Comments on: “Because I’m WORTH it!” http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2009/01/because-im-worth-it/ The goat loves the water Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:57:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2009/01/because-im-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Kelly Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:29:38 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=134#comment-168 same thing goes for us developers. im a front-end girl, and spent years undercharging myself by about 30%! i finally got my rate up to where it should be, but now im in new zealand and the "how much do i charge" game has begun anew. at least i have my canadian rate to gauge against! same thing goes for us developers. im a front-end girl, and spent years undercharging myself by about 30%! i finally got my rate up to where it should be, but now im in new zealand and the “how much do i charge” game has begun anew. at least i have my canadian rate to gauge against!

]]> By: Gradualist http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2009/01/because-im-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Gradualist Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:11:31 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=134#comment-141 Hey good points Kat! We (a 2 person partnership) put our rates up about a year ago, which I didn't feel too bad about since we hadn't done so in a couple of years and one of my clients even told me they thought we were underselling ourselves a bit! I also justified it by thinking we wouldn't put them up again for another couple years, but already in this last year I've realised we should probably be charging more. What to do in this situation? Just charge new clients a higher rate and keep old clients on the old rate for a bit longer? And another danger of these times - avoiding increasing rates because of the financial crisis. I know I shouldn't let that influence my choices, but when the contracts are thin on the ground and there is so much competition, it is far too easy to try and sell youself short. Don't do it! [Kat, I like the redesign btw!] Hey good points Kat! We (a 2 person partnership) put our rates up about a year ago, which I didn’t feel too bad about since we hadn’t done so in a couple of years and one of my clients even told me they thought we were underselling ourselves a bit! I also justified it by thinking we wouldn’t put them up again for another couple years, but already in this last year I’ve realised we should probably be charging more. What to do in this situation? Just charge new clients a higher rate and keep old clients on the old rate for a bit longer? And another danger of these times – avoiding increasing rates because of the financial crisis. I know I shouldn’t let that influence my choices, but when the contracts are thin on the ground and there is so much competition, it is far too easy to try and sell youself short.
Don’t do it!

[Kat, I like the redesign btw!]

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