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Restaurant Package

by Shifaa
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Hello there

I'm a fresh copywriter, so I'm in need of your expertise please.

A family friend is going to start a restaurant. He asked me to write the menu for him. He already gave me all the needed info, even the prices are set.

I wanted to know how to put a price for this. Per word? Per Section? Orders?

Also, he asked for the following:

Comments Card
Invoice (the bottom line)
Tasters Survey

I would be very grateful for your help.
#package #restaurant
  • Profile picture of the author arfasaira
    Originally Posted by Shifaa View Post

    Hello there

    I'm a fresh copywriter, so I'm in need of your expertise please.

    A family friend is going to start a restaurant. He asked me to write the menu for him. He already gave me all the needed info, even the prices are set.

    I wanted to know how to put a price for this. Per word? Per Section? Orders?

    Also, he asked for the following:

    Comments Card
    Invoice (the bottom line)
    Tasters Survey

    I would be very grateful for your help.
    If I'm understanding you correctly, you're asking how you should charge for this project?

    If so, I would suggest you give him a quote for the project rather than by word or section etc...

    A good way to do this is if you know how much you want to charge as a minimum per hour and estimate how long it will take you to finish the project and then add on 25% for edits...

    So, if you're wanting to charge a minimum of $100 an hour for arguments sake, and it's a 4 hour job, you would ask for $500 (4 x $100 = $400 and add on 25% which is $100)

    It's not a hard or fast rule, but certainly a great place to start.
    I hope that helps.
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    As Arfa suggested, charge by the project. And once you determine the amount, double it. Most new copywriters under charge by a lot.

    It will take longer than you think with all the changes. Especially for a new business. Even more for a restaurant.
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    • Profile picture of the author Shifaa
      Originally Posted by arfasaira View Post

      If I'm understanding you correctly, you're asking how you should charge for this project?

      If so, I would suggest you give him a quote for the project rather than by word or section etc...

      A good way to do this is if you know how much you want to charge as a minimum per hour and estimate how long it will take you to finish the project and then add on 25% for edits...

      So, if you're wanting to charge a minimum of $100 an hour for arguments sake, and it's a 4 hour job, you would ask for $500 (4 x $100 = $400 and add on 25% which is $100)

      It's not a hard or fast rule, but certainly a great place to start.
      I hope that helps.
      This sure does help, but I'm not sure if I should charge by the hour, because it is not very common in here when doing business. But I'm sure going to charge for edits because that will be the hard/boring part.

      Thanks so much for your suggestion, I'll see if I can actually work this way, it will be fair for both sides.

      Originally Posted by Joe Ditzel View Post

      As Arfa suggested, charge by the project. And once you determine the amount, double it. Most new copywriters under charge by a lot.

      It will take longer than you think with all the changes. Especially for a new business. Even more for a restaurant.
      I agree on that, I under charge to get new clients, that's why I'm asking what is the deal and how things usually go, so I could charge them fair and not send them away.

      Thanks again, both of you.
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