>>5911303>but I was always the first one to throw out a number first then negotiation follows if it's out of their budgetno, don't ever do that, problem is if you give a figure that's way over their budget they will feel like you're trying to rape them, if you charge too little they will say ok and won't tell you they had allocated 5x the money for this project.
ALWAYS ask the magic words "so, what's your budget for this project / illustration / gay porn animation?"
i saw this extremely starkly when first started out: client asks for digital painting deadline midnight, i estimate it will take 6 hours. i'm poor as fuck and willing to do it for less than minimum wage, 70 bucks (usd). but i remember the magic words: "what's your budget for this?". they throw back: 650. i was willing to work for the cost of two mcdonalds dinners, they were willing to pay me rent for a week / two. (of course still not amazing money esp with such a deadline)
let them set the starting point for negotiation, it will let you weed out people with no money as well. i.e. someones budget is $10, just stop responding.
