How to use this cheat sheet
Offer this to freelancers who worry about pricing. It gives a simple method on one page: target income, costs, billable hours, rate, then quote.
What is inside
- Find your targetTake-home pay. What you need to live on for a year, after tax, including a fair wage for yourself.
- Work out your rateAdd it up. Take-home pay plus tax and savings plus business costs.
- Quote a projectList the tasks. Break the project into steps and estimate hours for each.
- Raise your pricesNew work first. Quote new clients your new rate straight away.
- Terms that protect your priceDeposit. Ask for part of the fee before you start.
Three title ideas for your own version
- Freelance pricing in one page
- How to set your freelance rate
- Quote with confidence
Where to promote it
- Freelancer communities
- X
- YouTube
How do you work out a freelance hourly rate?
Add the yearly income you need to your costs, then divide by the hours you can realistically bill after admin and time off.
Make this cheat sheet your own
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