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Design fees
Hi
I have just been asked to give a price for designing only. What kind of hourly charge do designers charge? Ive never just given a design fee quote before so I kinda need help!!
Thanks 😎
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quote AK:HiWhat kind of hourly charge do designers charge?
Thanks 😎
Outrageous money, a lot of em!
Sort of depends on what your designing?
I would go in at £35.00 per hour that’s pretty conservative.
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if your not getting the work after the design ide be looking for about £50 per hour. that said… im fast with signlab… for me to spend an hour on a design is allot… i guess by the time i am finished ide probably look at the design and charge what i think it is worth, and some. rather than pence per minute.
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i charge £100/hr for design, and min £250 for logo design.
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we are considering a scaling system depending on design level.
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quote idgni:i charge £100/hr for design, and min £250 for logo design.Ian What sort of design would you provide, say for 4hours work, and how much input would you require from the client?
for a logo, how many would you give the client to choose from, and if none were approved, would you still charge the fee?
Can you post any examples to give us a guideline?Peter
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quote :i charge £100/hr for design, and min £250 for logo design.I like the way you separate design work from designing a corporate logo
because they are indeed separateInteresting rate! 😉
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Thanks for the replies! I mainly just dabble on the computer and do most of my work with the brush so I needed a bit of help! Thanks 😎
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Dave – interesting idea having a scaling – how would this work?
Chris
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I guess you’d charge based upon the complexity of the design Dave? That’s basically what I do. Anything that I can throw together in 10 minutes I don’t charge a setup fee for, anything that takes much longer than that I base upon complexity. I quoted for a load of stripes a while back. 1.5mm stripes with 3mm gaps, nearly 800 stripes per window 1.2 metres wide by about 2 metres tall. It took hours (probably because I don’t know the software, and my cutter is only 24inch so I had to set them on different sheets etc) and I had to let the job go because it was 270 miles from home and a bit out of my abilities. I quoted a fairly high price even though the design was simple because of the number of hours it took to draw and space all the stripes. It’s not easy to categorise a job for me!
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i got to talk with others about it.. but currently we are underquoting when we are spending more time on jobs.. trying to find a unit price and allowed time for artwork to be done. Its a tricky one.
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Adam that would have taken you 1minute in Signlab probably less, that’s why I bought the package, time saver.
Cheers
Dave (the boss, not employee)
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Hi aj
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Even so, getting the right rate for Design is a problem. There is a constant debate as to whether Design is a Cost Centre or a Profit Centre.In my own business, we just about break even. Our starting point is to charge £50.00 per hour but inevitably, we do a lot of things that we just cannot charge for.
In my opinion, to justify £100 per hour you’d need to have premises and services similar to a city Design Studio – that means plush offices and proper account management. And you’d need to present your ideas in a professional way, giving explanations of the thought process which led to the design. Also illustrating comparisons with designs used by others in the same trade or profession.
I wish you luck but probably the answer is to charge the same rate as you do for sign fitting – what’s that?
Regards
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Dave,
At SignUK yesterday loads of people were telling me how easy SignLab is! I’ve been using Flexi because I found it fairly easy to use. I’ve started using SignLab 6.1 but am finding it difficult at the moment as it’s different to what I am used to!
Adam
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