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November 7th, 2016

056: Hourly vs Value-Based Pricing

There are two seemingly contradicting philosophies about how to charge clients for programming work. The hourly camp suggests that the client is paying for your skill and hiring you for your time. The value-based pricing camp suggests that the programmer

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Hourly vs Value-Based Pricing Show Summary


Time-based pricing

  • Resolution could be hourly or daily
  • Allows flexibility: bill your client for the hours you work
  • Requires you to keep track of your time
  • Was that 10 hours of actual development, or 10 hours of replying to emails?
  • As you

Developer Shout-Out

Thank you, Patrick McKenzie for educating developers on value-based pricing. A $50 Amazon gift card from Laracasts is on its way to you.

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Panelists

Keith Casey Jr


Tim Lytle


Mike McDerment


Show Notes Credit

Chris Shaw

Thank you Chris Shaw for authoring the show notes for this episode!

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