I know I'm going to take a beating on here for asking this question but I asked. I'm not asking you what your prices are, just how did you get there and are they working for you?
My reason for asking this is because I got in a big argument last night with my partner.
A lady came up to me to ask how much do you charge. What she wanted to know is how much would I charge her for us to stay for 2 more hours. She then went on to ask what do we charge to do events. I told her it depends on the type of event and was going to say more but my partner jumped in without knowing any details and said $400. My issue and I was told I was right is that he just gave a price without getting any details. He said he knew the people there. Ok that's fine. What happened to getting details first before giving a price quote?
So now he's leaving it up to me to come up with starting prices and let hi. See what I came up with to see if he agrees. So I'm not sure where to start. I know my aim is to have starting prices and go up from there. Also looking to start building a new website on Friday from Site 123 which looks super easy.
I don't have a problem with us doing the event we did last night for $400 since it's been around 5 months since we did a gig. I just want to make improvements in the future and not keep making the same mistake which is chasing after low paying gigs when we're low on money or broke.
I do understand it's time to go beyond the circle we've been in and venture out further to clients who will pay a good price for us to do an event. Also I got ideas on getting more things for the business over time. At the prices we do events for we can't afford to spend money from the business to get those things. I'm not in super mad rush to get things. First things first. Do better with our prices that we charge to do events because the quality is there and that's not my ego talking. Others have told me we should be charging more.
Last night my friend told me what was wrong with my partner. His ego was way up there and that's why he didn't want to hear anything I had to say. He did a great job and I had a bunch of people getting business cards from me. So have at it. I need to listen now and before I hear I need to dump the partner he did an event that if I was the DJ would have been lost. He knew exactly what to play for that couple and their guests.
My reason for asking this is because I got in a big argument last night with my partner.
A lady came up to me to ask how much do you charge. What she wanted to know is how much would I charge her for us to stay for 2 more hours. She then went on to ask what do we charge to do events. I told her it depends on the type of event and was going to say more but my partner jumped in without knowing any details and said $400. My issue and I was told I was right is that he just gave a price without getting any details. He said he knew the people there. Ok that's fine. What happened to getting details first before giving a price quote?
So now he's leaving it up to me to come up with starting prices and let hi. See what I came up with to see if he agrees. So I'm not sure where to start. I know my aim is to have starting prices and go up from there. Also looking to start building a new website on Friday from Site 123 which looks super easy.
I don't have a problem with us doing the event we did last night for $400 since it's been around 5 months since we did a gig. I just want to make improvements in the future and not keep making the same mistake which is chasing after low paying gigs when we're low on money or broke.
I do understand it's time to go beyond the circle we've been in and venture out further to clients who will pay a good price for us to do an event. Also I got ideas on getting more things for the business over time. At the prices we do events for we can't afford to spend money from the business to get those things. I'm not in super mad rush to get things. First things first. Do better with our prices that we charge to do events because the quality is there and that's not my ego talking. Others have told me we should be charging more.
Last night my friend told me what was wrong with my partner. His ego was way up there and that's why he didn't want to hear anything I had to say. He did a great job and I had a bunch of people getting business cards from me. So have at it. I need to listen now and before I hear I need to dump the partner he did an event that if I was the DJ would have been lost. He knew exactly what to play for that couple and their guests.