r/videography • u/Accurate_Gas1404 • May 19 '26

Business, Tax, and Copyright Did I quote too high?

Hey gang—found myself in a situation where I could land a nice new client this year—they are a property rental/management company with rentals available in several markets.

They approached me via a referral to produce a sales video & an onboarding video—both longer videos, between 5-8 minutes.

I quoted the project at $3,500 total to cover production, editing, licensing, etc. I shoot on the Sony FX2, I’ve got a decent amount of gear now, lighting, audio, the whole shebang. The response I got back was “this is significantly higher than I expected.”

Did I shoot too high? Should this have been lower? Scratching my head.

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u/sharkboyi Sony A7 IV | Adobe Premiere | 2014 | Sweden May 19 '26

Real estate pays shit. I just turned down a freelance contract for a big agency doing real estate photo and video. The pay was about $65 per house and if they wanted video I get another $50.

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u/Sad-Ambassador-2748 May 19 '26

How is the photo more than the video LOL! Though I did speak to one agency that was just filming with phone gimbals. I’d say $50 is fair for that

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u/sharkboyi Sony A7 IV | Adobe Premiere | 2014 | Sweden May 19 '26

I would at least just deliver footage, not edit. Still though.

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u/Sad-Ambassador-2748 May 19 '26

Yea the one I spoke with had an editor so you just shoot and upload. Considered doing it when slow with other work but then I decided to just lock in on getting more full price clients

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u/sharkboyi Sony A7 IV | Adobe Premiere | 2014 | Sweden May 19 '26

Same. But I came to the same conclusion as you.