I believe that to really determine a good price for your work is by recording how many hours you spend on it and look at the overall quality of the work you produce. Is your work industry standard?
If a client wants to hire you for a commision make sure you check the overall scope of the project and what you'll be participating in before setting a price. I once made the mistake of setting a price first before observing the scope. It was halfway through the project I realised I was being underpaid for the kind of work I was doing.
When being offered freelance jobs I've learnt that its important to ask questions and do as much research as possible before stepping my foot in the door. If you are unable to gather much information on the company/client you are unfamiliar with then its probably best not to go for it.
For example I was once being offered a job in Malaysia but while the opportunity sounded good I realized that I was also going to be paid below the Australian minimum wage.
overall there were allot of things I learnt the hard way and I'm glad for the experience. Advice I give to my colleagues if they were offered an oppertunity is to get as much information as they can before going stepping there foot through the door. Mistakes will be made and its best to come across them sonner then later. My mistakes were I didn't properly value my work due to my lack of research and question asking. In the future I hope to properly price the value of any future projects I participate in.
If a client wants to hire you for a commision make sure you check the overall scope of the project and what you'll be participating in before setting a price. I once made the mistake of setting a price first before observing the scope. It was halfway through the project I realised I was being underpaid for the kind of work I was doing.
When being offered freelance jobs I've learnt that its important to ask questions and do as much research as possible before stepping my foot in the door. If you are unable to gather much information on the company/client you are unfamiliar with then its probably best not to go for it.
For example I was once being offered a job in Malaysia but while the opportunity sounded good I realized that I was also going to be paid below the Australian minimum wage.
overall there were allot of things I learnt the hard way and I'm glad for the experience. Advice I give to my colleagues if they were offered an oppertunity is to get as much information as they can before going stepping there foot through the door. Mistakes will be made and its best to come across them sonner then later. My mistakes were I didn't properly value my work due to my lack of research and question asking. In the future I hope to properly price the value of any future projects I participate in.
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