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Questions on website design pricing.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:27 pm
by trent2800
I have been designing an ecom site for a friend. Recently, she has refered some of her friends to me for their design projects. I am trying to figure out what I should charge as a fair price considering that I am not an expert and I am doing this in addition to my full time job so, it will take as long as it will take. The latest person who requested my services wanted a site similar to the one that I had deisgned for my friend. So, I was wondering, using the site below as a guide, what would you charge for something similar? I can't seem to find much on the internet, so I assume that most people work on a hourly contract basis as opposed to a fixed rate. Any help on this confounding little detail would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tyler
p.s. there is also a backend so my friend can update various items.
http://www.guttersgoods.com
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:01 pm
by feyd
We've had a few threads in The Enterprise regarding pricing choices. Have you read them?
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:30 am
by XML Security Buddy
In your case it will be fair to charge on hourly basis.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:21 am
by inova1
But if it's with your friend I think it will be better if you just charge on result
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:32 am
by John Cartwright
inova1 wrote:But if it's with your friend I think it will be better if you just charge on result
I've warned you via PM, now I'm warning you publicly, remove the advertising from your profile or your account will be terminated.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:37 am
by idevlin
It depends I guess. Some people chargs on an hourly rate and others charge by finished product, depending on how complicated the website is. A friend of mine has his own company that he does web designing for, but he also has a full time job. So he tends to charge on the finished product. So a website of a certain size will cost a fixed rate.
Since you can't say when you'll have it finished (since you have a full time job as well) I would suggest you charge them when it's finished rather than by hour. But that's just my suggestion so feel free to say "pah! you fool" and ignore it

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:48 am
by trent2800
idevlin wrote:It depends I guess. Some people chargs on an hourly rate and others charge by finished product, depending on how complicated the website is. A friend of mine has his own company that he does web designing for, but he also has a full time job. So he tends to charge on the finished product. So a website of a certain size will cost a fixed rate.
Since you can't say when you'll have it finished (since you have a full time job as well) I would suggest you charge them when it's finished rather than by hour. But that's just my suggestion so feel free to say "pah! you fool" and ignore it

Well, I wouldn't say that out loud...

Just kidding. Well, since this thread started in April, I have finished the website and we negotiated a price. I will say that I believe that it was worth my time. We worked well together all in all, although we differed on color schemes. In case anyone is interested, the website is
http://www.yantra-art.com. I'm obviously more left-brained than she is, I think the color scheme is a little over the top. But, that's all subjective. Thanks anyways for the suggestions. Tyler.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:54 am
by idevlin
trent2800 wrote:Well, I wouldn't say that out loud...

Just kidding. Well, since this thread started in April, I have finished the website and we negotiated a price. I will say that I believe that it was worth my time. We worked well together all in all, although we differed on color schemes. In case anyone is interested, the website is
http://www.yantra-art.com. I'm obviously more left-brained than she is, I think the color scheme is a little over the top. But, that's all subjective. Thanks anyways for the suggestions. Tyler.
Ah, I didn't notice it was started in April. Apologies. Glad to hear it all went well though, not a bad site too! Nothing worse than having your hands tied design and colour scheme wise. I had that at one of my last companies....