purpleeyedpig
New member
Hello all,
I'm new to the forum, so not yet sure of the ins and outs of it. If I make a faux par please bear with me!
Lately, I have been contacted by several people wanting to book a dancer (great!), except I am finding it difficult to set a price.
I do have a set price for several things, but these are straightforward, i.e. so much for a party, so much for so long a performance, etc.
However, one of the enquiries I received included a meet and greet from between 7pm - 8pm, followed by a performance at around 9.30pm. My difficulty with this is: how much should I charge for the hanging around? Should I charge for the hanging around? Considering that this means I would be out ALL evening and therefore unable to accept any other booking on that night, what is a reasonable price to charge?
What are your thoughts?
I always find it difficult to know what is a good price anyway, since I find myself comparing myself as a dancer to those around me (as I'm sure we all do). I'm not a professional dancer, therefore I feel that I can't ask the sometimes ridiculous amounts that are requested by those who are. Yet I still want to get paid for my time.
HELP!
I'm new to the forum, so not yet sure of the ins and outs of it. If I make a faux par please bear with me!
Lately, I have been contacted by several people wanting to book a dancer (great!), except I am finding it difficult to set a price.
I do have a set price for several things, but these are straightforward, i.e. so much for a party, so much for so long a performance, etc.
However, one of the enquiries I received included a meet and greet from between 7pm - 8pm, followed by a performance at around 9.30pm. My difficulty with this is: how much should I charge for the hanging around? Should I charge for the hanging around? Considering that this means I would be out ALL evening and therefore unable to accept any other booking on that night, what is a reasonable price to charge?
What are your thoughts?
I always find it difficult to know what is a good price anyway, since I find myself comparing myself as a dancer to those around me (as I'm sure we all do). I'm not a professional dancer, therefore I feel that I can't ask the sometimes ridiculous amounts that are requested by those who are. Yet I still want to get paid for my time.
HELP!