Estimate probability honestly
Use similar past projects. If six of ten projects use the full final round, 60% is a better planning input than assuming every client will approve the first version.
Revision pricing Free browser tool
Price revision risk before it becomes unpaid work.
Estimate the probability-weighted cost already hiding in a fixed fee, then calculate a defensible price for additional revision rounds.
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Model one revision round
Use the expected work, not the best case.
THE REVISION PRICING METHOD
Price the expected cost before the round happens.
Included revisions are not free. Their expected labor belongs in the original quote; extra rounds need a separate fee that covers both production time and the disruption of reopening the project.
EXPECTED REVISION COSTprobability × hours × target hourly return
Extra-round fee = full labor cost × coordination buffer, rounded up to a usable quote.
Count the whole round
Include the feedback call, file reopening, production work, quality check, export, delivery, and the message that closes the loop—not only the minutes spent editing.
Add a coordination buffer
An extra round interrupts the schedule and may require new invoicing or approvals. The buffer prices that friction instead of silently absorbing it.
WORKED EXAMPLE
Four hours at 75, with a 60% chance.
The full labor cost is 300. The expected cost inside the original quote is 180. With a 15% coordination buffer, an extra round is 345, rounded up to a clean 350 quote.
INCLUDE OR CHARGE?
Include learning; charge for reopened scope.
Include enough rounds to reach the agreed outcome under normal feedback. Charge when included rounds are exhausted, feedback is split across stakeholders, an approved direction is reversed, or the client introduces a new deliverable.
NEED THE COMPLETE SYSTEM?
Use one decision process across every project.
Worth the Work includes the editable 20-project workbook and 24 client-ready counteroffer, scope, deposit, payment-delay, decline, and follow-up scripts.
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