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Admin Cost Calculator for Photographers

Find out how much admin work is really costing your business each year and see your ROI with Christine.

Your Admin Numbers

Adjust the defaults based on your actual workload. We pre-filled typical values for photographers.

Avg. for photographers: 11h/week

Typical for photographers: $85/hr

Weekly admin cost

$935

11h x $85/hr

Monthly admin cost

$4,049

~4.33 weeks/month

Yearly admin cost

$48,620

52 weeks/year

With Christine AI

Christine costs

$588/year

$49/month, cancel anytime

Your net savings

$48,032/year

572 hours recovered

82x

Return on Investment

Every $1 you spend on Christine saves you $83 in admin time

Start Saving $48,032/Year

What counts as admin for photographers?

Shot list promises lost in the session rush

After the Morrison family portrait session at Riverside Park on Saturday

1 reshoot per quarter due to missed shot list items, costing $200+ in unbilled time

Editing backlog and delivery delays

Tuesday with 6 sessions from the past 2 weeks still undelivered

3 client follow-ups per week asking 'where are my photos?'

Shoot expenses scattered across accounts

After paying $285 for prints at Miller's Lab and $120 for a same-day Uber to a shoot

$600-900 per quarter in uncategorized business expenses

Booking inquiries go unanswered for days

When a new inquiry comes in on Instagram at 10pm and you're editing photos

2-3 lost bookings per quarter from slow inquiry responses worth $1,500-4,000 each
Photographers

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