Hourly or Fixed Rate - Which Is The Better Way to Get Paid?

January 27, 2020
by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.
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¿Cuanto cuesta?

Mennyibe kerül?

Hoeveel kost het?

biyong-eun eolmaibnikka?

Tā yào duōshǎo qián?

Combien ça coûte?

How much does it cost?

Magkano?

Wouldn't it be cool if you could speak the language of your clients regardless of where they are in the world? Imagine yourself establishing a deeper connection with them and earning their trust effortlessly because there is no language barrier. You probably won't struggle building rapport with them because they would feel seen and heard, and genuinely understood.

Good thing, most Filipinos can speak English - the global language of business. In fact, many other nations admire us and prefer to hire Pinoys because of this. You don't really have to study other languages in order to thrive in the international online freelancing landscape. If you can communicate in English you'll do fine.

Having said that, there's one topic that's always been debated in the gig economy, and many freelancers are still figuring out how to communicate with clients about it: PRICING.

If you're a newbie, this is probably not the most important thing you have to learn. But the sooner you become good at it, the faster your freelancing business will grow. Once you start dealing with multiple clients and experience growing pains, you will begin to realize the importance of being able to present and negotiate pricing for your services.

There are different ways to charge clients for your work but the two most popular ways are

1. hourly
2. fixed rate

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each pricing strategy? Should you use the same pricing for different types of services?

Catch this replay of this episode and see both sides of the debate and decide how you'd want to be paid.

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by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.

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76 comments on “Hourly or Fixed Rate - Which Is The Better Way to Get Paid?”

  1. Hello po. Siguro depende din po kung anong klaseng work. kung ung work ay repetitive at may scheduled time, siguro pd po na per hour. Pero kung project based, tapos skill na inooffer mo ay would automate their way of doing business, dapat fixed kasi skil ung binabayaran dun, kasi ndi naman ung kung gano mo kabilis magawa ung work. dapat nga dagdag pa kapag you delivered ahead of time.. 😀

  2. Yung isang premium client ko is hourly ang bayad (unlimited hours per week sya) pero naka kontrata na ako kung ilang hours per job so parang combination sya ng dalawa.

  3. Thank you po for your expert advise. Dito natin nakikita ung sinasabi na freelancing is a trial and error adventure. We apply our skills and adjust depending on the tasks or projects, client and negotiation skills.

  4. After po ba maapprove yung milestone at mabayaran ka ni client, si client po ba dapat mag-end ng contract? Paano po kung di pa in-end ni client yung contract pero wala ka naman ng deliverable para kay client? At si client po ba ang mauuna dapat magbigay ng feedback?

  5. Yes open communication is the way to good relationship, & to our client working relationship. And we have to gain their trust. Thanks coaches for your wisdom and sharing it with us

  6. I want to learn to be a VA and work homebase. I am currently working as an inbound/ outbound sales rep. I am also an ESL tutor homebase as well. Could somebody Help me guide thru this Career I wanna learn and explore please.

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