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Tried raising my rate by $10 and got ghosted by a regular client
I bumped my hourly from $60 to $70 for a design client in Seattle who I've been working with for 2 years. They didn't even reply to my email, just stopped sending projects. Kinda stings but now I realize I was probably undercharging them the whole time based on what other freelancers charge. Anybody else lose a client after a rate hike and find it was actually a good thing in the end?
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the_thomas5mo ago
Yeah that sucks, I feel you. Lost a client last year when I went from $50 to $65 an hour for web dev work. They just went silent, no goodbye, nothing. But honestly six months later I was making more money with fewer clients because I had room for better paying ones. Sounds like your old rate was too low for Seattle anyway.
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lopez.simon5mo ago
idk maybe this is just me but I bet that client was looking for an excuse to leave anyway. Like when someone flakes on you after a price change it usually means they were already unhappy or shopping around. The rate hike just gave them a reason to bail without having to actually talk to you about it. It's easy to blame the price but sometimes the relationship was already on its last legs.
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jamesm484mo ago
Ha! At least they ghosted you instead of giving you that "we'll think about it" answer and stringing you along for another year. Maybe we should start charging a "coward's fee" upfront for clients who can't handle a simple conversation.
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