I do it because I need the business. The lowering of prices is a difficult situation, indeed, but what's really sad is when you offer ridiculously low prices on good quality designs and NO ONE responds. How is one to pay their bills when they can't even get work at near slave wages?
There is just soooo much competition these days and the market is relatively small. I've seen weeks where LITERALLY ten new "designers" would pop up on GFY offering "special prices" to attract new clients. But what can you do? Everyone has to start somewhere and we were all new once.
I have an idea of a way to stabilize the market but I have no time to implement it. If I ever get caught up on my bills so I can take a break, I'll get it in motion. I think it will be a good way to being the real full-time designers more work and stabilize prices at an acceptable level for everyone involved.
