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Change requests disrupt a planned schedule, so they justify both a margin uplift and an urgency surcharge where they displace other work. Pricing them at the original project rate quietly subsidises scope expansion.
Change request price
Price = hours × rate × (1 + margin uplift) × (1 + urgency surcharge)
Figures are estimates based on the inputs given. Marketing performance, platform fees and conversion behaviour vary by audience, channel and season. Use this as a planning guide, not a forecast.
Because unplanned work carries switching cost, replanning effort and displaced revenue from other commitments.
A small goodwill allowance is sensible, but it must be defined in the contract or it becomes an expectation.