Don t confine yourself to an hourly rate. I know that s the conventional wisdom that most DJs follow. But your goal is to close deals with clients. Offering a package price can really help make the sale.If you want an approximate hourly rate, you can look at other local DJs. Don t just price yourself in the middle. Decide for yourself what price you can command.Also don t discount your prices just because you re new, inexperienced, etc. Having a low price compared to your competition makes potential clients question your abilities and the quality of your service. You don t want to be the bottom rung, discount DJ. Having the lowest prices in town also tends to bring you the lowest quality clients - that s right, your clients can be low quality. A low quality client is the type that pays you crap, gives you a hard time, is the most demanding, tries to short change you, keeps you later than you expected, etc. Charge a premium price and you will filter out many of these headache clients.Good luck in business!
If you think that that is all that a DJ does, then charge in the $75 per hour range.
Carl, look in the yellow pages under DJ s. Call them and get prices from 3. price yourself in the middle of those guys. good luck
