Prices

[vsolution]

hey you guys from California... if you charge like 40- 60$ or even almost 100$. I have a question how much you get monthly. Also I just graduate HS. and now i'm in summer. Do you know where I can find small desings jobs in webdesing, stationary design. etc? thank you!

[bunker]

Why is this subject the most difficult for designers? It is so relative and there are so many factors that affects the price like, portfolio, if you have a lot of work or not, if your client have a lot o money or not. I never could rate hourly, what I do is think in my price per our, then I think how many ours it will take the job based in my experience and then I set a price for the job. Some times it works, some times don’t.

The question is what works better for you, I usually charge 50% in advanced and the 50% after I finished the work so I don’t work in vain. What do you usually do?