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Originally Posted by devine
And for the designers that are whoring: be smart. Some of you make quality stuff, charge for it. You may miss 1 or 2 tasks here and there, but this business needs designers, and any successful company won't blink at paying realistic prices. If you don't whore yourself, you'll gain respect, business and you'll get paid accordingly to what you do.
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this is the best advice any designer can take, for years i def did lower end projects to build up my contacts.
but i have found now that my prices have gone way up i am making much more. people now respect my work and me as a businessman.
people who are serious in this business have no problem spending the cash to build their business. these are the types of people you want in the long run.
your $350 guy will not be around in a year then what do you do?
never think just because their is alot of designers out there that you have to have mega low prices to compete.
the couple higher paid projects that you take and spend the extra days on will ultimately make your portfolio look better and in turn will attract bigger business' with bigger budgets who are willing to pay to have the design done proper.
it is always better to lose $350 now to make $1000 later. and of course i charge more than that, i am just providing a relative example to this thread.