What should I charge?

[George Socka]

Can’t argue with $130 vs $100 vs $150 – whatever the market will bear. However, how long would you tell your customers it will take to put 6 or so chapter marks between songs into a 45 minute program that you are not editing since it is their program, using Premiere? And then encoding to DVD? If its measured in multiple 10 hour days and customers in your market accept that, then I really do need a better market.

In any case, the original poster needs a number as a starting point – he does not appear to have the experience to know just how many mouse-clicks that might take, or how long between mouse-clicks. All too often seasoned pros say “take your rate and multiply by the hours it will take” but the beginner wants to know how many hours it will take. And to some extent what his market will bear in rates. Then he can take longer because he is learning, or he wants to work at a relaxed pace, or he wants to contribute to a cause.