Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2019-03-02 19:07
While finding the correct fee to charge isn't necessarily quick or painless - it is relatively easy.
Start by charging what you need to get out of the endevor. If your prices are "right" for your market - you'll find the perfect workload. If your prices are too high, you'll have too little demand. If your prices are too low, you'll have too much demand.
To determine the fee you should start with, I'd recommend looking at the other service industries (plumbing, auto mechanics, IT support, etc. - as well as other instructors). An average of these will give you a ballpark of what your local market expects to pay per hour.
When I was giving lessons, I had one fee. However, that fee was somewhat flexible, as I travelled a lot on unrelated business. If I happened to be in one of the towns where the student lived, the student's family would pay my entire fee. However, if one of the families was passing through the city in which I lived, I charged them a bare minimum charge ($5 or $10) because they had already incurred travelling expenses for 160+ miles. (There were no competitors to "undercut," so that wasn't an issue.) Likewise, charity isn't forbidden.
I realize these things all have to fit with the region you're working/living in. In my neck of the woods, it's all about helping the kids. Our school bands can sometimes be counted on two hands.
Even the college offered (offers?) severely discounted lessons to students willing to drive the 80+ miles to receive a lesson.
Fuzzy
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