Design

Hypersub

If you're starting out as a designer, there is *nothing* better you can do than a design sub (bonus point if /hypersub)

When you're new, you need money and experience

1/4

You can't charge thousands at first, so you charge hundreds which makes it easy to get clients; finding 2-5 clients at < $500/mo is pretty easy

That will quickly get you $1k to $2.5k /mo which is enough to survive anywhere; than you raise prices slowly (but quicker than you'd think)

2/4

I've been running a design sub for almost 12 months, gonna start scaling up next month so i'll be writing / talking about this more

If you have questions, ask away

Which means it's not easy, obviously

But if you can tough it out, you won't be dependent on the job market anymore 

It's only downhill from there (more or less lmao, but at least it'll be worth your time)

4/4 

There is no equivalent to the volume, difficulty and complexity of tasks you will have to produce when running a design sub — none

Junior designers (employed) get assigned menial work for obv reasons; freelancers get little work at glacial pace. No variety in either case

Design subs are madness in comparison

3/4

aspiring everything. architect. building /buildings. icbk.me/huugo.fc

That logic is sound! 

Do you get a lot of churn or subscribers staying for longer stays?

"Right off the bat" will vary, but selling the sub itself is pretty easy

I said "the price for the project is $x, which you said you're OK with - I'll get this done in about 10 days, then I'll stay available for the whole month for whatever you need"

Hard to say no to that :)

How does a fresh designer find 2-5 clients right off the bat who might understand/need the value of a sub over a la carte design fees?