Freelance Rate Negotiation
Beginner English listening exercise ยท Negotiations
Transcript
Client: We loved your portfolio and would like to hire you for our website redesign. What is your rate? Freelancer: Thank you! For a project of this scope, my standard rate is one hundred and twenty dollars per hour. Based on your requirements, I estimate the project will take around eighty hours. Client: That puts us at about ninety-six hundred dollars. Our budget is closer to seven thousand. Freelancer: I understand budget constraints. Let me suggest a few options. First, we could reduce the scope by handling the homepage and three key pages instead of all eight pages. Client: We really need all eight pages. Freelancer: Then how about a flat project rate of eighty-five hundred? I would include two rounds of revisions. Additional revisions would be billed at ninety dollars per hour. Client: That works for us. What about the timeline? Freelancer: I can deliver the complete project in six weeks with weekly progress updates. Client: That sounds perfect. Let us finalize the contract.
Comprehension questions
- What is the freelancer's hourly rate?
- What is the agreed flat rate?
- In addition to the homepage, how many key pages does the freelancer suggest handling?
- How many rounds of revisions are included in the flat project rate?
- What is the timeline for project delivery mentioned by the freelancer?