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Job 7 of 16ChatGPTGoogle Sheets

Work out your day rate and package prices from your real costs

Beginners often charge for filming and forget the editing, which can take three times as long. Pricing from all your hours and costs shows what you need to charge.

Time: About 45 minutes onceTool cost: you can start with a free AI tool

A free AI chat tool, then Google Sheets

Steps

List yearly costs: kit, software, insurance, travel, storage, plus the take-home you want.
Estimate the real hours for a typical job: prep, filming, travel, editing, revisions, admin.
Run the prompt below. You choose the final prices.
Test it against a past job.

The exact prompt

Copy, paste, then fill in the [brackets]

I'm a [UK] [wedding / corporate] videographer. Help me price from my numbers.
Yearly costs: [list]. Take-home wanted: [£]. Billable days per year: [n].
Typical job hours: prep [h], filming [h], travel [h], editing [h], revisions [h], admin [h].
Work out: my break-even day rate, cost per typical job, and 2-3 package prices [use my markup of X%].
Show the working and Sheets formulas. No market rates.

✓ Check before you send

Edit hours are realistic.
Every cost is real.
Redo the main sum yourself.

UK notes extra

GOV.UK: working for yourself.

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