Sales

The Freelance Rate Negotiation

Every client pushes back on my rates and I always end up discounting

Your objective

Close the project at no less than $3,000, or restructure the scope to maintain your rate.

The counterpart

Lucas — Startup Founder

Temperament: The Friendly Closer · Difficulty: intermediate

Skills trained

  • anchor holding
  • scope negotiation
  • conditional concession
  • value frame

What a good run looks like

Score 70+ with agreement at your difficulty ceiling to unlock harder counterparts. Swanx coaches the exact phrases that cost you points — dimension by dimension.