Re:Ask HN: Freelance Web Dev: Hourly or per Project?
by nonameface on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @05:59PM
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I did a hybrid for my first freelance. I charged hourly, but because I was new and unsure still in my skills (and had never actually set up what they were asking for before), I set a maximum upper bound for the client so they wouldn't be punished by my inexperience.
For example I charged them $75/hr and estimated the job would take me 8 hours. ($600) I told them my fee was $75/hr with a maximum cost of 20 hours ($1500) needed to do the project.
This gave them an upper bound for the maximum they would have to pay me so they could budget/get approval. The job was small enough that scope creep wasn't really an issue though.
I ended up charging them $800 as I forgot to include travel time to their location. First estimate was remote. I charged them full $75/hr for my travel time.
For example I charged them $75/hr and estimated the job would take me 8 hours. ($600) I told them my fee was $75/hr with a maximum cost of 20 hours ($1500) needed to do the project.
This gave them an upper bound for the maximum they would have to pay me so they could budget/get approval. The job was small enough that scope creep wasn't really an issue though.
I ended up charging them $800 as I forgot to include travel time to their location. First estimate was remote. I charged them full $75/hr for my travel time.