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Re:How to Work Out What to Charge Clients by the-dude on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @11:23AM (#16266519)
Why didn't you price it at a 100 bucks?

People do not value things that are free or cheap.

I once provided some services to guys who were a kind of marketplace for low grade e-books.

An e-book sells better at $27 than at $9. At $9 people think "can't be much".

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Re:How to Work Out What to Charge Clients by LanceH on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @11:35AM (#16266632)
I put "free" things at $20 for this reason. It's one bill, if someone is really cheap, they can negotiate it down to $5 if they want.

The free crowd is the worst, though. I put a tv up, got multiple responses in the first hour, and took the first one. More than one other complained (very rudely complained) that I should have removed the posting. It was only up for 2 hours total.

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