A gig is a freelance work done by a gig worker or professional. There are professionals trained in various fields and get a gig through a client and get paid upfront, on installment or after the job is done.
A professional always charges for every job that will be done. A professional charge is a fee charged by a professional to render a service to the client. Most times, this fee is charged based on the value of the work or expertise.
For me, my professional fee is given upfront. I want you to know that professionals are not market sellers. A professional is trained in that capacity, he or she is rendering services to you.
Most people tend to look down on professionals and price them anyhow.
Also professionals should have a standard, that will not make them look so cheap. I did a drafting job recently, and I know how much time and efforts I put in to see that the draft, does not look like a wack job.
Time, duration, level of competence, value of the services and well-being are factors professionals consider when charging a professional fee.
In my research, most clients place a fee they can give to a professional based on their budget, they already had a fee in mind to pay or through negotiation.
A professional needs to be well paid, it is actually a motivation to work. Gig workers, invest their time, energy and intellectual property, to do a work for their clients.
For professionals that are gig workers, we rely on unstable income which comes as a leftover from the capital.
I always have a flat fee rate depending on the services and I also make them affordable, so both parties don't loose. You get a good and valuable service and I earn a fee.
Happy Saturday to Gig Workers like me.