[Alan01252]

Yet a year ago despite having the charge more mantra instilled in me by this community I was still charging too little.

It wasn't until I realised that even very small companies could afford ( without hesitation ) the rate I was charging that I really started to raise my rate.

Anecdote:

A small company got in contact with me asking for one days help solving a few teething problems with their new e-commerce site. I was sceptical and so put my rate up thinking that would immediately put them off. It didn't, instead they'd stated at that price they'd prefer to pay for two days of my time and make sure everything they wanted was done properly.