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well is this job seperate from your normal stuff? like they acknowlege that its extra work...freelance or whatever? my sister has always charged like 30 an hour for any of her freelance stuff.

if this is not within your general job description or expected duties then that says to me charge those fools. or something. wait..why am i giving advice?

it's freelance. which is all i do. so, its normal work for me. i feel like i should give them a final $ number, not hourly. but i dont know. i get nervous when i charge hourly. does anyone know what the going rate is for cd design? i just dont want to be way off base.

simple....
guess how long it will take you and take
hours x $30= your est.

Then after est. get them to write out a purchase order

And the going rate for cd- you know this goes from $20 to $5000.
It is all a matter of where you position yourself?

So don't be scurd
your a good designer

imagine I spend 35 hours, (thats like two weeks, hours dispursed throughout)...that right there is...hold on i need a calculator....is $1000. yikes....is this right? that sounds like too much. i just dont want to freak these people out. but i guess it wouldnt take me 35 hours. maybe 25. im so slow.

You would think that since I actually have a job, I'd know this...but you're wrong. I suck at pricing. I would say go $35 though. You've got skills. (no offense to Nicole...I don't know her work).

Plus, if they think that's too high, they'll probably say so! Then you can go back down to $30. Stick with that though. No lower.

ok, i am a fool. whatever.
i told them that i estimated around $600-700. thats sounds ok, right. i guess we'll see. thanks for your support and advice, friends.

i think that is low giga, i think it should probably be around $1000 at the least, and i would say price high and they will tell you if that is more than what they were thinking, and if it is, just say, ok what were you thinking, and when they tell you you say, yeah, i guess i could do it for that if it isn't just rediculous. but for an 8 panel booklet plus everything else, i would say 1000+ there is no way that these artists don't have to pay then normally something like that and probably more. aim HIGH! you are worth it.

here is what the graphic artists guild pricing guidlines says about it:

independent release - major distribution 2.5G - 8G limited distribution 1G - 5G

major studio release - major 5G - 14G limited 4G - 10G

and these prices include the presentation of 3-5 layouts, finished comp, and doesn't include any reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses such as service bureau output blah blah blah

yeah that is tooo low 600 - 700, your setting yourself up to being the "cheap designer" and still in college prices, you are now making a living doing this now

&(^$#@#...thanks guys but its a little too late, now. they said $700 sounds good. i went in to portico yesterday and talked to claire and john. they both said $600. i hate this.

It's coo' Giga...$700 IS $700. Gots to love the cash flow...