Found out my local competitors are charging 3x what I quoted for web design

I was scrolling through the Denver Freelancers Facebook group last night and saw a guy post his rates at $150 an hour for the exact same Squarespace work I was doing for $50, and now I feel like an idiot for underselling myself from day one - how do you even figure out what the real market rate is without constantly stalking other people's posts?

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craig.parker4d ago

Honestly the real trick is to just raise your rates by 20% every new client until you start getting hesitation, that's how you find the ceiling.

anna7174d agoTop Commenter

Try telling that to @craig.parker when his clients figure out the pattern.