been doing real estate aerials for a couple months now, have maybe 8 or 9 paying jobs under my belt. i've been charging $200 for a standard exterior package which i thought was reasonable but someone in a facebook group said i was basically ruining it for everyone else in my market and now i feel kind of bad about it

for context im in a smaller city, not a major metro, and the agents i've talked to mostly seem happy with the price and keep coming back. one guy books me like every other week. but now i'm second guessing everything. like is there a way to know what the right price is without just guessing. and should i be worried about the guy who told me i was undercutting, he seemed pretty annoyed

honestly $200 in a smaller market isn't crazy low, it really does depend on where you are. i'm in a mid sized midwestern city and $200-250 is pretty standard here, whereas my cousin does the same thing in the Bay Area and gets $500 without blinking. the facebook guy is probably in a bigger market and projecting.

that said if you have a repeat client booking you every other week you might actually be leaving money on the table just because he clearly sees the value. i'd just quietly raise to $250 next time you book a new client and see what happens. existing clients you can grandfather in for a while, theres no rule that says everyone pays the same rate

the guy in the facebook group was probably just annoyed because he charges more in his area and sees a post like yours and panics. happens all the time in those groups. your market is your market, he doesnt fly in your city. dont let random internet people make you feel bad about running your own business, you know your situation better than they do