Ask HN: What can I do to acquire more freelancing projects/clients?

Re:Ask HN: What can I do to acquire more freelancing project... by djellybeans on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:24PM (#15910860)

How do you maintain good conversion rates for charging as much as how you stated (such as your Wordpress example)? You run the risk of getting no offers. I think the difficult part about charging $125-150/hr, if you have never charged that much, is finding the clients that are used to paying those kinds of prices. You'll have to figure out how to convert talks into sales better before you can charge those prices.

For instance, the person who would want a site for $50/hr is probably not going to pay $125/hr. You could try with that person, but that would be pushing your luck. In this case they're not the right client for you.

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Re:Ask HN: What can I do to acquire more freelancing project... by odonnellryan on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @08:47PM (#15911332)

It comes down to not wanting to do WP work, so I charge a lot when someone wants it.

Sometimes I give it away ... for a client that is giving me a lot of business.

However, you can charge what is 150/hr for WP work if you have a good reputation and do good work. Literally EVERYONE who has any kind of money runs a charity, or is involved in a business or seven that needs a new homepage ...

This won't work if you're trying to cold call and get clients, you're right.

I started out at 50-70/hr programming. Some of my contracts now are only ~90/hr.

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Re:Ask HN: What can I do to acquire more freelancing project... by muzani on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @10:14PM (#15919667)

Also, it's about how long the projects take. Sometimes $150/hr for Wordpress might just be done in a couple hours, with a template and an upload.

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