nice topic! why not ask the mod to pin this thread?

as an interactive designer and a freelancer myself, i'm quite aware of the market value of our kind.

there are several reasons of why we tend to be paid in a lower rate when compare to other countries lik US, Japan, Hk or even SG.

- a lot of self claimed "freelancer"
- the quality of the delivery
- professionalism of freelancing
- s/w piracy
- customers lack of proper education of design industry

so, since msia is still on the way of creating our own design identity, i think the best way is to upgrade ourself in terms of creative sense, the trend of web design and the way of servicing.

again, plagarism is a big no no
i'm not reffering to the earlier case of arachnid

This post has been edited by eddychstu: Apr 9 2006, 01:52 PM

no, this is not the idea, the thing is when everyone is using a down to zero cost s/w, they tend not to appreciate the property(s/w) they owned simply becoz 'cheap'. eg. i can design a website using a $5 s/w, so even if i charge the client $50 i still get to earn $45...see?

a standard corporate charge is so much different from freelance charge not only becoz of the men power involved, it is the investment of s/w that doest matter..whoever work in a interactive agency/design house will know the huge cost invested in s/w annually.

i agree some client might be using that as a nego tool to lower our price but the main concern here is we cant deny that we can develop something within a cheap cost.

let by gone be by gone