Poll: What factors do you believe outsourcers prioritize when evaluating your job quote? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What factors do you believe outsourcers prioritize when evaluating your job quote?".
This poll was originally submitted by Juan Herrera. View the poll results »
| | | | Alex Lichanow
Germany
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Member (2020)
English to German
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I am missing the option "Your price/rate". The industry is in a self-destructive race to the bottom and I have no intentions to "win" this race.
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I’d say that they prioritize the price on an accurate quote…
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| Rate and experience, obviously | Jun 4 |
Who would pick a candidate depending on the length of his quote?
The answers proposed seem to lack the most important criteria, which are clearly rate and experience.
[Edited at 2024-06-04 08:45 GMT]
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When I submit a price for a job, the client normally wants me to do the job and not someone else. They know about me from a museum, gallery, colleague, from past work I've done for them, or whatever, so what they want to know is if they can afford the price. If it fits their budget, they accept.
I have suggested prices over the phone or by e-mail that have been turned down, but the last time I submitted a formal quotation that was not accepted was in March 2011. I assumed it was be... See more When I submit a price for a job, the client normally wants me to do the job and not someone else. They know about me from a museum, gallery, colleague, from past work I've done for them, or whatever, so what they want to know is if they can afford the price. If it fits their budget, they accept.
I have suggested prices over the phone or by e-mail that have been turned down, but the last time I submitted a formal quotation that was not accepted was in March 2011. I assumed it was because they (a regional government) had their own translator but had to have three quotations in order for the tender process to be valid. However, now that I think about it, maybe they simply discovered that I'm not a very good translator - you never know ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Important options are missing | Jun 4 |
If I have to chose among the options we have, obviously "an accurate quoting", but in the real world this comes after
1) Can you offer a lower rate? Yes, sure, actually I would pay you to work for you.
2) incredibly low rates
3) very low rates
4) low rates
5) acceptable rates
6) experience + incredibly low rates
7) good experience + low rates
Joking aside, an accurate quoting is usually appreciated, but the first thing people want to ... See more If I have to chose among the options we have, obviously "an accurate quoting", but in the real world this comes after
1) Can you offer a lower rate? Yes, sure, actually I would pay you to work for you.
2) incredibly low rates
3) very low rates
4) low rates
5) acceptable rates
6) experience + incredibly low rates
7) good experience + low rates
Joking aside, an accurate quoting is usually appreciated, but the first thing people want to see is... (incredibly low) rates ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Most probably look at price only ... | Jun 4 |
... and those are the ones I never hear from. The assignments I've done through the job board were always from clients who appreciated my profile and flawless application. I've posted jobs myself as well, so I know from experience that that isn't a given; most applications are rubbish and many others are okayish at best.
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