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Long ago, I made the decsion to openly publish my rates on my website - I'm a writer, and my rates are in the mid-to-high end of the industry. After I published my rates, I noticed something unusual - I was getting much better quality leads. Potential clients knew what my rates were, and can infer the quality of my work (plus I have lots of portfolio samples, details of my exoertise, services, etc on my website.)

That has meant I do not spend any time on leads that go nowhere now - and it's been very liberting, letting me choose the interesting brands I want to work with. I do believe that the issue ti share your rates like this is based on a few areas: How you acquire new clients, the types of clients you attract as writers, their niches, your confidence in charging more, etc.

But, generally, I've found these self-selecting clients to be easier to work with because my rates ask people to treat my time seriously.

It's great to read your post and see how other people take a different apprach that's clearly very successful for them.

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Great edition! My frustration with having rates requested is the number of clients who, after requesting I create a project rate proposal (which is no quick thing!), reveal that their budget is far below anything that would allow them to contract a freelancer. So I play the what's-your-rate-what's-your-budget dance. Sometimes I wonder if, as a fairly young/new freelancer, they expect that they can decide what I will be paid...

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