Wondering how to charge for some Graphic design work? Do you charge by the piece? By the hour?

Different designer figure out they're prices in different ways. I charge by the job, never by the hour, for two reasons. Number one, over the years I develop better ways of working through the design process which means I do things a lot faster than I used to. If I charge by the hour I'm basically punishing myself for being more efficient. I could up the hourly rate to compensate but who wants to keep figuring out a new hourly rate all the time. The second reason I charge by the job is because clients like to know prices up front. Telling a client this job will cost $2000 makes them more comfortable than telling them you charge $100/hr and the job will take somewhere between 20-25 hours. ..

By working out how many hours* I might take to do the job, assuming that the job goes smoothly, then giving the client a quotation of the total figure to reach an agreed level, then add an hourly rate for subsequent revisions or amendments that are beyond that level. For example, if you calculate that a brochure that takes 20 hours work comes back from the client asking for 20% changes, that might be what you base your initial quote on, any changes beyond that are chargeable on top of the quoted figure. * you might work out how many hours by working from the number and complexity of each spreads.

by the hour is the normal way of doing it, but it's really up to you if it's not an official job, just be careful with your pricing.

By working out how many hours* I might take to do the job, assuming that the job goes smoothly, then giving the client a quotation of the total figure to reach an agreed level, then add an hourly rate for subsequent revisions or amendments that are beyond that level. For example, if you calculate that a brochure that takes 20 hours work comes back from the client asking for 20% changes, that might be what you base your initial quote on, any changes beyond that are chargeable on top of the quoted figure. * you might work out how many hours by working from the number and complexity of each spreads.

by the hour is the normal way of doing it, but it's really up to you if it's not an official job, just be careful with your pricing.