Is for the DJ service here in NY State Capital Region to stop quoting brides $400 / 5 hours...
Love to find out who...
There, it's off my chest!! :sqerr:
Love to find out who...
There, it's off my chest!! :sqerr:
My Wish...
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Simple....just click on those "Sponsored Links" for those "$395" & "$495" wedding DJ services.
Note: you can only do this ONCE per day... more than one time, and you're committing "click fraud" and you can get penalized by Google.
However, if 300 DJs band together, and click on these national Lowballers once per day, that *could* get these services off the internet forever.
Clicks are running $2 and $3 apiece in some markets....CLICK AWAY!!!
Note: you can only do this ONCE per day... more than one time, and you're committing "click fraud" and you can get penalized by Google.
However, if 300 DJs band together, and click on these national Lowballers once per day, that *could* get these services off the internet forever.
Clicks are running $2 and $3 apiece in some markets....CLICK AWAY!!!
whew, thank god I'm not in the capital region! 
All joking aside, all you can do to combat them is sell yourself better and offer world class service.
All joking aside, all you can do to combat them is sell yourself better and offer world class service.
whew, thank god I'm not in the capital region!
All joking aside, all you can do to combat them is sell yourself better and offer world class service.
and all joking not aside......you can also click on "Sponsored Links"
(Its a lot like Voting For the Worst.....its FREE......and perfectly legal as long as you don't do it more than once every 24 hours).
Hey....maybe we could start another Underground Movement.....hehehhehehehe
Was looking on Craiglist here in Sacramento and found the following.
Do you have a wedding, party, or special event coming up? Hire a DJ to make your event something to remember. My name is Mike and I’m sure my rates are the lowest. I charge $200 per 4 hour party. That is what most DJ’s charge per hour. I don’t count the set up or break down time against you. Also as an added bonus, I have over 53,000 karaoke tracks if there are any people that wish to sing at your event. If you have the space, I also provide a light show and fog.
and...
Hip Hop DJ - Just 65$ an hour
Do you have a wedding, party, or special event coming up? Hire a DJ to make your event something to remember. My name is Mike and I’m sure my rates are the lowest. I charge $200 per 4 hour party. That is what most DJ’s charge per hour. I don’t count the set up or break down time against you. Also as an added bonus, I have over 53,000 karaoke tracks if there are any people that wish to sing at your event. If you have the space, I also provide a light show and fog.
and...
Hip Hop DJ - Just 65$ an hour
Send him off an email and invite him here I wont be the lowest anymore :sqembarrassed: :sqerr:
He sounds very similar to someone named "Cliff".....he lives in his mommy's house in North Highlands.....what a loser!!!
Probably uses a laptop full of stolen downloaded MP3's and Radio Shack Equipment.
YGWYPF!!!
So you hire the $200 for 4 hours guy to work for you, you charge your normal rates and pay him what he thinks he's worth and you pocket the rest. 
John, that is a good idea (hiring the lowballers) but usually they have some sort of flaw that makes them unsuitable for wedding purposes. Agreed some of them could be useful for HS dances or birthday parties.
Please note: I'm clicking on Sponsored Links ONLY on companies that are not in California or Nevada.
As I see it, the ONLY way we can fight back against the out-of-town carpetbaggers (who book cheep gigs and then hire the $200 DJs to fill them), is to CLICK THEIR SPONSORED LINKS until they choke from all the Google Ad-Words and Overture costs.
Please note: I'm clicking on Sponsored Links ONLY on companies that are not in California or Nevada.
As I see it, the ONLY way we can fight back against the out-of-town carpetbaggers (who book cheep gigs and then hire the $200 DJs to fill them), is to CLICK THEIR SPONSORED LINKS until they choke from all the Google Ad-Words and Overture costs.
Set up a new business that's separate from your current one.
You get a website for this new service. When presented with an inquiry, you only reply via email. Phone and voice contact drive the price up, you can tell her. This is a budget DJ service at the price she wants.
She pays, oh, say $400 for a budget DJ who gets to keep half and you keep the other half. Once the contract is signed (for half the amount, that's your share), you put the bride and DJ in contact with each other. Day of the wedding, the DJ gets paid his share and everyone's happy.
The bride got the low price she wanted. The low priced DJ got the work he wanted. And you made some money off of both of them.
Remember, you're not selling quality, if there's a substantial market out there for this kind of "we don't care about anything but paying as little as possible," then don't complain about it, tap into it and make some money off it! :monkeylaugh:
You get a website for this new service. When presented with an inquiry, you only reply via email. Phone and voice contact drive the price up, you can tell her. This is a budget DJ service at the price she wants.
She pays, oh, say $400 for a budget DJ who gets to keep half and you keep the other half. Once the contract is signed (for half the amount, that's your share), you put the bride and DJ in contact with each other. Day of the wedding, the DJ gets paid his share and everyone's happy.
