[stef25]

Kudos for wanting to go down this route. What makes this business tough imho is the fact that it's in your interest to finish projects as quickly as you can, ideally in less time than what you estimated / quoted because that gets you more cash. But clients will always demand more, so that makes for a never ending challenge and will very much distract you from coding.

Nailing down the scope is probably the hardest part of every project and it takes several days of of meetings, analysis and back and forth. And that's just to come up with an estimation that the client might then reject, let alone not want to pay you for. So in the end you end up rushing the analysis and that will just bite you in the ass later.

One way I've found to get more money out of your clients is managing their hosting, if you're able to or can outsource it at a margin. Charge your initial fee to build the project and then charge a monthly fee to host it all. Most clients will be happy to pay a lot more than the actual cost for them to not have to worry about it. If you do it properly this will give you a nice stream of almost passive income.

Try to underpromise & overdeliver.

Good luck!

[Ant_on_]

stef25, thank you for your comment and hints! I think that I always try to "underpromise & overdeliver.", I've learned it the hard way. I like your advice or hosting their project, for having a steady recurring income.