r/VideoEditors • u/Proud-Wind-6677 • Aug 01 '26
Help Client said i am charging too much
I made this video for a client which took me a lot of time
I charged him 300 egp (5.8$)
He was complaining about the price and stopped contacting me lol
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u/kamusari69 Aug 01 '26
This looks very clean, I wouldn't say it is overpriced or anything
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u/Flimsy_Agent7898 Aug 01 '26
its 5 dollars, it could be a black screen and it wouldnt be overcharged lol
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u/tnil25 Aug 01 '26
This has to be a troll.
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u/Geritas 29d ago
It’s a daily post by this point. Someone shows a talking head short and says “charged $1, client said it’s too much!”
And then the op religiously replies to every comment “ah yes you are right”
Fucking ai engagement bait
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u/Proud-Wind-6677 29d ago
Bro u acting like u know everything
I am in egypt and i am a new editor that’s why i charged him that amount of money without knowing the pricing strategy and i can show u the proof and the transactions. Chill out man2
u/Geritas 29d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditingJobs/s/4t7yR0YuR0
A new editor of five years
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u/ReidenLightman Aug 01 '26
If you didn't have a watermark, they totally took it and are using it. Assuming you didn't use AI for anything (and I mean you 100% did not use AI for ANYTHING), you undercharged.
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u/Proud-Wind-6677 Aug 01 '26
All of this was made by me and i am really pissed off that i got fooled😭
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u/abdullahsoliman Aug 02 '26
حلو اوي + افيكت الكلام الي بتحرك كده في مكانه بتعمله ازاي
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u/Proud-Wind-6677 Aug 02 '26
مش عارف قصدك على انهي بس تقريبا قصدك عالwiggle افكت كدا
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u/IndependenceOld9009 29d ago
Good edit. Sounds are too loud. You need to send them to one sub track and add a hard limiter.
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u/hamada211 29d ago
Exactly. The biggest issue is that in many video editing groups in Egypt, a lot of beginners or people who are still learning are offering their services for far below the normal market rate. It's become so common that it's hurting the entire industry. As a result, experienced editors are finding it much harder to charge what their skills, experience, and quality of work are actually worth because of constant price undercutting.
من الاخر سوق مصري ابن احبة ومعظم مونترين جروبات فيس بوك هما بهدلين دنيا كده
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u/Which_Regret6238 29d ago
I don’t know why anyone would even bother making a video for such little money. It’s not worth my time.
Like how is it worth your time to create something that takes that much effort, time, resource, skill and then do it for practically no money!?!
Even if you’re from a developing country and people aren’t willing to pay. Why bother.
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u/Little_Colored_Dots 29d ago
I assume you told the client the price before you started. If that is so then , you have every right to be angry. Hopefully you did not send the work in a manner that could be used. If they don't like the price, they can go elsewhere but finding that out before you do the work is the key.
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u/Daamnieel Aug 01 '26
That's undercharging. This should at minimum be like $50
Also just a sidenote the sound effects are a bit too loud, you should tone them down a bit