$12 is not that much. You should be thinking about $60 if you want a good designer. Otherwise you'll be getting junk.
I'm not paying $60 for something that can be easily done in under an hour and using my own stock photos. I know the amount of work involved, so $60 is out of the question.
Plus you need to understand that the designer is not really doing much design, he will simply be arranging the photos so they look right with the text and supplying some text and sending me the PSD to edit. All the squeeze page templates are white and the stock photos will be of people on a white background, so nothing needs to be done with the photos but resizing and positioning.
Then I'll look elsewhere. Even though I'm posting this in the design section, it really doesn't take a genius designer to do this work. Anyone with some knowledge of Photoshop layers and how to add text can do this in under an hour.
Well, I'm in the USA, and minimum wage is LESS than $12 an hour and this is less than an hour work for each.
Great client to work with! Guys, don't be cocky over a price. He said it was a long term project. I earned 25$ in 40 minutes which is not bad at all! Great guy.