URGENT HELP: When do you quote your rate???

[MarillionFan]

I pay my shop manager over £10 p/h. Get out of IT now!!!!

[thepanadol]

hehe..i was just say £10 PER DAY as an example! :P

WouldBeEnt: yeah, you are right..agency is with whoever pays them eh?....um.. :S i will see what happens.. :P

[thunderlizard]

If you say your rate is between 10 and 20, you'll find that miraculously, the client is prepared to pay between 8 and 10, so 10 it is. If you are going to quote a range, make sure it's you that is going to finalise the figure later on. It's your price, after all.
Generally, I quote my rate early on, and will only deviate a little bit up or down. The exception is when I am entering a new bit of business with very little knowledge of the facts - I might quote a wideish range in that case.

Oh, & managing a shop is loads harder than working in IT. I don't know why you expect it to pay less.

[expat]

rates

But how could I quote BEFORE I know about the contract/role itself?

I quote the rate for ME. If they want me to stuff envelopes on 600 a day, I'll do it.

[darmstadt]

Re: rates

I give a basic rate prior to speaking to the client, but only if they insist upon it, and depending upon the position and where it is then I'll either up or down it. Hasn't failed yet, you just need to be confident and in charge when discussing such subjects as this.