Can anyone help me with some advice? I need some help with pricing. I have a freelance job for a one person start-up company who has asked me to produce a range of Fabric Designs for Baby wear as well as some Designs of the actual products as well, such as a baby wrap and a blanket. I said I charged 35eur per hour. She cannot afford to pay this, so we agreed that she would start to pay me when her products started to sell and that it would be per design instead. I don't know how much to charge her, but have been giving her lots of creative advice and probably spent about 5 hours of my time in meetings with her and research as well as initial sketches.
I am an experienced designer, but have not worked in a while as I had a son and then have been focusing on either looking for a full time job, freelance work and other commitments.
I really want to make a go of a freelance career and see this as a starting point.
I don't have a lot of time though and want to get a fair price for what I do.
She is a communications and marketing expert who I may be able to also get help from.
As well as that she is a new Mum and I want to help her get a project off the ground as I can identify with her reasons for doing it.
Can anyone offer advice on what I should do in this situation? I asked for a percentage in the company but she doesn't want this.
It would be good for my portfolio and to get me back into designing again. My portfolio can be viewed here www.genevievecreigh.com.
Any advice is much appreciated!