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Turn your day rate into project prices without underquoting
Clients want a fixed price and you quote by the day. Get project packages that protect your rate and spell out what's included.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me turn my day rate into fixed project prices. What I do: [e.g. web design, copywriting, bookkeeping, photography] My day rate: [amount] A typical project: [describe it] How long it really takes, including admin and changes: [days] What usually goes over: [e.g. extra revisions, slow feedback] What clients ask for most: [list] Ask me up to 3 short questions first. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Work out a realistic project price from my day rate, with a buffer for overrun. 2. Suggest 2 or 3 packages, such as basic, standard and full, with what's included and excluded in each. 3. A clear line on extras: how they're charged. 4. Wording for a quote that explains the packages simply. 5. A check: what my day rate effectively becomes if the project runs 25% over. Show sums, use my figures. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. web design, copywriting, bookkeeping, photography: a short note you already have. amount: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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