I've Found A New Uk Wedding Web Site

[Paul Smith 0]

Discos

The word ‘disco' does not need to be synonymous with cheese. There is talent out there in the form of DJs. They can play any type of music, from modern pop, dance and house, even swing. Make sure you have a chat with them and discuss what you think will suit your guests. It is also useful to get them to supply you with a sample song list prior to the night.

 

Expect to pay: from £500 to £1,200 for a disco and a dj for the evening.

 

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[Steve_Mitchell 0]

No link?

[Paul Smith 0]

Trust you!! I've lost the page after copying & pasting but I'll find it again.

 

Edit: here's the link youandyourwedding.co.uk

Edited February 7, 2007 by Paul_Smith

[YourBigEvent 0]

We were 'invited' to advert with them too.

[NRG Roadshow 0]

Discos

The word ‘disco' does not need to be synonymous with cheese. There is talent out there in the form of DJs. They can play any type of music, from modern pop, dance and house, even swing. Make sure you have a chat with them and discuss what you think will suit your guests. It is also useful to get them to supply you with a sample song list prior to the night.

 

Expect to pay: from £500 to £1,200 for a disco and a dj for the evening.

 

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HOW MUCH!!!!! Bring it on.......wish I could charge that much lol

 

Nick

[Steve_Mitchell 0]

Just had a look through the listed Disco`s. None of them actually state a price but noticed they are all Southern England based so one would assume the fee`s arn`t far off..Not sure about £1.2k though. tongue out icon

[The Ogrady Roadshow 0]

im with you Nick 500 - 1200 my ar$e!! not in warrington, chris evans is cheaper!! lol

[alicat 0]

Come on guys £500 - £1200 gets you a disco AND a DJ

[Gary 0]

It would be pretty sneaky, and in no way unexpected for a new-on-the-scene magazine/wedding service looking for advertisers to deliberately bump up the "Expect to pay" prices on EVERY SINGLE SUPPLIER.... hinted at in the service...not just DJ's.

 

Theres probably wedding car companies, wedding cake makers, wedding dress suppliers, wedding photographers, Wedding Flamingo & Swan colour co-ordination Dye stainers and Wedding Bride & Groom Hang-glider trainers (Last two...American Weddings only:lol:)....all sitting there, thinking we've never charged those sort of prices before... WOW!!! let's pay this wedding service some dosh and start getting those punters.

 

1 - nil to the Wedding web site...

[mikeee 0]

I don't know about "new" magazine, I think you will find it's been around for a little while, and it's sister publications have been around a while longer.

 

As for the price, I would say that they are not far off the mark. And before you jump down my throat, consider this - you are a professional, a client rings, you go through the details and quote the price, have you tried asking what their budget is in the first place. I did yesterday and they had set aside a budget of £1,000 for the evening entertainment, and this is not an upmarket affair, just an average wedding (and out of season). I went through all the details, specifically "what they want" and "how they want it" etc etc - quote £600.00, job in the bag.

Don't underestimate clients budgets, and for pete's sake stop under selling yourselfs.

 

A week or so ago, I read a write up, and I think it was on the BBC, that an average wedding in the south costs £14,500, whereas in Cumbria the happy couple will spend £30,000 on their happy day. Yes there will always be those that will spend the princely sum of £150.00, but thats life.

[C.S 0]

Well said sir, there are several members of this forum who take that amount of money and get work in the uk. Personaly i think its better to work once for 500 squids than 4 times for 125 a gig !

Edited February 8, 2007 by C.S

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

Don't underestimate clients budgets, and for pete's sake stop under selling yourselfs.

 

Spot on ... £500 for a wedding disco is a fair price for a decent nights work...

[spinner 0]

Well said sir, there are several members of this forum who take that amount of money and get work in the uk. Personaly i think its better to work once for 500 squids than 4 times for 125 a gig !

 

 

Precisely.

[norty303 0]

Try looking at local hire companies and seeing how much it would cost someone to dry hire the kit you supply. That'll give you a good idea of how much you might be undercharging by.

