Learn how to price your illustration projects with this comprehensive, easy-to-understand course. If you want to get more confident with pricing your illustrations, increase the value you have to clients and make more money as an illustrator, this course is for you. I'll guide you through every step of the way.
Pricing illustration work is complicated! In my role as an illustration agent I've priced up thousands of illustration commissions, and even after 9 years, I still need a second opinion sometimes. 
This course will show you how to arrive at realistic, fair and profitable prices for your illustrations.  You will learn
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How to work out the right price for your projects
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To know whether the client's budget is fair for the job
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How much your work is worth
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To be more confident in presenting your price to a client
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To be able to defend your prices
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To negotiate a fair deal for you and your client
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How to raise your prices and find better clients
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What you'll need
Get a pen, some paper and a calculator (and maybe a cup of coffee!).
By the end of the course, you will:
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<li>Understand how prices are calculated in the illustration industry</li>
<li>Know what you need to charge</li>
<li>Have a toolkit of different strategies you can use when pricing your work</li>
<li>Be able to estimate how valuable your work is to your client</li>
<li>Have a clear path to being able to raise your prices</li>
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Let's make some money!
This course will give you tools and knowledge that you'll be able to apply throughout your career and will help you earn a living from your art. Let's get started!

Welcome to the course

The Problem with pricing

What to expect from the course

Ways to price your work

Market rates

Costs

Profit

The Planning Fallacy

Usage fees and licensing

Other licensing factors

Value

How valuable is the project to the client

How valuable are you to the client

How to increase your value

Differentiate yourself

Price appropriately to your level

Pricing High vs Pricing Low

Raising your prices

Estimates quotes and proposals

Deposits & staged payments

Other additional fees

Give your client options

Presenting your prices

Price anchoring

Negotiating

Offering discounts

Final thoughts

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