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Gotta bring this up again....
One of my husband's co-workers asked me to do some 8 x 10 layouts for her. I charged her ink and paper ($2.05), and just a little bit for labor and time ($.95 - rounding it up to $3 total). Anyway, this one "favor" has resulted in a mini business with many little jobs for people. I want my services to be affordable and reasonable, but as it is now, I feel I am cheating myself. Putting together these layouts takes a considerable amount of time, and I feel I need to charge enough to make my time and efforts worth it.
The problem is: I have no idea how much to charge. Someone mentioned $25-$30. That seems terribly steep. How much above paper and ink should I charge? Is there anyone out there who does custom layouts? How much do you charge? I work in sizes 8.5x11, 8x10, 5x7, and 4x6.
I guess I'm looking for a straight forward answer, like, "I charge $_____ for an 8x10. That's $_____ for ink and paper, and $_____ for time/labor/profit."
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