]]>DJCactus wrote:I feel like this mentality often dupes a lot of people into conceding into not charging for their production expertise. Which makes companies offer guys like me "an amazing opportunity to get exposure!" where its like "yo, you really contacted the studio to get me to work on something…. for free? Im sorry I have to decline, talked to DTE energy and they said they wouldn't accept "exposure" as a form of payment"
If you feel like your work is worth something, charge for it. People on here seem to got the right idea on prices ^^
Yeah, and sure, if I was unemployed or a teenager with heaps of spare time, perhaps I'd be up for making a freebie in return for exposure. But i'm an adult with very little time for my own creative stuff. If you want me to use that time on your things, it's going to cost.
One thing I usually do before charging is go FBI-raid google crazy on the client and see what their other projects have been and if my client is used to getting quality work from others for free or next to nothing. I never charge solo gamedevs as much as I charge studios or production teams because the solo developer is normally self-funded (he/she has less of a budget than a studio).
]]>bitjacker wrote:depends on if you still want to have claim to that song. fame from your creation might be more valuable...
I feel like this mentality often dupes a lot of people into conceding into not charging for their production expertise. Which makes companies offer guys like me "an amazing opportunity to get exposure!" where its like "yo, you really contacted the studio to get me to work on something…. for free? Im sorry I have to decline, talked to DTE energy and they said they wouldn't accept "exposure" as a form of payment"
If you feel like your work is worth something, charge for it. People on here seem to got the right idea on prices ^^
Yeah, and sure, if I was unemployed or a teenager with heaps of spare time, perhaps I'd be up for making a freebie in return for exposure. But i'm an adult with very little time for my own creative stuff. If you want me to use that time on your things, it's going to cost.
]]>depends on if you still want to have claim to that song. fame from your creation might be more valuable...
I feel like this mentality often dupes a lot of people into conceding into not charging for their production expertise. Which makes companies offer guys like me "an amazing opportunity to get exposure!" where its like "yo, you really contacted the studio to get me to work on something…. for free? Im sorry I have to decline, talked to DTE energy and they said they wouldn't accept "exposure" as a form of payment"
If you feel like your work is worth something, charge for it. People on here seem to got the right idea on prices ^^
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]]>make a big number up and ask. be willing to go down if theyre budget doesnt allow it tho. if they brag avout "millions" of dowbloads then id ask around $300-$500 or so, but initially say $700 and go down
i dont do percentage deals. i just want cash up front, with custome written terms of service on the invoice. terms saying something like "ok youre only paying me $150 right now but if these shirts sell more than $5,000 in revenue, you owe me $150 more. if you make more than $10,000 you owe me $1000 more along with 5% revenue gathered from said product i helped be a part of"
just to be sure youre clear about what ur doing.
Great words of advice, thank you.
]]>the only times there is enough fame for it to be valuable, there tends to also be enough people buying the game that there is money to pay you properly as well... if it's free with in-app purchases, maybe set a base fee with additional amounts based on total amount of in-app purchases...
Also, really agree with this ^
]]>he was originally going to give me 7%, which i think is fairly reasonable
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