18 Months of Pricing AI Automations in 21 Mins
My playbook for growing a $1M AI agency: https://app.aiautomationsociety.ai/opaa-ads-optin My FREE resources: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about?el=ai-pricing-masterclass&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=free-group My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/vps/claude-code-hosting I've sold over a hundred AI automation systems and I've priced plenty of them wrong. In this video I walk through one real build I sold, every number in it, and show you how to turn a client's own numbers into a price you can actually defend. I also cover why hourly billing works against you, how to structure milestones so you get paid every 30 days, and who should be paying for API costs. Sponsorship Inquiries: 📧 nate@smoothmedia.co Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nateherkelman/ https://x.com/nateherk https://www.instagram.com/nateherk/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:55 A Real Build, Every Number 3:01 Maintenance Retainers & Proving Value 5:08 Why Hourly Billing Fails 6:33 Grab My FREE Pricing Doc 6:54 Cost, Value & Price 7:58 The Discovery Call 10:35 Sizing the Value & Setting Your Price 13:46 Hours Saved vs Bottom-Line Impact 15:08 Milestones & Getting Paid 17:29 Pushback & Who Pays for API Costs 20:30 Final Thoughts
