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How long should a designer take on designing an artwork?
whatsoutthere
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3 January 2013
Hiya!
Please help! I am really confused about how to charge people for design work.
Currently I am designing a postcard/A5 double sided flyer as a freelancer and maybe as a one-off but could be more work after this.
My questions are:
How long should a postcard design front and back take?
And what is the norm on charging for something like this?.
The client has given me their logo and a brief of what is the purpose of this flyer and their website link to do research about them. They would like to see what I can come up with which probably means they don't really know what they want.
I am a graphic print designer who loves trying to create new things and sometimes gets too passionate about the design that I end up using more hours than the client probably needs.
I have been working in the design industry for roughly 2 years now as a freelancer in a company and on small monthly contracts.
This is a client I would like to win over so I don't want to over charge or under charge him either.
Please let me know what do you think?
If you have anymore questions then please do ask me.
Please help! I am really confused about how to charge people for design work.
Currently I am designing a postcard/A5 double sided flyer as a freelancer and maybe as a one-off but could be more work after this.
My questions are:
How long should a postcard design front and back take?
And what is the norm on charging for something like this?.
The client has given me their logo and a brief of what is the purpose of this flyer and their website link to do research about them. They would like to see what I can come up with which probably means they don't really know what they want.
I am a graphic print designer who loves trying to create new things and sometimes gets too passionate about the design that I end up using more hours than the client probably needs.
I have been working in the design industry for roughly 2 years now as a freelancer in a company and on small monthly contracts.
This is a client I would like to win over so I don't want to over charge or under charge him either.
Please let me know what do you think?
If you have anymore questions then please do ask me.
- Contact in PM
Graphics & Print
Messages count : 1Likes count : 0Registration : 6 March 2013The question you ask is one that can be difficult at times as every client & every order are different.
We as a company charge one hour each side for the design but if it is a new client that could possibly lead to new work then we would consider reducing it to half of that to get the order.
From a personal point of view just let him know you have reduced the cost as its a first time order then it will put you in good light for future work.
Hope that helps & best of luck đ - Contact in PM
robertanderson
Messages count : 5Likes count : 0Registration : 8 February 2013Hi
Regarding the cot issue I would say it totally depends upon the load of work and the time period issued to you for completing the work. So consider both these factors and if you have to complete a huge amount of work in less time i would definitely advise you to charge more for that but if it is you regular customer you can definitely offer discount to him.
