The rise of the freelance Dick Turpin

We have plans to make it less likely that the less professional posters are unlikely to hang around. Some big changes in the pipeline...

I am of the opinion that those offering to work for practically nothing are students and those in full-time work and looking to build a portfolio. This does not help any of us who make a living doing this work.

To carry on in pedantic spelling mode - "dissent" 😃

Thanks for the QC....appreciate it. 😉

Wooh somewhere where we can rant on topic :D
But then that's no fun...

administrator, post: 4665 a écrit : I am of the opinion that those offering to work for practically nothing are students and those in full-time work and looking to build a portfolio. This does not help any of us who make a living doing this work.

I do my work for probably less than an well established company because I'm pretty much just starting out, but certainly not for ridiculous money. I'd rather flip burgers in Mcdonalds. But where do we stand, those of us who are just starting out?
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hellosmithy, post: 4679 a écrit : Wooh somewhere where we can rant on topic :D
But then that's no fun...

Yeah, I wasn't sure if it'd ruin the party or not... ;)

Lee, you stand with the rest of us, carving out a career and being your own boss to boot. 🙂 Can't beat it.

How about some sticky posts in each forum providing ball park figures for various services?

Then when people come along they will get a rough idea of what XXX service that they want would cost.

Ardesco, post: 4699 a écrit : How about some sticky posts in each forum providing ball park figures for various services?

Then when people come along they will get a rough idea of what XXX service that they want would cost.

There are so many factors to consider when pricing jobs, never mind trying to sum up industry-wide prices that everyone would agree with. I think it would be very difficult.

This thread touches on it maybe.

I've just commented on this on another thread. It's a really tricky one. I'll be honest, I charge £50 per hour, which works out at about £350 (one 7-hour day) for a 1,000 word case study, or £100 (a couple of hours) for a short 250 word article. My clients pay this happily, and I know that other specialist IT writers charge £500+ for case studies! Which is why an 80,000 word website for $500 (as offered on one project-finding site) is just never going to be an option!