Not looking for the "charge more" take, genuinely curious about the actual moment.
Did you pick a number and see if it stuck? Copy what a competitor was charging? Wait until someone paid without flinching?
For most founders I've talked to, the first price was either a guess or an anchor they got stuck with for way too long. Real pricing data only shows up after you've closed enough deals to see a pattern and by then you've probably left money on the table.
What was your process, and would you do it differently?
Hey Product Hunt š
I'm Salar, the founder of Paperclip.
I built this because I kept seeing the same problem - creators landing real brand deals and losing money not because they were bad at their job, but because they had no system for the business side of it. Deals tracked in email threads. Deliverables forgotten. Invoices sent a week late or not at all. Rates staying flat because there was no record of what past deals actually paid.
Paperclip fixes that. One place for every deal from first pitch to payment ā pipeline stages, deliverable checklists, invoice generation, and payment chase templates when a brand goes quiet. There's also an AI intake feature that reads a contract or email thread and builds the deal for you automatically, which is the thing I'm most proud of right now.
It's free to start - no credit card, no time limit on the free tier.
I'm here all day to answer questions, hear feedback, and have an honest conversation about what's missing. If you're a creator or know one who's dealing with this ā I'd love to know what you think.
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