To call or not to call

[Niter]

Ok....I answered to an ad for a e-commerce website product photography, the person who posted it called me after 5 minutes of receiving my email and he was interested in my photography service. We agreed upon making him 3 sample shots to have a better feel of his product (he sells contact lenses). Samples done, email sent with a quote for the 200 photos he needed. This was friday afternoon, the guy really loved the quality I produced.

As of now I haven't heard from him, so the dilemma here is "should I give him a call to touch base and see if the quote was too high ($1900)" or just sit and wait to see what happens next?

Is the first time I would be doing a photo shoot other than a couple for colleagues, and not sure on how to take it from here.

The intention is to take my craft from hobby to second job, and why not full time profession.

Any help and suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

[candleman]

i usually give it a couple of days, then call.
i dont e-mail on the "folow-ups" as its easier for that to be ignored.

[wsu_danielle]

Originally Posted by Niter

As of now I haven't heard from him, so the dilemma here is "should I give him a call to touch base and see if the quote was too high ($1900)" or just sit and wait to see what happens next?

I'm not familiar with any of this stuff BUT I do know that I wouldn't ask if the quote was too high. No matter what kind of business you're in, that's just asking for the possibly client to ask for a discounted price. He/she will sense desperation and be ready to knock your price down...even if they were ready to go at the current price.

If you feel that your current price is too high or are willing to go down in price, then--and ONLY then--would I ask if the quote was too high. Since you're trying to break into this area of photography, it could be a good way to make some money and get some portfolio work and (hopefully) the business will also pass along your name to others.

Maybe you should just touch base to be sure they got the email and all of the photos. Remind them that you are excited to work with them, etc., and maybe offer a different package instead of a different price point...? "If you decide that you only need X number of photos, I can do that for X dollars."

Just my two cents worth.

[kirbinster]

I would just call and ask them when they will be ready to start the shoot.