Separate income from income
The project needs to cover its tools and administrative time before your personal income reaches you.
Project tool
Price your service based on your numbers before you compare yourself to the market.
The tool calculates an initial hourly, daily, and project rate from the income target, labor costs, salable hours, and tax and growth margin. Then compare your experience, the value of the result, and the request. The arithmetic floor is a starting point and not an automated price order.
Before you start
Use approximate numbers or non-sensitive information. The score helps you organize and review, and does not substitute your judgment or professional opinion when the decision is high risk.
Go to tool ←Three steps will give you a clearer result.
Calculate the hours that are actually sold
Marketing, accounting, learning, and waiting are real work, but not all of it appears on the client’s invoice.
Add scope and conditions
A price without a number of revisions, a payment deadline, and a change policy leaves your margin exposed.
Enter what you know now, then improve the result.
Do not send entries to Qowati. The calculation and interaction happen inside your browser, and you can instantly refresh the numbers or selections to see a different scenario.
Discretionary pricing floor
352 Per billable hour
This is an initial calculation limit, not the final market price. Then compare the value of the result, experience, demand and risks.
- A 6-hour day
- 2.109
- Project 20 Hour
- 7.031
- Required income before withdrawal
- 28.125
After the result
Don't just memorize the number; Use it in a decision.
The tool is useful when you produce a conversation, edit, or appointment. Choose one use now and decide when you will review it.
- 01Write a minimum below which you will not negotiate without reducing the scope.
- 02Comparing the project price with the number of actual hours after delivery.
- 03Designing three packages that differ in result and scope, not in ambiguous names.
- 04Review costs and price every three months or after three clients.
What does the result mean, and what are its limitations?
Why are billable hours less than work hours?
Because part of your time goes to marketing, management, learning and communication. If you divide the goal by all the hours worked, the price may become less than the cost of continuing.
Should I tell the client my hourly rate?
Not necessarily. You can price the project or the outcome, but knowing the hourly rate internally helps you check margin and changes.
What should I do if the market rejects the price?
Review clarity of offer, category, confidence and demand before lowering the price. You can reduce the scope or provide a limited experience instead of delivering the same work for less than its cost.
Figures are estimates for planning and do not include details of taxes, insurance or laws in your country. See a qualified accountant or advisor when the decision relates to tax or contractual obligations.