My rate on my website?
My rate on my website?
(OP)
Hi,
Is there any thing that prevent me from putting my hourly fee for consultation on my website?
Thanks for replies
Is there any thing that prevent me from putting my hourly fee for consultation on my website?
Thanks for replies





RE: My rate on my website?
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: My rate on my website?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
RE: My rate on my website?
Cheers
Greg Locock
New here? Try reading these, they might help FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?
RE: My rate on my website?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
RE: My rate on my website?
RE: My rate on my website?
RE: My rate on my website?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com
RE: My rate on my website?
If your rates are flat, then you'll only allow yourself flat customers. One company I know (custom machinery engineering, design, build) had a project cost estimation spreadsheet for developing project costs. They included several additional charges or percentage markups over their standard cost rates. These included such things as penalty percentage adders for "difficult customers" (affecting their design efficiency), "new unknown technology" adders for moderating the risk involved, and other such things.
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
RE: My rate on my website?
That kind of thing is really effective for bidding the whole project (I just double my hourly rate and add between 10% and 50% to the sum depending on those kinds of factors), but unless it is a hard-dollar bid it is really hard to recover those elements unless at the end of the spreadsheet you divide the total dollars by the estimated hours and get a project-specific hourly rate (which I suppose is not a bad thing, but logistics of keeping up with it can be tough).
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
RE: My rate on my website?
RE: My rate on my website?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
RE: My rate on my website?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com
RE: My rate on my website?
RE: My rate on my website?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
RE: My rate on my website?
RE: My rate on my website?
2. I will charge you $X/hr, and you will pay me for every hour that I work no matter how many that is.
Total transparency about your hourly rates is a positive because clients understand that this is just your rate, and you are not screwing them or giving someone else a better deal. For bonus points, you can even round off to a nice even number like say $100/hr, or $200/hr.
RE: My rate on my website?
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: My rate on my website?
RE: My rate on my website?
Sorry, my last post was cut off in mid flow. That is the most ludicrous suggestion I have heard since I last listened to parliamentary question time.
Cheers
Greg Locock
New here? Try reading these, they might help FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?
RE: My rate on my website?
Why are round numbers ludricrous? The point is straightforwardness. We all outsmart ourselves with contracts we don't understand leading to disagreement and consternation.
RE: My rate on my website?
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: My rate on my website?