Business

Hello everyone!

I recently started a small social media marketing agency. I've worked with German and Ukrainian clients, and we never had any issues. They paid my $1,000 fee without questioning it. Those clients were referred to me by my cousin, who lives in Germany.

The problem I'm facing is only with Turkish clients. No matter how much they need the service, they don't want to pay my $1,000 fee. On top of that, they make ridiculously low offers. I even had someone offer me just 5,000 TL. What's even more frustrating is the way they try to negotiate through all kinds of clever tactics.

For those of you who have recently started a business, how did you overcome this problem? I've managed to solve every other challenge related to running my agency, but I just can't seem to figure this one out.

Note: Every one of these people is well-educated and financially comfortable. For example, the person who offered me 5,000 TL eats at luxury restaurants almost every day. So it's not that they can't afford it—in fact, they're quite wealthy.