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Did I charge to much

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I did some video editing for the GM at work. He had about 6 segments from his GoPro camera's which were about 15 to 20 mins long for each segment. He recieved a birthday gift to take a ride in a L39 training jet.

I edited the video with intro with background music from topgun and a nice little ending. After all said in done about 13.50 minutes long with custom DVD label and cover. DVD made to play on DVD player with sub menus's.

Charge $200.00

To much or to Less (I have about 6 to 8 hours in the project with some purchasing about 4 songs for the back ground music)
 

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You gave him a bargain. But since he's your GM, I can understand that. Don't worry about it, you definitely didn't over charge him!
 

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Charge $200.00

To much or to Less (I have about 6 to 8 hours in the project with some purchasing about 4 songs for the back ground music)

Well...that works out to be $25.00 to $33.33/hour. Sounds like you had to do quite a bit of video reviewing (6 clips @15-20min each), video editing, and application of your years of experience...so I would think that $200 for a 13.5min birthday video wasn't too bad.

I'm no video editing professional (and what current rates are)...so I could be wrong. But considering the time & expertise that went into it...$200 would seem fair.

I did some quick searching...and found folks quoting $50-$150 dollars/hour for single project work...versus someone who's working for a company 40hours/week collecting a regular salary (which may have a lower dollars/hour salary). So your charge of $25-$33/hour sounds like a bargain!:)

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I did some video editing for the GM at work. He had about 6 segments from his GoPro camera's which were about 15 to 20 mins long for each segment. He recieved a birthday gift to take a ride in a L39 training jet.

I edited the video with intro with background music from topgun and a nice little ending. After all said in done about 13.50 minutes long with custom DVD label and cover. DVD made to play on DVD player with sub menus's.

Charge $200.00

To much or to Less (I have about 6 to 8 hours in the project with some purchasing about 4 songs for the back ground music)

Don't short sell yourself because if you do everyone else will. If your work is worth it people will pay.
 

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