Comments on: Freelancers, what’s your largest business expense?

By: Adam_Wagner

Adam_Wagner — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:13:14 +0000

@srpsco just mentioned via twitter that I left out a category for “Travel”. Quite right! Way late, but I added it as an answer anyway.

By: JabbaJaw

JabbaJaw — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:21 +0000

I think running a business this day it is a pretty big thing to do and cuting some expenses i don't think it is a right thing to do unless you are pushed from behind because of failure or something like that.Profit wont forget to come if your idea itis good and it is taken to its high potential.

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By: Yogi - CMSTheme.NET

Yogi - CMSTheme.NET — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:33:26 +0000

I would say my internet bills. Broadband internet connection is a very expensive thing here in Indonesia.

By: Anil Amrit

Anil Amrit — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:15:03 +0000

Hardware & Software for me. As said already, it hasn't paid for itself yet. Clients do expect everything to be instantaneous and expect the computer to work almost as fast as their thoughts. I wont upgrade now for a couple of years.

By: pairodime

pairodime — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:38:57 +0000

I used to spend most of my money on Hardware/Software – but now that we have that behind us – it became Resource material like Tutorial Mags – now we can get that online. Business has turned a fork for me now and we contract out or hire employees to perform daily creative/development work – I never thought it would happen – but now I guess we spend most of our money contract wages.

By: Geoff May

Geoff May — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:42:44 +0000

Hardware is a large cost, but I usually only upgrade computers every 2 years (just ordered my Hackintosh parts on Friday), so it kinda evens out.

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Design links for the week — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:15:01 +0000

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By: Cao Nghia Hoang

Cao Nghia Hoang — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:47:45 +0000

Used to be hardware and hardware, but since I get all what I need, I don't upgrade it often. (only Win, Office and Adobe pricey)

If all phone calls ,faxes , tickets to go here and there to meet client count as Contract Labor, I vote for it.

By: hoshimo

hoshimo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:38:08 +0000

YES taxes hands down. maybe it's not in the list because you don't exactly CHOOSE to spend money on it… but still…

By: jakestevens

jakestevens — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:45:52 +0000

I would definitely say that hardware/software is my largest overhead. Shortly after that would be stock photos, but it's pretty far behind. Most images that I work with are either provided to me or created.

I think that a lot of clients don't often think of the overhead that software and hardware create for designers. They only see time and effort. More time. Sometimes I feel like I can never move fast enough for a client. There's often the perception that because we use a computer that it should be almost instantaneous.