The AI Consultants Fix Kit
Built for AI consultants, AI automation agencies, ChatGPT and AI implementation consultants.
The ones who do well stopped pricing off what they used to earn as an employee and started pricing off what the work is actually worth on the open freelance market — which the industry itself says should run two to five times the salaried number. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 7 leaks it covers
5 you can close it · 1 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Scope creep: extra asks done without a new estimateWhere to look first: Pull your current contract and find the scope section. Is there a line saying work outside scope gets a separate estimate before it starts?Keep it from coming back: No extra work starts until the change note is answered in writing. Even a one-line 'approved' text counts.You can close it
- Rate quoted without checking it against your own cost floor and a real referenceWhere to look first: Build your floor first: a year of business costs plus the income you need, divided by the hours you actually bill.Keep it from coming back: Log hours on every project, even fixed-price ones, so you always know your real rate before the next quote.You can close it
- API and compute costs paid out of your own fee because they're folded into one priceWhere to look first: For each active client project, open your model and cloud billing consoles and pull last month's usage.Keep it from coming back: One API key or project per client, and a written line in every contract on who pays metered costs, before work starts.You can close it
- Getting faster on hourly billing ends the invoice sooner instead of paying moreWhere to look first: Pick your last five projects. For each one, write down the hours you logged and the amount you were paid.Keep it from coming back: Keep a time log on every job, fixed or hourly. It's the only record your next fixed price can be built from.You can close it
- Rate set from an old salary instead of the cost of running your own businessWhere to look first: Nothing recovers past under-priced work. Here is how you stop it on the next quote. Write down the salary figure you priced from.Keep it from coming back: Re-run your floor whenever a cost changes, at least once a year, and before you quote any new client.You can close it
- Freelance platform fee taken out of every projectWhere to look first: Open your last three paid contracts on the platform and write down, for each one: the rate you agreed, what the client was charged, and what landed in your account.Keep it from coming back: Before you accept each new contract, screenshot the fee shown and note who pays it. Price your bid on what lands, not on the headline rate.The other side owes it
- Nothing set aside for taxes from client paymentsWhere to look first: Open a separate savings account used only for taxes.Keep it from coming back: Move the tax share the same day each payment lands. Put every 1040-ES due date on your calendar in January.A pro decides
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Scope creep: extra asks done without a new estimate
You can close it- Pull your current contract and find the scope section. Is there a line saying work outside scope gets a separate estimate before it starts?
- List every extra ask on your current projects, with the date and roughly how long it took.
- For anything not yet done, send a short change note before you start it.
- For extra work already done, decide project by project whether to bill it. That's your call, and it's about the relationship.
- Add the out-of-scope line to every new contract or statement of work.
Your part: Decide what to bill, approve the wording, and send it.
Change note before doing the work: Hi [CLIENT NAME], happy to help with [REQUEST]. It's outside the scope we agreed on [DATE] in [CONTRACT/SOW]. My estimate is [HOURS/FEE] and it would move delivery of [MILESTONE] to [DATE]. Reply 'approved' and I'll start. If you'd rather hold it for a later phase, that works too. Thanks, [YOUR NAME]. Clause for your next contract: 'Work outside the scope described in this agreement will be estimated in writing and approved by the client before it begins. Unapproved changes are not included in the fee.'
No extra work starts until the change note is answered in writing. Even a one-line 'approved' text counts.
What this kit can't decide for you: Whether past unbilled work can be charged depends on your contract; we do not say what your contract legally means. Clause text is a plain-language sample, not legal drafting.
That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When independent AI consultants go looking for answers, they search things like “ai business consultant”, “how to become an ai consultant”, “how to start an ai consulting business”, “ai automation agency pricing” and “ai consultant hourly rate”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
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Questions people ask
How do I set my AI consulting rates?
Start from your own cost floor, not an old salary or a number you saw online. The kit walks you through what running your own business costs per hour, then checks your quote against a real reference before you send it.
How do I stop scope creep on AI consulting projects?
Every extra ask gets a new written estimate before you start it. The kit gives you the exact words to send when a client adds work mid-project, so the extra hours get paid instead of absorbed.
Should API and compute costs be in my AI consulting price?
Not folded into one number. When model and compute costs sit inside your fee, every spike comes out of your pocket. The kit shows how to price them as their own line.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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