Update: I quoted $800 for a simple website and the client said they found someone for $50

I just finished a call with a potential client who wanted a basic five page site for their small business. I gave them a fair quote of $800, which included two rounds of edits and a year of hosting support. They emailed back an hour later saying they found a guy on a freelance site who would do it for $50 flat. I'm not even mad, just baffled. How can anyone live on that? It took me three days just to write the proposal and do the discovery call. I guess my lesson is that some people just see price and nothing else, no matter how much you explain the value. It makes me wonder if I should even bother with those initial calls anymore. What's the lowest quote you've ever been undercut by, and how do you handle it?

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keithwalker13d ago

Man, fifty bucks? That's wild. Honestly, you dodged a bullet. A client who sees that little value in your work is going to be a nightmare to deal with, constantly asking for free changes. I've been undercut by a few hundred before, but never that low. It just shows they were never your real customer.

rosew3713d ago

Maybe it's not that deep though. Could just be someone on a super tight budget, not always a red flag.

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