 

Perhaps you need to break down your charges to 'equipmant' and 'DJ services' so they can see what each bit costs.

 

I hired and rigged 4 scans, 2 Destroyers, smoke, 2 UV cannons to a promoter at the weekend and charged £250 plus travel (and i did it cheap as it was a mate. Some of you guys must put in more than that PLUS sound system. Don't undervalue you or your kit.

[Eskie 0]

I don't know about "new" magazine, I think you will find it's been around for a little while, and it's sister publications have been around a while longer.

 

You're right of course Mikeee, this mag has been around quite a while. I can remember advertising with them at least 4 years ago. I also placed ads with some of their sister publications such as Cosmo bride etc.

 

Don't underestimate clients budgets, and for pete's sake stop under selling yourselfs.

I think that a lot of DJs are very confident in their actual ability to do the job but have a real lack of confidence when it comes to selling themselves for a decent fee and most have this mental barrier that the public won't pay above a certain fee (that they invent in their minds) and most of them will never be convinced otherwise.

When a client calls, if you speak in a chirpy confident manner it will usually spark an interest for most clients and if your voice is equally as confident when you state your fee and very importantly there are no hesitations!!! then many clients won't have any reservations and will book you even if it is a higher fee than what many other DJs charge. Clients want someone that is confident and they want to be convinced.

Edited February 8, 2007 by Eskie

[digitaldistortion 0]

Look at the charges given here then......:

 

From one of the discos in the mag!!!

 

An eye opener, even if we are talking deepest Essex!

[mikeee 0]

Perhaps 2007 is the year to pull one's socks up!!!!!

[FDDJ 0]

UK DJ's charging a realistic fee for their services shocker... :scared:

[Paul Smith 0]

When I stated 'New' in the title I meant 'New to me'. :joe:

 

I had a feeling that it would spark a pricing debate which is good even if it only gets one member to seriously look at what they are charging compared to what they could/should be charging in relation to what they bring to the event (& I don't mean equipment).

 

The way I see this particular entry in their site is it gives brides a guide figure. If they then phone ABC Discos and receive a quote of £150-£200 it's too far below this guide price and would make them question whether this DJ is up to the job. If however they received a quote of £600 it's not rock bottom (£500 in their mind) so it's worth considering.

 

 

[mikeee 0]

Perhaps we should run a competion, who can get the bigger increase in price's between now and the end of November. Anyone stating "that won't happen here" or "they'll only pay" or "you can't get more than" and other similar comments will be disqualified. I think this is the point where I say "Discuss" - have fun.

[Eskie 0]

Perhaps we should run a competion, who can get the bigger increase in price's between now and the end of November. Anyone stating "that won't happen here" or "they'll only pay" or "you can't get more than" and other similar comments will be disqualified. I think this is the point where I say "Discuss" - have fun.

What about if your virtually fully booked between now and November!

[ian . 0]

Look at the charges given here then......:

From one of the discos in the mag!!![/url]

 

 

Holy Mother Of Mitchell........

 

We'd get lynched in Stoke if we charged those prices! :sad:

 

You must remember though that there are areas that are naturally low payers.

[C.S 0]

Then try and offer something better than the next guy and be worth the higher fee. ( I am starting to feel like a scratched record because i keep on saying this ) Be it better lights , sound, activities,before and after service or anything else you can think of. But as i say if you get one gig at £500 then thats equivalent of 4 times at 125 to achieve the same result,which would you prefer? Less wear and tear too on both you and the gear.

Edited February 8, 2007 by C.S

[Steve_Mitchell 0]

Am going to put my phone on divert to one of you £500 quoters..When you get a call try and sell yourself up here in the North of England for £500 a gig.

 

If you get the job I`ll do the gig and give you all the money.. tongue out icon

 

 

[Andy Westcott 0]

But I'm not better than those around me.

 

I can work at it though. smile icon

 

I'm forever getting told off by my the wife for under-quoting. I must stop it.

Trouble is, at this early stage of my re-emergence, I'm afraid to miss bookings by charging too much, and I do want to show some profit this year if I can.....