Contract
We will provide you with a contract, customized for your particular project, once we have discussed your business needs and you have completed our Client Intake Form.
Payment
Checks are made out to: Fortuna Business Collective, LLC. All ONLINE payments to us are processed through Paypal or Zelle. We require a deposit at the signing of the contract, based on the terms negotiated, prior to work commencing. The balance is due based on the contract, but always prior to final submission of the work product to the client.
This assumes a flat rate contract. We negotiate payment terms for hourly-based contracts individually, with a similar formula as to the initial deposit towards services.
FEES: The following information is to give you a general idea of our fees and freelance market trends. It is by no means fixed. In addition to our fees, you will obviously need to pay any additional amounts to state or federal agencies for incorporating and application fees to other entities, such as the IRS.
It can take up to four months, on average, to receive your 501c3 determination letter, unless you pay for expedited service. The IRS User Fee payment is non-refundable.
IRS 501c3 APPLICATION PREPARATION: Please see that page.
BUSINESS CONSULTING: We are not able to quote fees for consulting and more in-depth organizational work here because each job and each contract can have many layers and complexities that affect the fees we charge.
EDITING: The range of fees for what editors charge can range from $50 to $150 an hour… and from $3.00 to $15.00 a page. And even within that ‘range’ it can go higher and lower. The fee depends largely on who you hire (and their qualifications), as well as the level of editing you require. Not every client and editor click, and not every client agrees with the changes the editor makes or suggests. A less expensive editor might not be great or a really pricey one might be mediocre. Some writers and editors set absorbent fees assuming you’ll feel they must be great because they are expensive. There are also flat fees and monthly retainer agreements.
FBC’s hourly fees for EDITING start at $50 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. We charge anywhere from $5.00 to $10.00 per page for other targeted editing fees. Other rates for editing are negotiated based on a review of the project submission. Some projects require an hourly rate; some per page.
ORIGINAL WRITING runs the gamut from a business proposal to ghostwriting a novel, content for websites, a business letter, content for a brochure, and too many other examples to list. We are not able to provide even a general sense of the fees since it would depend on an analysis of the individual project.
FBC’s standard hourly fees for original writing are $35 to $75 an hour. Flat project fees can be negotiated. Fees for ghostwriting are negotiated per project.
WEB DESIGN and LAYOUT: We charge $300 to create a basic WordPress web page, which includes two rounds of edits. More involved design and web structure work will be negotiated on an individual basis.