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How much do you charge clients or get charged for creating an actual video ad for YouTube?  
How much do you charge clients or get charged for creating an actual video ad for YouTube?

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Depends on how much time it takes
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We did a 3 minute video with 2 voice actors and 11 different introduction hooks.  
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Just wanted to see what people are roughly charging in the industry. I know there is no definitive price.  
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@tauto I think you put it in an excellent perspective. It's hard sometimes being stuck in a mindset, so this really does help my co-founder and I think if it was worthwhile.  
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Can I see this Video Ad?  
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@padilla2703 Yeah, i'll send it through PM.  
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Cost is all over the place. I posted back a while ago looking for a few short videos to be made. Got quotes from a couple hundred into the thousands for 2-3 15-30 second videos. Went with two, had a freelancer do one and a video development company do the other, both around the same price of $500. The web company was complete trash, stock content they slapped together no where close to what I wanted. The freelancer girl decided she was going to turn this into an Oscar winning short film and a month later still never got it. Have yet to find a good source for custom content creation so make my own lol
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Would you mind if I sent over my draft to you in PM and see if it seems like good quality. Compared to what you gotten done in the past. I wondered about the people saying $500 and what the quality is.  
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@redbud yeah I’ll dig around in emails and forward it over when I get a chance to
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I produce videos starting at $500 for 1 min, and up from there. I also do some animation, logo, swoosh, etc.  
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