Rates & T/Cs
I’ll admit, on the specific voicework pages I’ve been a little vague price-wise, there’s something that feels very transactional about plastering money all over the portfolio. I don’t like that I send an invoice at the end of each project, and wish it weren’t required to feed myself.
Things to bear in mind:
Quoting is variable, and subject to common sensical change. Reach is important.
Please be as specific as you can be about usage requirements. I charge fair rates, and will always work with you to come to a number you think is worth it.
These prices are for the UK market. I don’t think it’s fair to charge people from countries with weaker purchasing power the same as British companies, so concessions are made based on your locale.
If you work with a specific budget, due to downstream commitments or contracts, let me know and we’ll have a look at my rates. I’d much rather meet a nice person and receive less, than be high and mighty about it and lose the potential good energy in my life.
Anyway.. enough of that, how much do you charge?
Easy. £200 as a basic fee for recording corporate/web/explainer videos, this includes all the ground level stuff:
Limitless pickups and re-takes.. if the mistake is mine (e.g. word mistakes, or tone that doesn’t quite match what you’re after). I’m very lax on charging for pickups in general, it feels like double dipping so I avoid it if at all possible.
Audio cleaning.. clean and crisp audio files, delivered in whatever format you choose.
‘Non-Broadcast’ usage.. use the video on the client site, client (un-paid) social media channels, internal use etc.
Option to choose to listen in.. you can direct the session via Skype, Zoom, Source Connect or something else equally as clever.
For TV gigs, I defer to https://www.usefee.tv/ as they inevitably know best.
For E-learning, it’s very simple, £0.10/word. I bill a minimum of £100 per project. If you sent over 10,000 words, I bet I’d knock some off too.
For Medical/Technical scripts with lots of terminology which I research pronunciations and meanings of, I work with £0.25/word.
Payment terms:
I throw a 0-day invoice payment deadline on my deliveries, but realistically, my business is extremely simple to run bookkeeping-wise, and I understand larger operations are exactly the opposite, so this is never enforced. People always pay in the end, as people are generally fair and honest.
Bank transfer, or Stripe. I don’t use PayPal, as it’s a nightmare come tax-time.