Stage 4 · Lesson 1 of 7
Hourly, fixed price and packages
There are three common ways to charge, and the first choice is . Hourly means the pays for the time you work. It protects you when the scope, the agreed amount of work, is unclear or keeps changing.
Fixed price means one price for a defined result. Clients find it easier to approve, and it rewards you for working efficiently. Packages and are fixed prices for a set amount of work or a set period.
Upwork supports hourly and fixed-price contracts. Fiverr is built around packages, with custom offers for everything else. Direct clients accept whatever you agree in writing. Choose by how clearly you can define the work.
Common trapquoting a fixed price for vague work, then absorbing every extra request for free because nothing said where the price ended.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 1 cheat sheet entry come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
Practise
Keep handy
- Contract KillerPaid
A paid plain-English contract template for web work, if you want a ready draft to adapt