💰Payments Getting paid - Do you charge what you are worth?

[Dopious]

Charging clients is always a fun discussion, how much am I worth, how much can the client afford to pay, what does others charge and so on.

I remembered a conversation with someone I know 3 years ago that worked at the time as a subcontractor for an Agency on a few jobs, one of the jobs was a complete SEO and competitor evaluation for a big company, the guy I know got paid well - but the Agency charge to the company was wooow, they charged the big comany around $8500 for a job that took about 20-25 hours.

Do you charge what you are worth, and do have a fun example of making good money? How do you set your worth?

Feel free to share.

 

[RiskyStuff]

Yes, I have fun.

I charge so much clients run away and voila, all my time is free.

Time is priceless.

 

[roydan]

I probably don't charge as much as I can. Raised my pricing twice the last couple of months because I got a really good moment going and ran out of time.
Got some really good advice from @t2van about hiring to help with workload.

 

[t2van]

I probably don't charge as much as I can. Raised my pricing twice the last couple of months because I got a really good moment going and ran out of time.
Got some really good advice from @t2van about hiring to help with workload.

Happy to help sir

Or anyone else

 

[SilverClouds]

Charging clients is always a fun discussion, how much am I worth, how much can the client afford to pay, what does others charge and so on.

I remembered a conversation with someone I know 3 years ago that worked at the time as a subcontractor for an Agency on a few jobs, one of the jobs was a complete SEO and competitor evaluation for a big company, the guy I know got paid well - but the Agency charge to the company was wooow, they charged the big comany around $8500 for a job that took about 20-25 hours.

Yeah, audits work something like this, you use less of your time. Not $8500, no. But like 2-3k in my and my clients currency sure. But most audits go for like 600. I guess it depends on how big the company is, ie I got some ecom store that was running gads in multiple countries and had huuuge gads account then I was able to charge more. But I have trouble with getting clients like these consistently, very mixed traffic with smaller companies as well and some people just literally starting their business . Tbh lately my income is reallyyy low .

 

[Berry Scary]

I’ve had to lower my prices over the years. First because of the emergence of cheaper, lower quality competitors, and then again because of AI.

I used to stick to higher rates because it would still attract people that wanted higher quality content, but those types of clients have sadly dwindled in number. They can write articles and other types of content for free with AI now, after all. Sure, it’s objectively worse quality than what I can produce, but they either can’t tell or don’t care.

 

[Champagne]

No, I don't charge what I'm worth. With more competition, you also need to have competitive pricing, as most customers just go for the lowest price. It doesn't mean it's the best quality, but for some, it works.

 

[RiskyStuff]

63% of answers no...
everyone on this forum thinks they're worth billions!
tech millionaires have too high self esteem

I am priceless and checked "yes"

 

[LegacyBuilder248]

everything depends on the client.
as smaller the client as more focused on effectivness per capita he/she is so you need to be more competive.
we work with mid seize companies 100-500mio and i can tell you as larger the company as dumber the board is about marketing and if they are only directors with no ownership they do not care if you charge $2000 $4000 or even $8000 it makes no diffrence for them
but reputation even fake one is everything for them

 

[ggmopa]

Definitely not no. I'm underpaid and know it but doing more for learning at this point.

 

[shattered world]

I’m going to sound like a diva to all of you but I charge what I think is fair for the job not “what I’m worth”. I don’t let some stupid ass money determine my worth and neither should anyone else.

 

[RiskyStuff]

I’m going to sound like a diva to all of you but I charge what I think is fair for the job not “what I’m worth”. I don’t let some stupid ass money determine my worth and neither should anyone else.

Stupid jobs, stupid money for stupid reasons and stupid things like concrete blocks. I like this.

Make money for freedom, not to trap yourself between two walls.