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I am an interior decorator beginning a home based business.  On my website on the "Services" page, I have listed my current pricing schedule.  While, many interior designers charge hourly, the consumer would not know what the enitre cost of the project is until it is actually completed.  I wanted to make my services more affordable and easy to understand, hence posting the pricing schedule.  My questions to the forum are this: 1) Does posting my pricing seem unnecessary and/or tacky?  2) Is it possible that by posting the pricing I am scaring off potential clients?

 

Thank you in advance,

Rick

www.ricklundyinteriors.com   

First, Congrats on the new Enterprise. I envy Interior Designers, because I am not good at it.

Looking at your website, The consultation is clear, $350. The other rooms I thought you left yourself appropriate room, but I do know having worked in a furniture store, that you should advise of the max hours your are available. I say that because lets say "Jane" can`t make a decision or keeps going in circles, so she is calling you all hours of the day and night wanting your instant input and to drop whatever you`re doing to solve her "crisis." I watched this happen to a few people, it`s not pretty, so set some boundaries or you will live to regret it. Having said that, I don`t think you put that on the Website, but in the consultation. You can probably tell the needy ones.