Pro tip: Stop chasing clients who haggle over $50

I used to bend over backwards for clients who complained about my rates... until a guy in Denver talked me down from $500 to $450 on a logo project, then asked for 6 revisions. That's when it clicked for me. Those cheap clients always cost you more time and stress than they're worth. After that job, I raised my base rate by 20% and started walking away from anyone who pushed back. Last quarter, I made the same money with half the clients. Has anyone else seen their work quality go up after firing their worst bargain hunters?

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fionagibson22d ago

The cheap ones always demand the most. Firing them freed up space for clients who actually respect the work. Feels so good to ditch that stress.

blair63022d ago

Set a hard minimum and stick to it. I run a small concrete crew and learned this the hard way. Had a guy try to knock $75 off a driveway quote, and I told him no. He went with someone else, came crawling back three weeks later when that crew did a shoddy job and left him with a cracked slab. I charged him my full rate plus an extra $100 for the headache, he paid it without blinking. You filter out the trouble before it even starts when you hold the line on price.

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