Comments on: How Much Should You Charge? http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/23/how-much-should-you-charge/ Helping to turn a drawing hobby into a cartooning profession Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Matt Glover http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/23/how-much-should-you-charge/#comment-57 Matt Glover Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:08:53 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/23/how-much-should-you-charge/#comment-57 Update August 9th 2006 - I've added freelance rates for South Africa. Thanks to Helen and Marion of Drawing/Sketching at About.com. Update August 9th 2006 - I’ve added freelance rates for South Africa. Thanks to Helen and Marion of Drawing/Sketching at About.com.

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]]> By: Marc Morrow http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/23/how-much-should-you-charge/#comment-43 Marc Morrow Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:13:26 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/23/how-much-should-you-charge/#comment-43 It's not a "one-price-fits-all" situation. By all means, begin by charging the fee you want, but be prepared to lower that fee later if you find little demand for your work as a consequence. Establishing a career in this industry requires an element of flexibility rather than stoic defence of a price that we feel reflects our worth regardless of how the commercial principles of supply-and-demand influences our potential clients' choices. We aren't a "compulsory" resource like GPs or primary industry producers, and we certainly aren't thin on the ground. Like every other career, you should expect to spend years earning the respect of clients and employers. And part of that comes from offering competitive fees. Your fees should go up and down for a while, until they find their own level, and this level will be influenced by your competence, geographic location, local competition, specialisations, and client-bases (corporate or private, etc)." It’s not a “one-price-fits-all” situation. By all means, begin by charging the fee you want, but be prepared to lower that fee later if you find little demand for your work as a consequence. Establishing a career in this industry requires an element of flexibility rather than stoic defence of a price that we feel reflects our worth regardless of how the commercial principles of supply-and-demand influences our potential clients’ choices. We aren’t a “compulsory” resource like GPs or primary industry producers, and we certainly aren’t thin on the ground.

Like every other career, you should expect to spend years earning the respect of clients and employers. And part of that comes from offering competitive fees.

Your fees should go up and down for a while, until they find their own level, and this level will be influenced by your competence, geographic location, local competition, specialisations, and client-bases (corporate or private, etc).”

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