> These clients are professionals. They know the industry. They're not really clients, they're middle men. They're agencies, marketing guys, whatever. They have a constant stream of work. They know it. And they know the best way to maximize their profit is to pay you by the hour. They will only pay you by the hour. They will laugh if you suggest anything else.
My experience of working for agencies is they want to pay a fixed price and will laugh you out of the agency at the idea of paying hourly. They don't want risk; they want you to take the risk for their project specification ('cause they've already quoted the client, so you'd better cost less than they quoted...)
What kind of middle men are these who pay per hour?
Or are you talking about contracting, not freelancing?
My experience of working for agencies is they want to pay a fixed price and will laugh you out of the agency at the idea of paying hourly. They don't want risk; they want you to take the risk for their project specification ('cause they've already quoted the client, so you'd better cost less than they quoted...)
What kind of middle men are these who pay per hour?
Or are you talking about contracting, not freelancing?