Price yourself lower in the market, cause when you prove how good you are, then the business wont mind paying more next time.
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For your first time 30 or 40 is not bad but I think its a little low. Be honest with yourself and if your confident your pretty good I would say 50 or 60 minimum. If you don’t feel you’re pretty good then you need to wait until you are. It’s fair to charge a little less because of inexperience but not because of unpreparedness.
Do you get more or less down under in kangaroo land? I was low balling a little due to him starting out. I think the average in most places would be more between 80 and 150 US depending on the circumstances. That if I'm correct in assuming he's stolling or something of that nature.This is why I asked about countries... Funny how big the difference is.
It's Chapter 4: Marketing: Booking the Gig.I hate to toot my own horn here, but also search out a thread I wrote called "How To Get Gigs, and Keep Clients". There's like 7 parts, and I do believe I discuss real world pricing in one of them. I just don't remember which chapter it is off the top of my head.