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Discussion on: I start procedures to be a freelance (web dev) ! Let's talk about your best tips :)

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Ben

How do you do cost estimate for fixed price cost?

As customer always change and give detail requirement after your quote, too low estimate would lower your income.

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Joshua Johnson

In short, fix cost projects require a lot of upfront documentation to provide a defined scope of work. Clients always work with you as long as you have the paper trail to prove what you guys talked about. I do it with a detailed scope of work.