Sorry for the off topic post. Couldn't stop myself.
You can imagine than charging only 5$ for a logo is a no go.
A professional logo is something that takes time because one haves to study the company and be able to represent the whole company in a simple image. Usually my work goes around 80$ can go a little lower can go a little higher and that's for small businesses or start ups.
Sometimes a logo can be done in an hour or less if the concept is clear, but it took me years to be able to do it quickly.
what you are asking is just insulting.
To say it in your own words:
Can you imagine that charging only
5$ 80$ for a logo is a no go?
A professional logo is something that takes time because one has to study the company and be able to represent the whole company in a simple image. Usually work like that goes for
far over 80$. 2-300$ is a minimum for small businesses.
Offering logos for 80$ is insulting. Don't undersell yourself. This is the main piece of design for a company. It is a crucial par of their business and should be treated as such. They will represent themselves with it for many years. Print it on products, put it on the website, their app logo, business cards and letterheads and make money/are successful partly because of having a nice logo. They reuse it again, again and again. If you sell logos for 80$ and think that's a fair price then you're scamming yourself. You can charge more than that for business cards.
Better stop designing logos and do only other stuff, if you don't find clients that appreciate your work. If you are a student and want to build up your portfolio, fine, you could even do it for a 5er. But otherwise, no. A design process includes more than 20 min on photoshop (actually: Logos should
NEVER be designed in photoshop): Design brief, discussion, research, sketches/concepts, mockups, reflection, presentation. And these are not even the full costs that come up. Add health insurance, software licenses, your hardware, workplace etc. You can charge 80$ if you still live with Mom, or in India/Philippines.
But yeah, sure you can get one for 5$ . “If you pay peanuts you get monkeys”.