Help me with pricing this, please....

Julie West · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 32

I got a private lead today for 10 - 15 hours of audio. I have not recorded anything this long before, so wanted to get some pricing ideas.

Looking at the V123 pricing guide...to me it looks like 10 hours would be about $12000...could that be right?

I used this as a guide:
All Others:
Per minute of audio delivered:
US Dollars

Each additional minute
over 60 minutes: 20

So, $20/minute...10 hours would be $12000. Is this standard...or will I scare the bejeezes out of the client?

Help...please Shocked

Thank you

Julie

Robert Jadah · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 2627

Nice score, Julie.
That quote will flush the client.
You're talking quantity here, though, so you can discount accordingly.

When you say 10-15 hours audio, is that finished or your total recording time?

To my thinking, if it's finished, figure three times that for recording and editing...45 hours. You can probably live with a $75/hour rate, which brings us to, oh, let's say $3400.

Now, is the client directly making money on this? Is it for broadcast of some sort?
If not, I'd throw in a low-scale buyout of 50% for a nice round total of $5,000, including retakes.
If yes, the buyout is 150% for a nice, round $7500.

But that just my take.

inVoice On!

Julie West · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 32

THANK YOU ROBERT!

That's a much better looking number for the project. I will take you advice and give it a whirl.

Thanks Very Happy