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How a Freelance Web Developer Raised Rates by Adding a Maintenance Retainer
Episode 124 of Freelance Careers with Fexingo explores how a freelance web developer named Priya Sharma raised her rates by 35 percent by introducing a monthly maintenance retainer for her clients. Lucas and Luna break down her specific strategy: how she pitched it as proactive security and uptime insurance rather than a cost, how it transformed her income from project-based feast-or-famine to predictable recurring revenue, and how she handled pushback from clients who initially balked at the recurring charge. The hosts draw lessons any freelancer can use to bundle ongoing value into a…
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