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Price bump and reopening soon.
10 years ago
This is the journal of a Wild Chinny! It may contain things, and sometimes also stuff.
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So a few months ago you may recall me deliberating whether or not I should stay freelance, since I was about to turn 26 and would no longer have health care. Well, age out of coverage I did, but I was too much of a frightened weenie to dig in and take care of it quickly. Finally this week, with tax due date looming and having been uninsured for a month, I wound up spending a huge chunk of time figuring things out. After doing the math, I figured out I could not legally do what I'm doing and survive - ie, with how my income averages out, I could not afford my basic living expenses (rent, student loans, credit card payments, my cat's vet payments, phone bill, etc etc), my quarterly tax estimates, and health insurance. It would be doable without student loans, but with them I literally cannot balance these New Legitimate!Adult Costs into the mix. I now have paid my taxes for this quarter, but it was an ordeal.
Tl;dr if I want to remain freelance, I'm going to have to raise my prices a little more. At first I thought I'd have to go all the way to $24/hour, but redoing the math, I think $22/hour should be sustainable. (Every 8 hours of concentrated work for me usually winds up being 5 hours of timed, paid hours, on average - and you wouldn't believe what a chunk self-employment taxes take out. Basically this is the rate I need to charge to be able to keep what I was keeping before to tackle my bills with.) So that's what I'll be. If people wind up not wanting/able to pay it, only time will tell, and I'll get a different job if it comes to that. I'll properly reopen my commissions next week, and that'll be the new rate.
Also, my apologies for being a little slow and streaming less - should get myself back on track in the very near future. Thanks for being awesome, all. ♥
Commissions are currently: Closed. (Though feel free to contact for quotes etc.)
Work is not done on a commission until AFTER payment is received! Queue spots are only set in stone when payment is received, be it full payment or some form of deposit. Unpaid slots can be added to the queue, but when they are paid jump above any other unpaid slots.
Helpful links:
Commission Price Guide
Current Artwork Queue
My Art Blog
Twitter Feed
Terms of Service
So a few months ago you may recall me deliberating whether or not I should stay freelance, since I was about to turn 26 and would no longer have health care. Well, age out of coverage I did, but I was too much of a frightened weenie to dig in and take care of it quickly. Finally this week, with tax due date looming and having been uninsured for a month, I wound up spending a huge chunk of time figuring things out. After doing the math, I figured out I could not legally do what I'm doing and survive - ie, with how my income averages out, I could not afford my basic living expenses (rent, student loans, credit card payments, my cat's vet payments, phone bill, etc etc), my quarterly tax estimates, and health insurance. It would be doable without student loans, but with them I literally cannot balance these New Legitimate!Adult Costs into the mix. I now have paid my taxes for this quarter, but it was an ordeal.
Tl;dr if I want to remain freelance, I'm going to have to raise my prices a little more. At first I thought I'd have to go all the way to $24/hour, but redoing the math, I think $22/hour should be sustainable. (Every 8 hours of concentrated work for me usually winds up being 5 hours of timed, paid hours, on average - and you wouldn't believe what a chunk self-employment taxes take out. Basically this is the rate I need to charge to be able to keep what I was keeping before to tackle my bills with.) So that's what I'll be. If people wind up not wanting/able to pay it, only time will tell, and I'll get a different job if it comes to that. I'll properly reopen my commissions next week, and that'll be the new rate.
Also, my apologies for being a little slow and streaming less - should get myself back on track in the very near future. Thanks for being awesome, all. ♥
Commissions are currently: Closed. (Though feel free to contact for quotes etc.)
Work is not done on a commission until AFTER payment is received! Queue spots are only set in stone when payment is received, be it full payment or some form of deposit. Unpaid slots can be added to the queue, but when they are paid jump above any other unpaid slots.
Feligris
~erkki
Thanks for the heads-up, I'll be watching out for the opening, hopefully I'll catch at least one slot before it's full. :D
You've got a very wise plan there, and I think you're going to be successful!
Mistdancer
~mistdancer
I wish you luck Chinny butts *hugs*
