Freelance Rate & Client Mix Review
The rate you quote is a claim; the rate you earn is a quotient — this is the review that finds out which clients are eating the difference.
What it is
Turns the two questions every independent postpones — what am I actually earning per hour, and which of these clients is paying me to be worse at the others — into arithmetic and a dated plan. Scores the roster on money, behaviour and drag, decides each account, then writes the rate letters and release messages with the notice periods and seams that hold the income up. For freelancers, consultants, contractors and one-person studios who are busy, tired, and unsure which is which.
What you receive
an honest look at what you charge and who you work for — your true effective hourly rate after every unbilled hour, each client scored on money, effort and drag, a raise, renegotiate, hold or release verdict for each under the concentration and replacement rules, the messages that execute those verdicts, and the twelve-month sequencing that protects your income while the mix changes
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “what is my real hourly rate as a freelancer”
- “how to decide which clients to drop freelance”
- “how to tell a client my rates are going up”
- “am i undercharging for freelance work”
- “one client is most of my income what do i do”
Record
lineage: first-party house build
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.