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Freelance Payment, How do i charge clients for freelance jobs.
delicowa

3 Jul, 2009 - 06:25 AM
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Hi everybody, I am a programmer and web developer. i just finished my second year in college. and would like to freelance, instead of waiting till after college...

As a newbie i always feel underpaid when i get freelance jobs.

The last program i created was to manage a warehouse database system. It took me about a month to create it in vb.net, with hundreds of lines of codes. yet i got an equivalent of $45....

In case of next time i wanna know..how do freelancers charge clients?
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3 Jul, 2009 - 06:33 AM
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omg dude put some key in your program if you dont like the payment dont give them the code tongue.gif



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3 Jul, 2009 - 06:38 AM
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Sounds like you need to work on your estimation. Don't low ball yourself.
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3 Jul, 2009 - 07:33 AM
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Deli, do you freelance on the web? What website do you use?
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3 Jul, 2009 - 07:39 AM
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First off (As Nykc pointed out) never low ball yourself. Even as a new programmer at some point you're going to have to gain confidence in your work and charge what you honestly think you're worth (Do not go overboard and ask crazy amounts of money, be modest). When you bid on a project always add time into the estimate to account for things that can go wrong, that way you don't end up working for free because you missed the initial deadline.

When I take on a project I always get at least 40% up front, that is not negotiable, then the remainder upon competition. If I'm doing work for someone a long way away then I have them pay me via PayPal, if it's local I don't write a single line of code until they have the initial payment in my hands.

The main thing to remember is to not under-bid, and definitely don't over-bid
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3 Jul, 2009 - 07:58 AM
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The way my company does it, and this is not free-lance, but it may help you is to just look at the basic application that you are building, get the requested requirements for the job from the client and then after those contracted requirements and then charge them for everything after that unless it is a bug in your programming that is your fault. For freelance, especially if you are just doing some work post-build, just charge an hourly rate. My company does ColdFusion Development for $85/hour which is somewhat low actually compared to some others.
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3 Jul, 2009 - 12:32 PM
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Estimate by how many hours you'd think it would cost for you to make such an application + a little for profit (or if things go wrong), and then put an MD5 encryption key into your program that can only be activated after you have fully been paid.

If you're a .Net developer there's a MD5 class you can use
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4 Jul, 2009 - 08:35 AM
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For freelancing tips of all kind try www.FreelanceFolder.com or FreelanceSwitch.com, both are excellent and have a lot of info, you can also post on the forums.
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4 Jul, 2009 - 08:37 AM
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