You don’t want to cater to these kinds of clients. They will never be satisfied and will constantly try to screw you over.

Where do you market your work on?

Tell him “$5 is a great deal and I can’t beat that price. Thanks for the opportunity to bid. Goodbye.”

This demonstrates a very important small business lesson: there IS some business you don’t want. The people who try to nickel and dime you will be the worst customers.

Businesses on average lose money on 10% of customers. By ditching this goober that you would lose money on YOU WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASE PROFITS AND REDUCE WORKLOAD.

I would recommend that you never do anything for $8.

Charge more. Simple as that.

Short and sweet. “Our prices are firm at $X”

Just stay firm on price. You’re dealing with cheapskates who don’t have much money.

You are focusing on low-cost services. That attracts annoying, low-quality clients. Either be willing to deal with it, or raise your prices.

I’m a locksmith, so different industry, but the principal is the same. If someone asks for something cheaper, I tell them where they can go to get it, but to be careful of quality issues. I sell the stuff I sell at the price I sell it for as a standard. Discount stuff will get you discount problems and that’s not what I do. Call a plumber and ask them to fix your toilet on the cheap. What do you think they’ll say? Why is your time worth any less?

I had this problem yesterday. A client was happy to pay for the job I did but wanted extra product for a lower price. I told him the products I had were slightly more expensive than a shop, but I installed them (they require programming with passwords he isn’t allowed to have) and delivered them. I could source cheaper Chinese clones of the product, but wouldn’t guarantee their quality as that stuff is very hit and miss, hence why I don’t sell it. He’s thinking about it. If he decides to go ahead, well that’s ok, as I will charge for my time, but I won’t discount my products. As soon as you do, it’s very apparent that you are overpricing your product (even if you’re not, that’s how it appears) and therefore devaluing the product. It sounds like you are already in that area with your costs as you are pretty close to the bargain bin price.

Consider a higher “Custom quality” Job so you can point to the lower tier as your already discounted rate for simple jobs. Anyone who wants a quality job will opt for the custom as labour costs money and anyone who is serious about things understands that good isn’t cheap.

1. Don’t discount your prices!
2. I watched your videos. Great work! raise your price!
3. I read that it takes you 4 to 5 hours, raise your price again!
4. 50 told me, “Go 'head, switch the style up And if they hate then let 'em hate And watch the money pile up” The good life

If you approached my company and told me that you could create a video like that for $20 I would think you are a scammer. Because it’s so ridiculously cheap considering how much effort I think goes to one video.

You really need to rethink your pricing. I don’t know where you are based but even companies hiring low waged employees bill like $40-$50 an hour. Like how much does it cost you to get a haircut where you live? What about getting your car fixed? Why are you even considering doing a 4-5 hour project for $20!?

I mean if you want to do them as a hobby and give them away for basically free that’s one thing but if you want to be a business you need to 10x your prices.