Margins is such a huge thing! When I was starting out I never changed extra for night rendering. All it took was having two large clients at once for my workflow to stop working and I had to delay my work. Since my first client was used to their previous service they didn't understand why things were changing. Always charge extra and set up night rendering timings if you do it!
I had this happen. Except the client never communicated with me what their budget even was. We only agreed on rate. We communicated every step of the way so it was clear when I was working. At the end of the project they expressed that their budget was about $500 less that what I billed for. Every step of the way the said it looked great and they loved it. But upon the final bill they changed their mind and said that it wasn't what they wanted and that it shouldn't cost that much. This was from a well known studio too in NYC. I usually always do contracts, but with them I didn't just because it was a last minute job and with them being a new client I wanted it to go smoothly. I just ate the $500 and took it as a lesson learned. And I don't work with them anymore.
Interesting first tip! My personal experience is that most clients have no idea how much work is involved in motion. Since I started breaking down all the elements on my quote, a tip I read in the book “The Freelance Manifesto”, clients are more prone to sign with no questions asked. I’m interested to know what other people are experiencing…
Personally, I've never given a break down of cost. I've always just given a client how many hours the project will take me and given them my hourly rate. I've then given a discount for daily and weekly bookings to encourage a longer booking period. Having said this, the majority of my work has been with design and advertising agencies where I've worked on multiple projects at a time. Love the Motion Hatch content, keep up the great work!
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Margins is such a huge thing! When I was starting out I never changed extra for night rendering. All it took was having two large clients at once for my workflow to stop working and I had to delay my work. Since my first client was used to their previous service they didn't understand why things were changing. Always charge extra and set up night rendering timings if you do it!
What a great comment, really glad this helped! :)
You really hit the nail on the head with the first point! Don't give them a change to haggle and dictate the value of your work.
The reaction shots of the client questioning the budget is so accurate 😂 Felt it in my bones haha
I had this happen. Except the client never communicated with me what their budget even was. We only agreed on rate. We communicated every step of the way so it was clear when I was working. At the end of the project they expressed that their budget was about $500 less that what I billed for. Every step of the way the said it looked great and they loved it. But upon the final bill they changed their mind and said that it wasn't what they wanted and that it shouldn't cost that much. This was from a well known studio too in NYC.
I usually always do contracts, but with them I didn't just because it was a last minute job and with them being a new client I wanted it to go smoothly. I just ate the $500 and took it as a lesson learned. And I don't work with them anymore.
Interesting first tip!
My personal experience is that most clients have no idea how much work is involved in motion. Since I started breaking down all the elements on my quote, a tip I read in the book “The Freelance Manifesto”, clients are more prone to sign with no questions asked.
I’m interested to know what other people are experiencing…
Thanks so much for this comment! We absolutely love Joey's book! We'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on this! :)
Personally, I've never given a break down of cost. I've always just given a client how many hours the project will take me and given them my hourly rate. I've then given a discount for daily and weekly bookings to encourage a longer booking period. Having said this, the majority of my work has been with design and advertising agencies where I've worked on multiple projects at a time.
Love the Motion Hatch content, keep up the great work!
Great tips, Hayley!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Sweet stuff 🙌
Thanks so much! :)
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
You're so welcome! Hope this helped! :)
But how and where can we find thosr clients which will pay this much money per day