Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I read once that you should charge as if you had the overhead of your competition. For example, what if you had to pay for monthly rent, insurance etc., on a studio; a separate phone line; advertising etc., etc. I think it is good advice. The point of the author was that if you ever want to make a living doing this, your customers will never be understand why you want to charge more for the same thing when your costs go up. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean" <dean@tbc.t-com.ne.jp> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: How much should I charge? > Hey! > > Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote: > > > Folks: It's happened. People are starting to ask for prints... > > ...So what should I charge? > > Me, I charge people I like what I would be earning otherwise if I was doing > overtime at work. I also figure that it takes me a while and I loose enough > time that it means a whole day of lost overtime (I am lucky, and in my job > the overtime is pretty much there for the asking). So, I charge one day of > overtime. Plus everything (and I mean everything) I use, paper, chemicals > (in my case), water, power, etc. I figure that why should I spend my free > time doing something for someone, when I could otherwise be filling it up > earning money. I take the view that doing this for people is costing me > money that I am not earning. > > For people I don't like I charge double. > > I guess what I am saying is that one approach is to figure out what your > free time is worth to you and charge accordingly. One way to do this is to > compare it to what you would earn if you were working during that time. > > Another approach is to barter. One time, the vocalist girlfriend of I guy I > once shot arranged a small exhibition of some music/musician prints of mine > in a kinda famous jazz club here in Tokyo for me, and in return I shot one > of her concerts for her. That worked out well for all concerned. > > Hope this is of some help. > > Sooner, > Dean Johnston > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html