Hi all,
So I've got a great client, bit of business guru, doing ok financially but not rich and he's asked me to do an A5 planner/book.
I always struggle with costing and the advice is ususally; note how long it takes and charge your hourly rate.
Now that's all well and good but I've totted up all the hours spent and the cost for what is essentially a relatively simple planner is £840. This includes the initial meeting, mockups, revisions, dealing with the printers (but not the printing cost), time spent emailing and phone meetings etc.
Eg: Everything.
FWIW, it's probably the first time I've kept track of all the time spent working on a project not just the time working in design software.
I've mentioned it could be a relatively high invoice and his words were 'it costs what it costs'.
I don't feel comfortable charging that but the reason I'm making this post is: would you tell your client the 'real' cost (£840) and let them know they're getting a deal?
I've done a fair bit of work for him, he's my main client (not many eggs in the basket) so I don't want to rock the boat too much.
What would you do?
Thanks for any and all opinions
So I've got a great client, bit of business guru, doing ok financially but not rich and he's asked me to do an A5 planner/book.
I always struggle with costing and the advice is ususally; note how long it takes and charge your hourly rate.
Now that's all well and good but I've totted up all the hours spent and the cost for what is essentially a relatively simple planner is £840. This includes the initial meeting, mockups, revisions, dealing with the printers (but not the printing cost), time spent emailing and phone meetings etc.
Eg: Everything.
FWIW, it's probably the first time I've kept track of all the time spent working on a project not just the time working in design software.
I've mentioned it could be a relatively high invoice and his words were 'it costs what it costs'.
I don't feel comfortable charging that but the reason I'm making this post is: would you tell your client the 'real' cost (£840) and let them know they're getting a deal?
I've done a fair bit of work for him, he's my main client (not many eggs in the basket) so I don't want to rock the boat too much.
What would you do?
Thanks for any and all opinions