[The $5 composers! Really?]

Personally, I’m just a random kid from a 3rd world country, and $5 is actually a decent amount of money for me.

NEVER settle for mediocrity.

GG

YAS!

It’s just my starting point to test my skills, so $5 suits my needs fine. I’ve raised some to $10, which is pretty a large amount of money for me.

[The $5 composers! Really?]

On Fiverr you’re competing with sellers from third world countries, hobbyists or beginning freelancers who don’t know how to value themselves.

Some deliberately undersell themselves in order to get gigs and reviews, knowing full well that $5 is unsustainable.

I’d stick to your own pricing. There are buyers looking for quality and who are willing to pay normal prices.

Good points, I agree.

Personally, I’m just a random kid from a 3rd world country, and $5 is actually a decent amount of money for me.

[The $5 composers! Really?]

I will say take care.

If you are $5 because you know you are selling garbage, it is easy to think that is between you, your customers, and your God.

But it is also between you and other sellers who are working to be professional and be paid as such. Sellers selling for $5 makes people think it can (and therefore should) be done. Bargain basement sellers affect everyone negatively. Especially when they write Pro on their product like it is a real Ferrari for $5 as buyers then see pro everywhere and can’t tell why the prices are not the same. Hans Zimmer, why is he not $5, the utter, utter, scumbaggery of him for ripping everyone off. I better write and tell him to fix his game. Wrong.

It is also between you and your future. You start out selling at $5 (a stupid price) so how do you transition to $50, $500, $5,000? You really can’t very well. If you start where you should at say $150 then $200 is not a great jump. Sure, maybe do a student collab for $0 but that is still a value exchange. If you value your time so low, how do you ever value it properly - fairly? How will anyone else?

I have not looked at you Gig, I have only responded based on what you wrote. You might be doing great work. You are however pricing destructively for all (incl customers who are encouraged to think all things are the same).

🙂

I don’t think I’m selling garbage, but I also don’t think I’m at the level of Hans Zimmer, and made sure to tell any potential customers that. I understand your points, that’s true. Perhaps I should reprice some stuff…xD

Thank you for your thoughts and comments!

[Your preferred DAW?]

Logic Pro X is pretty cool.

[The $5 composers! Really?]

oof that’s me lol

Personally, I charge $5 because I’m not a professional by any means - merely a student, and this is for me, a way to challenge myself, learn more, share music, and help others in the process but I don’t want to charge too high because if I’m not sure if I’m not sure how “qualified” I am. I don’t want to oversell. My only edge would be the fact that I’m affordable and that I can get the job done relatively well.

That said, I’m also not very familiar with the average and reasonable price point for people my level selling their services (despite the research I’ve tried to do), so I’m starting small and as I get more familiar and better, I’ll (maybe) raise my price a bit.

I’m currently test-running my value, so to speak, so I start with the smallest price and see how sustainable it is and if other people might think I’m worth more.

That’s my reasoning – I do think that pro sellers also have a place here. People know that they will get what they pay for, so they’ll probably pick higher rated or more expensive sellers if they’re looking for a very professional job done, and they’ll pick cheaper options if they’re budget isn’t as large but they can’t do it themselves.
(Note that I don’t think that just because a service is cheap, the seller is automatically not as good or professional. Perhaps it, like I said earlier, could be them not being able to value themselves properly, or perhaps a cheaper price is their only edge. But I’ve seen good sellers for cheap prices)

You’re right, though - when it comes to our time, we shouldn’t undersell. But I don’t want to “oversell” when it comes to my qualifications as well.

Just the two-cents of Fiverr noob, hopefully you get what I’m saying haha XD