Greetings!

Dunno if this is the right place to post such a question...

Recently someone is asking me to design a brochure (Z-Fold) but of course, was asking me how much would it cost him. Here come's the dilemma, I don't usually do print designs and I definitely don't have any idea on how much Brochures Cost particularly in the U.S.! And my question here is...

How much do you guyz/galz here quote your designs? Do you have a starting price and adjust it according to the complexity of the project? Or, if you have standard pricing for such projects, how much is it for:

1. Logo Design
2. Brochure Design
3. Business Cards Design
4. Stationery/Letterhead Design

Design only... I don't usually offer print jobs anyway. Hope y'all here could give me an idea regarding this matter. Looking forward for your replies. TIA!

Peace.



.alienx

I usually charge by hour. I work out how long a project will take and then mulitply by hourly rate.

How much an hourly rate is depends on the area you live in and how much you want to get paid, say anywhere from $25-200US an hour.

Logo designs can take up to 40 hours depending on client, brochures 20 hours, business card 3 hours, stationary 3 hours.

Then again they may take a tenth of that time or double. That is why I always meet with a client and discuss the project before giving any prices and have a contract that will allow me to increase my quoted price if I need to.

You should be aware that the Graphic Artists Guild way of pricing is to price by job not by hour. The clients income is taken into account as to what to charge as well as the distribution of the design.

Thanks freakyclean! That enlightened me...



.alienx

What we do at my job is. First someone get a price from the printer, we add a little to that of course, like 10-20% depending on how big the client/job is.

Then we estimate a time scedule (from experience), and add it with the price we got from the printer.

It's hard to make out a price when i don't know the job properly


But Freakyclean has some really good points

Hey Cone! Thanks for that one! That's something I can also use... Hope to hear more from the others. CIAO!



.alienx