Reddit reviews The Freelance Manifesto: A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
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UpWork and sites like it are shit for a multitude of reasons. Freelancers are internationally competing for jobs on the open internet and the client sets the price, so the end result is a race to the bottom. Then UpWork (or Fiverr or whatever other similar platform your on) takes a ~10% cut of what little you make. Unless you live in the third world you effectively cant make worthwhile money from sites like it unless your just flipping templates and its networking value is basically nil.
Read this book. Network with local business', studios and established freelancers (they may have overflow work).
Check out the Freelance Manafesto. It’s a great book and blueprint. https://www.amazon.com/Freelance-Manifesto-Modern-Motion-Designer-ebook/dp/B071JRYMSG.
I’m an editor but I used his to get started freelancing.
Pretty much all you need to know.
Written for Motion Designers, but can apply to pretty much all creative fields. Its a must read.
https://www.amazon.com/Freelance-Manifesto-Modern-Motion-Designer-ebook/dp/B071JRYMSG
This will be your best friend. Joey, who is a super awesome very friendly dude, goes over all the ways you can set up pricing.
TLDR version is it depends on the client. Day rates are most common in work for hire situations. Remote work is often hourly or lump some.
The rate can vary depending on client type (direct, agency, studio) starting right out of school don't do anything for less than 400-500/day assuming you are in the US and that is generally for a 10 hour workday.