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I mean, I appreciate that you felt moved to reply, but this is exactly the super-judgy mindworm I'm trying to kill. Why should I believe that I or anyone else is by definition a bad person because I charge money for products/services? Sure, the business douche who knowingly charges a 1000% markup is a selfish dick but that's not where I'm trying to get to. I'm trying to get to the point where I don't have to be a slave to myself and work flat out 12 hours a day just to keep my head above water.
Hey, that's my bad. I should have put more thought into my reply!
It sounds like you're priced low in your industry vs the average - assuming your customers like you, and you have more work than you can do, I'm guessing they would rather that you raise your prices slightly and stay in business rather than keeping prices low and folding.
No worries, I was also feeling a bit sensitive. I've been raising my rates a bit lately, actually because a client told me I should :) But it's still icky and is much more difficult than the rational part of me knows it should be.
That's good of your client, and I feel for you on this one. I made some physical products in college to sell over a summer, I ended up ~$2/hr once I ran my numbers lol. I just couldn't stomach raising my prices so much (in my case it was good resume filler, so no big deal). Best of luck!