The bride got the low price she wanted. The low priced DJ got the work he wanted. And you made some money off of both of them.
Remember, you're not selling quality, if there's a substantial market out there for this kind of "we don't care about anything but paying as little as possible," then don't complain about it, tap into it and make some money off it! :monkeylaugh:
Matt I don't care what you say THAT IS UNETHICAL PERIOD. Why don't you find out where they live and throw rocks at their windows while your at it.
Heres an idea how about trying to NETWORK with one. Heck hire them for $50.00 to be your roady for a night. Let them see a high quality, polished professional in action. Strike up a conversation after they ask what you get paid and watch the eyes pop out of the sockets when you tell them what you get.
I don't know about you Matt, this kind of idea just stinks. By the way with this kind of thinking you should take the word professional off your title, cause a true pro wouldn't do or think this. They would just out shine everyone, and show some dignity
Is for the DJ service here in NY State Capital Region to stop quoting brides $400 / 5 hours...
Love to find out who...
There, it's off my chest!! :sqerr:
Sorry, Tim, I'm working on raising my prices!!
(j/k, for those who may be wondering...)But seriously, it's not just ONE service at this price in our area. I can give you the business card of at least one guy who is charging $400.00 for 5 hours for weddings. To hear him tell it, he has more work than he can handle... (Maybe we should invite to one of our monthly get-togethers and either show him how he can charge more, or treat him to a "blanket party" out in the parking lot...
) All we can do is keep doing what we do best, and leave the low-ballers to the folks who want the "cheapest" dj they can find...
Matt,
That is called fraud, BTW. Federal offense if it crosses state lines, which the internet does.
Google and Yahoo both monitor for that, and it might not be today, but someday, a couple folks in black suits with badges, may show up at the door...
Too LOL..
"I can give you the business card of at least one guy who is charging $400.00 for 5 hours for weddings" - I told Cap along time ago he's worth more than $400!! (Again...j/k )
I know there are as well. These so called DJs are here to stay. Many years ago, I charged $550 for 5 hours, that was a loooong time ago.
If you are comfortable with your price, so be it..
But at $400
Sorry, Tim, I'm working on raising my prices!!
But seriously, it's not just ONE service at this price in our area. I can give you the business card of at least one guy who is charging $400.00 for 5 hours for weddings. To hear him tell it, he has more work than he can handle... (Maybe we should invite to one of our monthly get-togethers and either show him how he can charge more, or treat him to a "blanket party" out in the parking lot...
All we can do is keep doing what we do best, and leave the low-ballers to the folks who want the "cheapest" dj they can find...
"I can give you the business card of at least one guy who is charging $400.00 for 5 hours for weddings" - I told Cap along time ago he's worth more than $400!! (Again...j/k
)I know there are as well. These so called DJs are here to stay. Many years ago, I charged $550 for 5 hours, that was a loooong time ago.
If you are comfortable with your price, so be it..
But at $400
Just a thought here. Many people are up in arms with the way Peter Merry's condescending attitude toward those that don't charge what HE believes is a fair wage. This has caused people to lash out in anger, get into down right spitting matches and even to form a group and go Na Na boo boo(sorry had a silly moment there) Now if we are upset with the way Peter sees us we should stop and realize this is the same thing that is done to those that charge less than us. THE SAME EXACT THING
Some have said that if Peter had tried to incorporate all djs then the message would have been better, yet he has alienated a big percentage of us in his attitude. The same attitude that is being used at those that charge less than you do. Something to think about.
Some have said that if Peter had tried to incorporate all djs then the message would have been better, yet he has alienated a big percentage of us in his attitude. The same attitude that is being used at those that charge less than you do. Something to think about.
No..
Respectively, no Peter Merry here...He's got enough bs on his plate. Please let's keep to the topic at hand...Thanks!
Respectively, no Peter Merry here...He's got enough bs on his plate. Please let's keep to the topic at hand...Thanks!
OK fair enough. You had a wish that the dj would quit charging $400 for 5 hours. The question I have for you is why? His business right, not yours. The whole point I was trying to get across was that if we don't like a finger pointed at us, how about we stop pointing fingers also.
Like I've said in the past network with the guy, and talk shop, not price SHOP ONLY. You might find someone who is a good dj but not so good in business or maybe they are just getting started and they have a plan for future growth, but they are taking it a step at a time. We all start somewhere, Dont we?
But Wait..
You do have a point...And I have a point. In our area we are trying to have a level of price professionlism. I take offese to the DJ charging $400 for a wedding.
It's hurting us professionals who are at $800-$1500.
But it will never go away, we know this!
You do have a point...And I have a point. In our area we are trying to have a level of price professionlism. I take offese to the DJ charging $400 for a wedding.
It's hurting us professionals who are at $800-$1500.
But it will never go away, we know this!