How much should I charge my client?!
Hi
Just designed a site for a client.
As an idea of what I've done, he already supplied the logo. I had a whole library of photographs to select, and the text came out the brochure.
Hosting and the domain has already been sorted out. I created an email form that emails him for new registrants, and set up, edited and configured a blog in the news section.
A broad sprectrum of opinions would be really appreciated! How much would you charge?
James
pitbull82 posted this at 22:37 — 4th April 2005.
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Hmmm. XX$ - that would be the maximum charge because there're no very impressive effects and I don't suppose that you've lost a lot of time creating the page..
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aboyd posted this at 07:07 — 5th April 2005.
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There is almost nothing to the site. If it took you more than a day or two to build it, there is a problem. So you should only be charging for 1 or 2 days of labor, and that's maximum.
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james.thornton posted this at 08:51 — 5th April 2005.
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Fair enough.
I'm 15 btw
Megan posted this at 13:26 — 5th April 2005.
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Please do avoid quoting specific prices here. We do not allow price fixing on the forums. For more discussion on this see the following thread.
http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?p=169118#post169118
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pitbull82 posted this at 13:33 — 5th April 2005.
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Ok. Thanks for the link. I haven't known that we can't do that. I do now. Thanks for moderating my post
Megan posted this at 13:33 — 5th April 2005.
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No problemo - we do need to put a specific policy about that into the rule book
timjpriebe posted this at 13:34 — 5th April 2005.
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The following link was posted in that other thread, and I've found it a good way to determine pricing. There are no specific dollar amounts. It's just a way for everyone to determine for themselves how much to charge.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/web-work-should-charge
Tim
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james.thornton posted this at 16:17 — 5th April 2005.
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Thanks for the link, Tim.
I'm in the UK myself and have never heard of that rule and it sounds absolutely ridiculous, but rules are rules - sorry for accidentally breaking them, Megan - thanks.
James
aboyd posted this at 18:04 — 5th April 2005.
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I'm not sure what rule you are thinking of when you say it's ridiculous -- the price fixing laws in general, or the rule not to disclose your hourly wage here on webmaster-forums.net?
For me personally, I think people's reactions to the law are 99% paranoia. You can get a summary of the law from the US Department of Justice, here:
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/guidelines/primer-ncu.htm
Read that. Forget what Matt over at Sitepoint wrote in an article. Read what the Department of Justice says. After you read that, you'll realize that the standard that US citizens have to meet to be guilty of price fixing is REALLY HIGH. You have to have an "agreement among competitors to fix prices" which you will note sounds awfully pre-meditated. It's NOT the same thing as someone asking questions about price. Price fixing isn't about questions, it's about statements. Declarations. Knowing you are going to control something, and then taking steps to control it.
For example, under their "Bid Rigging" heading, you can see that to qualify for prosecution, competitors have to "agree in advance who will submit the winning bid." I mean, that's real market manipulation there. It involves some people deliberately bidding to lose, so another bid will win. This thread, nah. If I were on a jury and I had to decide if the question posted here violated the law, I'd vote no. Not even close. If for no other reason, everything is after-the-fact. There was no agreement in advance. There was no agreement at all.
Of course, when it comes to other people going to jail, you can't really put them at risk and feel good about it. So I'm not mentioning my own hourly rate, even though I think the whole thing is crazy.
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