u/Umbrella-Angel

I build professional custom websites with backend setup for small businesses and consultants. Since I’m still growing my portfolio, I usually charge around 4k to 5k.

Recently, a client agreed to pay 4.5k for a website. I spent 3 days building it, designing everything, setting up the backend, and making it look professional.

After seeing the final website, he suddenly said he could only pay 3k because he was facing financial problems.

I explained that I genuinely couldn’t do that since a good chunk already goes into hosting and other setup costs.

Now I’m wondering, was I wrong for refusing? How do freelancers usually handle situations like this?