[Ethan_Mick]

I want to like this a lot, but it's not quite there for me.

A datum says it is "Project Billing" and has a rate of $300. Is that $300 per hour? Is that $300 total? What does that mean?

I need to be able to filter by location. For me, comparable large US cities. My cost of living is vastly different than someone living in India.

For this to be most useful, I need to be able to put in my rough skillset and then find how much similar people charge. Just browsing rates around the world isn't that useful.

And that brings me to the last issue. Hourly billing is stupid [1]. As much as possible, you should avoid charging hourly. It incentives you to work slower, more poorly, and have a worse experience with the client. But it's too hard to say, "I charged USD 100k for my project," because you need to have a complete and intimate understanding of the project.

For example, my latest consulting gig was fixing some Google Analytics and Facebook conversions for a small business. They were broken, and I fixed them. It took me ~15 minutes, and they paid me $1000. They got incredible value (their ads started working properly again), and I got paid for minimal effort. What do I put down on a site like this, $4000/hr?

1: https://jonathanstark.com/

[mylons]

awesome feedback. thanks a lot. I don't disagree about project vs hourly billing either, but it's such a routine debate and sadly very common that clients _want_ hourly. In the last few contracts I've had, I've only been lucky to have 1 go project based.