Curious about typical fees

[steve latin]

I'm learning 3D rendering and I'm curious about what people generally charge (freelance) for houses or condo projects, etc. (in other words, not giant, complex scenes with lots of buildings). I know it depends on the complexity of the project, but I'm looking for general averages. I keep seeing sites from India or the Phillipines which charge $150 a rendering, so how can we compete with that?

[Frank Richarz]

Although its difficult to compete from a pricing standpoint with some of the overseas outsource rendering companies, creating a working relationship with your client is more important. Many of the cheap companies can get expensive when you start to make changes to the design. Its more important to build that client relationship. As far as price for a rendering, as you know its based on the complexaty of the job. You have to ask yourself, how much is it going to cost "me" to do this rendering. Factor in not only time, but resources as well. There is no magic formula.

[ben felder]

i can tell you my boss over charges at $65/hour for pretty much anything graphically i do...i think business is hurting because he refuses to change his business practices. it's not like we're some huge illustration firm. just a cad service firm that happens to outsource some arch viz stuff.

[Alex Gunawan]

during this hard time, it's hard to get the right figure, as most of the competing firms out there are slashing fees to get a pitch.

no matter how much you decide your fees are, remember that some of it are slashed for tax. so if you are in the lower tax bracket, prepare to lose a good 15-18% off your fee.
then there's the usual time-spent for the project, as well as hardware / software / utility spending.

[Travis Schmiesing]

I would actually suggest getting a job with a studio or firm to gain some experience, and learn from others before getting to caught up with freelancing. Since you are saying you are learning 3d, there are probably a lot of things you need to learn about completing a project beyond jut learning how to build a model.

Not trying to be a downer, just trying to be honest.

...also, I would consider the condo or house is a very tight market thanks to Evermotion. You need to be really good at it to stand out.