Negotiating a freelance contract with a new client. They know my day rate, but are now asking if I could break it into an hourly rate instead. Is this something I should try and negotiate? Or is it typical for clients to ask to do this?

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Just divide by 8 and say you require an 8 hour minimum. And anything over 8 hours is OT. Problem solved! You’re answering their question and still getting your day rate.

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half days are sometimes a good option, and i find net out to be about the same $ anyway. if they think they need the flexibility of not booking u for a whole day, but then you can charge 50% of your day rate plus a little more since they’re not booking u the whole day. And then if it’s like an hour of work you’re getting more in the end

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I’m against hourly because it’s not fair to make you work one hour in the morning, then the same tomorrow, one more hour in the afternoon two days from now, etc etc. it’s a nickel and dime game that will probably waste your time and end up with you getting paid less.

They really should have their system together — that is planning the edit, approvals and the delivery to happen efficiently so you have a day of work at a time and don’t have to piecemeal.

If they won’t budge, tell them ok but you have a minimum, say 30 hours, and they the can just add hours on top as you go. So make it worth your while no matter what.

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Not to cast bad vibes but usually clients are looking for that so they can try to customize the scope a bit more or in other words “be cheap” lol. I can’t say that’s the case in your end but I like the idea of day rate divided by 8. Be polite but hold your ground. (Former producer with over 6 YOE)

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