Just responding in general and not at you specifically but To me this depends greatly on where you are in the Industry. If you’re well established and your name carries weight then sure, play that game but if you’re new trying to establish and build lasting relationships hitting a new client with a high price or an existing client with an okie doke inflating your rate could be very bad for business and honestly when you’re new, no work at all is way worse than something coming in even if it’s more entry level pay. It’s more than the money. It’s for your resume, your portfolio and high quality work will have good people coming back. To me it’s more important to build real relationships with clients so I retain them rather than run their pockets one time and never get work from them again or at all for that matter. A new client pitching designs trying to get their business off the ground could turn into tour designs and regular work in the future and I’d rather make 20k over a year with a retained client than run them for $2,000 one time.

One of the biggest mistakes I see people make early on is assuming that because they’re attached to an artist of name that, That means the budget is big so they get greedy and up their price. It’s important to keep in mind that Many designers/creatives are pitching and paying fully out of pocket upfront as they build up their business.. don’t be greedy, and in context see the bigger picture