Originally Posted by AlCapone

You don't know how long she (they) spend on the project. She should charge based on the project. That IS the standard way to bill. Doing full wishlists, requirements, SOWs, timelines, proposals and agreements.

Day Rate billing is novice at best. From my perspective, it's a lazy way to bill. It indicates that they don't want to put the effort in to write up a full proposal or do any research to fully understand what you are asking for. It also tells me that I am not going to get the same value for my dollar that someone who did put the effort in, and did time & cost estimates along with a full scope write up is going to give me.