Cost Estimate Help! Please...
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- ivan_cook
what would you more experienced folks shoot for on a project the scope of these:
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i'm looking at developing a site of similar scope and have no idea what the average cost might be. i want to consider this in terms of a cost "per project" and not in terms of "per hour" cost.
thanks all.
- ivan_cook0
pretty please...
sorry to bump, but i gotta pitch something like this in the morning and i'm stressing a bit.
:-0
- _salisae_0
second link doesn't work
the first one doesn't look very involved
- ivan_cook0
they both seem to work from here & i agree that they are rather simple.
i just have NO idea about the average price of web work. i'm just trying to get a better idea so i don't accidently shock a client by shooting way high/low.
- _salisae_0
now it's working .. i would bump this in the morning and ask those folks before calling your client
- Super20040
What does bump mean?
(in the sense that everyone around here uses it: 'sorry to bump, but i gotta pitch...')
- Beech0
it "bumps" the thread back to the top of pvn to keep the thread active
- Super20040
oh- hah. wow, it's all coming together.
thanks
- bk_shankz0
2000 us dollars?
- Gorbie0
tough to say...
maybe this client will go for tons of revisions before settling. maybe they don't deliver what's required of themselves.
there's hidden costs.. but it seems if it was very straight-forward (rare) that it wouldn't take more than 10 hours.
i'd put the cost at $750 - $1000. but i don't get involved in the web stuff much.....
- cloned0
id say $35-$50us/hr at no more than 50 hours
- Super20040
10 hours? Are you kidding?
I'd charge a lot more than that.
- cloned0
he also said this:
"i don't get involved in the web stuff much....."
so i wouldn't sweat it
- Gorbie0
it's totally static.
about.
contact.
portfolio....
not very complicated at all. i know i could bang that first fucker out in 10 hours easy. and i work 99% print.
but if you can ask/get more.. all power to you homie.
- cloned0
gorbie 10 hours is reasonable for a duplicate of that site but the client will want something different , there are changes made along the way, clients will always waste time delivering feedback and content. print is different clients know what they want and you put it on a piece of paper, etc. once web work begins its an uphill battle with clients; "can you do this, can you do that, well i really like this from this site and that from that site" this is the world web developers live in
- Gorbie0
yeah.. i totally hear you.
which begs the question.. do you typically build in these anticipated costs, or do you set forth an hourly fee for changes and revisions after a first round of comps have beens approved?
10 hours gets them what they initially asked for.. 50 hours completes the project.... lol.
- cloned0
i always start high with the cost built in. not even working for friends will the pitch be what ends up online. if i finish early, i see the excess cash as a bonus. i've given too many free hours to too many clients to try and be straight with them. hell, i charge them extra for the ultra long phone conversations i'm forced to have because they are taking my time for their project. keeping me from working for someone else or enjoying life in general costs $50/hr to talk on the phone with clients
10 hours lets them see what they thought they wanted sucks. the other 40 allows me to persude them to let me make something that doesntt.
- Gorbie0
agreed.. for the most part.
atleast it gives poor ivan_cook more food for thought.
thanks for sharing info, cloned.
g'night.
- cloned0
not a prob
count some sheep for me
- ivan_cook0
thanks for the great feedback. i think it's gonna mainly depend on how much of the content i have to be responsible for vs how much pure dev i do.
- Clear0
yeah, 10hrs sounds what I would need..
750-1k sounds right for a price too. Just really depends on if you think you can just build it and hand it off. IF you think you'll have to rebuild it a couple times 'cus of client revisions ADD that cost in to begin with. Double your price.
Also a good rule of thumb, figure out how long you think it would take you to design and build a site THEN double it... that's normally how long it will take you with client changes. (or that's what works for me)