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Hi there.
I remember a thread by Grix a few weeks ago about doing a website for someone, I'm currently negotiating a project with a client and am a little unsure on how much to charge him.
These are the things I plan to do
> - Build a contact form
> - Intergrate paypal into system
> - Clean up coding.
> - Improve small aspects such as META Tags etc.
> - Submit to various site directories
He has suggested $40 for this.
I think thats a little too low, but I'm not sure.
What do you think?
I remember a thread by Grix a few weeks ago about doing a website for someone, I'm currently negotiating a project with a client and am a little unsure on how much to charge him.
These are the things I plan to do
> - Build a contact form
> - Intergrate paypal into system
> - Clean up coding.
> - Improve small aspects such as META Tags etc.
> - Submit to various site directories
He has suggested $40 for this.
I think thats a little too low, but I'm not sure.
What do you think?
OK I responded with the amount.
I really doubt he'll go for it mind, I don't think hes *that* clued up about money for projects of this sort of nature, I think he think $100 per project and not p/hour.
I really doubt he'll go for it mind, I don't think hes *that* clued up about money for projects of this sort of nature, I think he think $100 per project and not p/hour.
gamesfreak wrote:
> I'm quite scared to be honest.
>
> I've calculated that if I charge him $40 dollars p/hour spread over 5
> days (6 hours a day), it'd come to $1200.
= £550-ish which is actually quite cheap.
I base my lowest rates on what the average salary for an employed website designer is in my area, which is £24,000pa (= about £100/day). I wont go any lower than that. (This is based on a junior designer/coder at one of the top 5 studio's in the UK)
I know how you feel about asking for the money, I've just quoted one client £6000 ($10,000) for an up coming job and he seemed quite happy with that too. Almost fell off my chair! Felt really guilty about quoting so much, but at the end of the day (and I'm always reminding myself this) it's business.
> I'm quite scared to be honest.
>
> I've calculated that if I charge him $40 dollars p/hour spread over 5
> days (6 hours a day), it'd come to $1200.
= £550-ish which is actually quite cheap.
I base my lowest rates on what the average salary for an employed website designer is in my area, which is £24,000pa (= about £100/day). I wont go any lower than that. (This is based on a junior designer/coder at one of the top 5 studio's in the UK)
I know how you feel about asking for the money, I've just quoted one client £6000 ($10,000) for an up coming job and he seemed quite happy with that too. Almost fell off my chair! Felt really guilty about quoting so much, but at the end of the day (and I'm always reminding myself this) it's business.
If you keep profestional. Then the client wont question it.
If he does, then keep profesional about it, if the client sees you are unprofesional, first they will take advantage and demand a low price, and they will less impressed by your work.
If the site is big then $1200 is about right. Considering unique templates, (thats just a design, no coding envolved) can go for about $1200, a site should be more.
EDIT: Should of read a bit better, if he suggests $40, tell him its not worth the time.
But still professionalism is the key to anything.
If he does, then keep profesional about it, if the client sees you are unprofesional, first they will take advantage and demand a low price, and they will less impressed by your work.
If the site is big then $1200 is about right. Considering unique templates, (thats just a design, no coding envolved) can go for about $1200, a site should be more.
EDIT: Should of read a bit better, if he suggests $40, tell him its not worth the time.
But still professionalism is the key to anything.
I'm quite scared to be honest.
I've calculated that if I charge him $40 dollars p/hour spread over 5 days (6 hours a day), it'd come to $1200.
I've never asked so much money in my life
I'm such an inexperienced freelancer :(
I've calculated that if I charge him $40 dollars p/hour spread over 5 days (6 hours a day), it'd come to $1200.
I've never asked so much money in my life
I'm such an inexperienced freelancer :(
£20/hour is rock bottom for freelance. If you want to be conservative, juniors in companies only get £10-£12/hour.
Work out how long it will take you and multiply it by £10 to give yourself a good figure. FWIW, US clients don't pay as much as UK. I was recently told to avoid working for yanks as you won't make any money out of them.
Work out how long it will take you and multiply it by £10 to give yourself a good figure. FWIW, US clients don't pay as much as UK. I was recently told to avoid working for yanks as you won't make any money out of them.
How big is the site? I'm just thinking of the "clean up coding" part.
$40 is very low - that's only a little over £20. For freelance, I don't know about other people, but I charge £20 per hour (which from what I hear from recruitment agencies is right at the bottom of the scale). How long do you reckon it'll take you to do it?
Ultimately, the question is are you prepared to do the work for that money? If yes, do it. If no, decide how much money you want for doing it, and tell them.
$40 is very low - that's only a little over £20. For freelance, I don't know about other people, but I charge £20 per hour (which from what I hear from recruitment agencies is right at the bottom of the scale). How long do you reckon it'll take you to do it?
Ultimately, the question is are you prepared to do the work for that money? If yes, do it. If no, decide how much money you want for doing it, and tell them.
Hi there.
I remember a thread by Grix a few weeks ago about doing a website for someone, I'm currently negotiating a project with a client and am a little unsure on how much to charge him.
These are the things I plan to do
> - Build a contact form
> - Intergrate paypal into system
> - Clean up coding.
> - Improve small aspects such as META Tags etc.
> - Submit to various site directories
He has suggested $40 for this.
I think thats a little too low, but I'm not sure.
What do you think?
I remember a thread by Grix a few weeks ago about doing a website for someone, I'm currently negotiating a project with a client and am a little unsure on how much to charge him.
These are the things I plan to do
> - Build a contact form
> - Intergrate paypal into system
> - Clean up coding.
> - Improve small aspects such as META Tags etc.
> - Submit to various site directories
He has suggested $40 for this.
I think thats a little too low, but I'm not sure.
What do you think?