On 12/29/05, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only one of the clients I've spoken to in the last couple of years was ok > with hourly rates. Maybe it's the mix of clients I see, but the rest all see > charging by the hour as something of an open cheque. ... > They want to have a cap on what they are going to pay.
Absolutely. If you go hourly your clients have to either know your work from past experience, and already trust you, or know you from a referrral, or be impressed by their meeting with you. If I was just starting out I don't think I could get away with hourly billing. > So I work out the number of hours I think it's going to take, add a big > margin for error, then add another margin for error. That was my 'old' way of doing it and I tell clients right up front that if they want a fixed cost this is how I will derive it, emphasizing that while an hourly rate on a project is scary, if they want a fixed cost this is how its figured up in the business. They can avoid the overage guesstimates by having faith, paying only for what they incur and very likely saving money. -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227992 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
