Poll: Have you adjusted your rates recently because of currency fluctuations? Inițiatorul discuției: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you adjusted your rates recently because of currency fluctuations?".
This poll was originally submitted by Natalia Pedrosa. View the poll results »
| | | | | No, but I would like to :-)) | Jun 20, 2015 |
Why isn't this reply option on the list?
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Virtually all my clients are in the euro area...
| | | | Jennifer Forbes 
Local time: 00:53
din franceză în engleză
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I've raised my rate by a modest half a euro cent for new clients who have contacted me recently but have kept it unchanged for existing long-term clients.
[Edited at 2015-06-20 12:23 GMT]
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I assess and adjust my rates beginning of each year....I don't always increase them though
[Edited at 2015-06-20 11:31 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-06-20 11:31 GMT]
| | | | Thayenga
Germania
Local time: 01:53
Membru (2009)
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I'd like to, but... (sigh).
Keeping also a USD account, currency fluctuations don't affect me that much because I usually have a little flexibility to wait until the conversion rate is more in my favor.
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My rates vary, and the Danish Krone, the currency I use most, is linked to the Euro, so it does not fluctuate much.
Sterling does, but I often leave pounds as pounds and spend them in the UK.
However, I have worked less for lower-paying clients and more for the ones who pay higher rates.  My lowest-paying client seems to have given up on me, as their deadlines were usually tight and I was always busy wi... See more My rates vary, and the Danish Krone, the currency I use most, is linked to the Euro, so it does not fluctuate much.
Sterling does, but I often leave pounds as pounds and spend them in the UK.
However, I have worked less for lower-paying clients and more for the ones who pay higher rates. My lowest-paying client seems to have given up on me, as their deadlines were usually tight and I was always busy with other clients!
I quote slightly higher rates for new clients than I did a few years ago - depending on the type of work - and some disappear instantly, but some send the job anyway and pay my rate. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Triston Goodwin
Statele Unite
Local time: 17:53
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I have been steadily raising my rates for a while, but not necessarily because of currency fluctuations.
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DZiW (X)
Ucraina
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| I had to comply | Jun 20, 2015 |
Actually my direct clients adjusted my rates a little higher even without my permission or a notice... No regret, no remorse though)
| | | | Henry Hinds
Statele Unite
Local time: 17:53
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I'm not affected by currency fluctuations.
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Alexander Kondorsky wrote:
Why isn't this reply option on the list?
If you'd like to, why don't you? Nobody's stopping you...
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We charge in pounds so there's no currency risk to us. Let customers, who are bigger, take the hit.
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