Practical guides to pricing, raising rates, getting paid and handling taxes as a freelancer or consultant.
- How to Set Your Freelance Rates – A practical method to set freelance rates: start from your income goal and real billable hours, add overhead and taxes, sanity-check against the marke
- How to Raise Your Freelance Rates – When and how to raise freelance rates: timing, notice periods, an email template, grandfathering existing clients and the break-even math.
- Value-Based Pricing for Freelancers – How freelancers use value-based pricing: estimating the value to the client, anchoring, tiered options, and when hourly pricing is still the better ch
- Freelance Payment Terms That Get You Paid – Payment terms freelancers use to get paid on time: deposits, milestones, net 15 vs net 30, late fees, and what to put on every invoice.
- Freelancer vs Employee: Comparing Income – How to compare freelance income with a salaried job: benefits, payroll tax, unpaid time off, billable hours and business costs, with a worked example.
- How to Write a Freelance Quote – A checklist for writing freelance quotes clients accept: scope, deliverables, revision limits, timeline, price options, payment terms and validity dat
- Retainer Agreements Explained – How freelance retainers work: hours-based vs access vs results retainers, pricing with a discount, rollover rules and notice periods.
- US Freelance Taxes: The Basics – US freelancer tax basics for 2026: self-employment tax, quarterly estimated payments, deductible expenses, the QBI deduction and record keeping.