re: "I have a verbal acceptance of my first proposal. However, it is an 'hours to be determined' job. I submitted an hourly rate, but the client is asking me to rebid it with my estimated hours. I can't see anywhere to do that. Any help appreciated!"
There is no button to click. You need to send the message and he needs to send you a hire offer.
Tell the client:
"John:
I would be happy to do this job using an hourly contract OR a fixed-price contract. I estimate that this task would take me 10 hours to do. My hourly rate is $10/hour. The total cost is thus estimated at $100. Of course, that is an estimate, and not a fixed cost. The amount might be more. It might be less.
Alternatively, I could do this for a fixed-price quote of $200. Note that a fixed-price contract is not associated with a number of hours worked, but is based on a specified deliverable. My fixed-price quotes are not necessarily associated with an estimated number of hours that a project would take."
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Or tell the client:
"At this time, I am only taking on jobs like this using hourly contracts. I estimate that this task would take me 10 hours to do. My hourly rate is $10/hour. The total cost is thus estimated at $100. Of course, that is an estimate, and not a fixed cost. The amount might be more. It might be less."
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Or tell the client:
"At this time, I am only taking on jobs like this using fixed-price contracts. I could do this for a fixed-price quote of $200. Note that a fixed-price contract is not associated with a number of hours worked, but is based on a specified deliverable."
