Effective hourly rate on a retainer, explained: the formula that shows when a client stops payingA monthly retainer has a contracted rate (fee ÷ hours included) and an effective rate (fee ÷ hours actually used). The contract shows the first. Your margin depends on the second. The formula effectiv3 min read·bardachtech.hashnode.dev3h ago
The freelance hourly rate formula, explained: one division and the input that moves it mostA freelance hourly rate is one division: the revenue you need over a year, divided by the hours a client will actually pay for. Both halves have a trap, and the second one is where most rates go wrong3 min read·bardachtech.hashnode.dev21h ago
2,512 product ideas, most of them killed: designing a kill-reason dataset (free 100-row sample)For a month I screened ideas for small software and digital products: SaaS, web templates, books, downloads, content channels, e-commerce. 2,512 ideas went in. Most of them failed, and that turned out5 min read·bardachtech.hashnode.dev1A1d ago
Your day rate is a utilisation problem: a worked exampleTake two freelancers who want the same 60,000 a year after tax. One bills 60 % of their working hours, the other 45 %. The first can charge 77.90 an hour; the second needs 103.86 for the same life: a2 min read·bardachtech.hashnode.dev2d ago
What does one plate cost? Building a menu costing sheet from scratchPicture a bestseller that "makes good money". Costed properly it runs at 41 % food cost, because nobody re-costed it after the cream price went up. This post builds the sheet that catches that, step b3 min read·bardachtech.hashnode.dev2d ago