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How much should I charge?
So I helped my cousin Michelle clean up her closet the other day and my other cousin Barbara saw the work I did on my cousin Michelle's closet and now my cousin Barbara wants to know how much that I would charge her to clean up hers but my problem is I didn't charge Michelle I did it it to be nice would it be okay to charge Barbara when I didn't charge Michelle and Michelle just paid me whatever she could afford?
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Since Barbara has offered to pay you then she must feel your work is worth paying for. If you have to purchase any materials to set up her closet I would suggest you tell her the following.
Barbara, reimburse me what it cost me in materials plus whatever you think my time and effort is worth. I don't normally charge family but if you feel I should receive something for my efforts I would gratefully accept whatever you offer me.
Then if you want to do this as a business do as Dragonflymagic has suggested.
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Tell her the truth that originally you set out to just do it as a nice thing for her and you didn't charge her anything. But now that you Barbara like my closet organizing skills, perhaps I have a talent that I can put to use to earn some money. Since you're my cousin, I won't charge you to do it, but I certainly would welcome whatever you can pay me as a thank you.
Take a before and after photo of her closet. Then if you have the time and want to make some extra money this way, you can show others your work and come up with a fee to charge. It can be based on either how many hours it takes to complete or just a lump sum total based on the size of the closet, how wide and deep. The lump sum is something you'd have a better idea of after you've done a few more and recorded how much time it takes. If someone can't pay but has a service they can do in trade for you, make sure it is of equal worth to you so you dont get people abusing your willingness to help.
Not knowing where you live, hourly minimum wages differ across the country so either the going rate for your area or make a deal, pay 2 hours and get a 3rd hr half price or something like that. People tend to like deals like that.
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