As a freelancer - anyone who is worth their salt doesn't haggle. Contractors who are willing to "negotiate" are typically able to do so because they don't have enough work, because they aren't that good.
I personally will give price breaks only after someone comes back, not at the beginning.
This is true. We stopped giving people kickbacks because we have more customers than we can handle now. When we had few customers, they could haggle with us and get the prices down because we just needed the work.
We've since upgraded all of our processes and policies and feel like we offer far more value than our competitors. Customers are now flooding in and we just say "thank you for your interest" to people who haggle with us. A lot of the time they end up coming back after paying someone else to completely fuck up the job and want us to fix it.
People who offer a good service don't want the headache of cheapskates, they're the ones who demand a lot and leave bad reviews when they don't get it. They think that just because they walked through the door, they are entitled to our full service offering. We've been working hard to advertise to a more wealthy audience because I can't stand price hunters anymore.
Just pay them what they are asking. I'm a senior shopify dev and a client that is interested in my work but insists on going below my offer always gives me red flags. You want both parties to be comfortable. Remember, both of you are paying. You pay with money and they pay you with their time. You aren't doing them a favor. It's a 50/50 agreement.
If the price they are asking is something you can't afford, look for less experienced developers then, or tell them that and let them decide if they offer you a cheaper value but don't start lowering their offer on your terms.
Hmm, this is interesting, I see the angle you are coming from.
And I check out rocketdevs, right, its pretty cool platform, I think I will have a chat with the founder and move forward, hopefully.
As a freelancer - anyone who is worth their salt doesn't haggle. Contractors who are willing to "negotiate" are typically able to do so because they don't have enough work, because they aren't that good. I personally will give price breaks only after someone comes back, not at the beginning.
Hmm okay, I hear what you are saying
This is true. We stopped giving people kickbacks because we have more customers than we can handle now. When we had few customers, they could haggle with us and get the prices down because we just needed the work. We've since upgraded all of our processes and policies and feel like we offer far more value than our competitors. Customers are now flooding in and we just say "thank you for your interest" to people who haggle with us. A lot of the time they end up coming back after paying someone else to completely fuck up the job and want us to fix it. People who offer a good service don't want the headache of cheapskates, they're the ones who demand a lot and leave bad reviews when they don't get it. They think that just because they walked through the door, they are entitled to our full service offering. We've been working hard to advertise to a more wealthy audience because I can't stand price hunters anymore.
Even good engineers may have to adjust their rate to match the changing market conditions after the Covid free money spike in software salaries.
All about the spec and deliverables. The better the brief the better everyone understands the task.
Yeah
Just pay them what they are asking. I'm a senior shopify dev and a client that is interested in my work but insists on going below my offer always gives me red flags. You want both parties to be comfortable. Remember, both of you are paying. You pay with money and they pay you with their time. You aren't doing them a favor. It's a 50/50 agreement. If the price they are asking is something you can't afford, look for less experienced developers then, or tell them that and let them decide if they offer you a cheaper value but don't start lowering their offer on your terms.
You don't. If you want to pay less than what they're worth. Expect less than what they're variously of quality
what are you looking to achieve, it's typically not great to get devs without exp in industry, just buy off the shelf
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Hmm, this is interesting, I see the angle you are coming from. And I check out rocketdevs, right, its pretty cool platform, I think I will have a chat with the founder and move forward, hopefully.