24/06/2026
My client had 1,000+ Zoom recordings, and 10 days before her account auto-renewed. Here's what actually happened.
She came to me panicking.
1,000+ Zoom recordings - videos, audio files, everything: sitting in her account. Her Zoom Pro subscription was about to auto-renew, and she didn't want to pay for another year just to keep the files there. She needed them transferred. Fast.
I gave her two options.
Option 1: Do it manually. Possible, but we're talking hundreds of hours, maybe more. The cost in time alone would've been more painful than the renewal fee.
Option 2: Find a developer willing to learn, build an API-based solution, and automate the transfer entirely.
She picked Option 2.
Here's the thing: I'm not a developer. But I know how to research, how to manage, and how to figure things out. I found the solution through Zoom's support documentation and some digging online. The transfer was API-based: as long as the developer knew how to code, it was doable. I tested it on my own Zoom and Google Drive first. It worked.
I hired a developer - newly graduated - managed the whole thing, handled all the access coordination, tracked progress, and kept communication clean on both ends. The computer ran 24/7. In less than a week, all 1,000+ recordings were transferred. Done.
First remote gig for that developer. Client was thrilled.
** We gave her a 40% discount because we genuinely wanted a long-term relationship.
Then came the next project.
She wanted a Notion database - multiple pages, multiple data sets, proper structure. I quoted $1,000, already discounted. She came back wanting $500 or less.
I've also noticed something. The same woman who is warm, soft, and encouraging with her $7,000 coaching clients communicates with the people working for her in a completely different tone. Strict. Transactional. Like we're vendors to squeeze, not people to work with.
Maybe the first project was just her being sweet, long enough to get the lower rate. Maybe not. But it's a good reminder.
The discount was meant to build something. Some people just see it as a lower starting point to negotiate down from.
Know your worth. Deliver great work. Give people a fair shot.
But watch how someone talks to the people they don't need to impress.
That tells you everything.
