Comments on: Blogger Compensation: To Charge or Not To Charge?

By: riya

riya — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 07:04:56 +0000

Thanks for your detail guide. The screenshots make it really easy to understnd and follow. I think I will look at the two challenges carefully before taking any actions.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:10:09 +0000

Very Helpful! Thanks!

By: Sissi

Sissi — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:01:33 +0000

Thank you so much! This explains everything very well. I think many companies are so used that many blogger do everything for a free item which in return makes them think they can ask for whatever they want! While I admit that a free item was enough in the beginning of my blog for me, I feel that I deserve to get paid now! I do a fine job so that should be paid for! I've had happen to me that a company did not pay what we discussed before though. Still in the learning phase of when to charge and how to get paid... Anyway: thanks again for this post!!!

By: mc

mc — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 03:02:36 +0000

This was very helpful! Thank you =)

-mc
http://www.looksbymc.wordpress.com

By: Sabrina Cohen

Sabrina Cohen — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:14:48 +0000

In reply to An Dyer. Fantastic and very helpful! Thank you! x

By: Millie Cotton

Millie Cotton — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:58:04 +0000

Possibly one of the most simple and coherent post explaining this topic to date. This is such a difficult issues and so many bloggers find it challenge; it seems that there are a lot of PRs who don’t appreciate that most bloggers don’t have any financial backing (in the way of advertisements etc) and if they can get away without compensating a blogger for their work, they won’t offer to even if they have the budget.

By: The Style Kaleidoscope

The Style Kaleidoscope — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:50:37 +0000

I don’t mean this in a derogatory way towards anyone but it’s just an observation of the terms used in our blogging culture as a whole – your choice of words when talking with the fashion industry is very important: I think we should stop calling it ‘compensation’; it’s not compensation at all, it’s our going rate, our fee for a piece of work if we choose to carry out the task. If bloggers stopped asking for ‘compensation’ and simply stated ‘fees’ then we might start to get taken more seriously. If we make it sound like we are just running errands then we are doing ourselves no favours.

By: Styleosophy

Styleosophy — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:17:33 +0000

In reply to Jennine Jacob. Great point Jennine. I did not take that into consideration, as requests are low for me at this point.

By: Valentine

Valentine — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:42:54 +0000

Very Very interesting post!
Those information are really useful as I think every blogger comes one day in front of a situation where you ask yourself, what should I do? Should I charge for this?

I find that sometimes, as blogger we don’t feel comfortable asking for money when actually we totally should. They was time when I felt almost like an opportunist asking money but now I don’t. I know that if I do a job, I should get some kind of payment. Especially that most brand can afford it.

On the other hand what I find now difficult is how much should I charge for this or that…? How much is too much?

It would be nice to have a complete article about the different rates in the blogging industry, for beginners and top bloggers…

By: Jennine Jacob

Jennine Jacob — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:42:21 +0000

In reply to Styleosophy. Hmm, I would say you are right but to be honest, if you're getting literally over 100 requests per day, acknowledging all of them would be a huge drain on your workflow. But if you have time, then great!