Consulting services rate schedule

(July 1, 2004)

Standard Rate

Studio 32 charges a Standard Rate of $200 per consultant hour for software consulting services (including JavaScript and other client-side software), and $100 per consultant hour for non-software production services (such as HTML development, digital illustration, and copywriting). For clients who require Studio 32 contributors to work at the client's site, travel to and from the client's location is billable on a time and materials basis.

Daily Rate

For services performed at the client's site, Studio 32 charges a Daily Rate of a minimum of eight hours per day for the first consultant day; for a minimum of eight hours per day at a 5% discount for the second and third consecutive consultant days; and for a minimum of eight hours per day at a 10% discount for each additional consecutive consultant day.

A "day" is up to eight hours at the client site during a single calendar day, or off-site while working on tasks associated with the project, in a single calendar day. For additional hours beyond eight during a single calendar day, Studio 32 charges its standard hourly rate, or the retainer rate if already in effect before the day begins.

For purposes of calculating daily rate discounts, two days are "consecutive" if one immediately follows the other on the calendar, not considering Saturdays, Sundays, and legal national or bank holidays during which the client site is not open for business. These exception apply for up to three adjacent non-business days. For example:

• If Saturday and Sunday are non-business days, the immediately-preceding Friday and immediately-following Monday are considered to be consecutive when calculating the daily rate discount.
• If Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are non-business days, the immediately-preceding Friday and immediately-following Tuesday are considered to be consecutive when calculating the daily rate discount.
• If Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are non-business days, the immediately-preceding Friday and immediately-following Tuesday are not considered to be consecutive when calculating the daily rate discount, because more than three non-business days intervene. In this case, the immediately-following Tuesday is billed at the full daily rate.

Daily minimums and discounts do not apply for work performed remotely, when Studio 32 is free to determine the time and location where services are performed.

Retainer Rate

The Retainer Rate offers substantial discounts from the Standard and Daily Rates in exchange for a minimum commitment of just four hours of service per month. A monthly retainer fee of $760 gives you access to a Studio 32 consultant for up to four hours in a single calendar month. The retainer locks in a 10% discount for each subsequent hour up to 20 hours in the same calendar month, and a 15% discount for each hour beyond 20 in the same calendar month.

The Retainer Rate makes sense during those months that you expect to require four or more hours of service in a single calendar month. To receive the Retainer Rate, you must enter into the retainer relationship by paying the retainer fee before the first retained hour of service begins. The retainer fee covers up to four hours of service in a single calendar month, and is not prorated or refundable if you do not make use of all four hours before the end of the month.

If a retainer relationship is in place before the first hour of service in a calendar day, Studio 32 applies the Retainer Rate for that day and subsequent days in the calendar month for which the retainer is in effect. Applying the Retainer Rate discount instead of the standard daily rate discount when a retainer rate is in effect is generally beneficial for the client, because the Retainer Rate discount is greater than the regular daily rate discount.

Time and Expenses Billing

In addition to hourly and daily billing for time as described above, Studio 32 bills for full-fare coach-class airfare and other transportation and expenses required to travel to and from the client site, and for transportation, lodging, meals, and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with the client project.