I'm Lori from the Kitchen Table and I need some help.

A fellow is interested in hiring me to design, launch and maintain webpages and online catalogs for his heavy equipment company.
I would be working from home.

He's offered me an hourly rate but has said nothing (even though I've asked) about paying for the use of my equipment.

I already have the software necessary to do the job as well as top of the line scanner, digital camera and printer. I would also use my not-so-cheap photo software as well.

What do you fine folks think would be a fair price for my equipment?

I'm thinking $4.00 an hour.
Is this too much?
Not enough?

I don't want to gouge the guy but I don't want to be shortchanged either.

Any help, comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks.

Lori

We're in a very rural area; it's over 100 miles to any large city. I don't know if this would have any bearing on what I could charge or not....

Since you are not buying new equipment or software, you can't expect to pay it off through this small contract. On the other hand, depending on how much a percentage of time the equipment may be devoted to income-producing work, you may be able to amortize some of the costs for tax purposes.

Equipment use is built into the charges, not extra.

It's like mechanics and "flat rate" repairs ... the speed of the mechanic doesn't mean the fast ones lose out.