5715d ago

That's a huge jump. Did you lose a lot of your old clients when you made the change, or did you find they were actually the problem to begin with? I've seen people try that and get ghosted by everyone they used to work for, which kind of proves the point about the wrong clientele.