website $300.... What??

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• monNom0

  You should have a minimum project rate that you can defer to.

  Think of it this way:
  ~2hrs to land a client that called you on the phone with a project ready to go. You talk a bit, send them an email, look at their stuff, look at your stuff, etc.

  1 hr kick-off meeting to really discuss the project and scope it out.
  1 hr to draft a scope of work document based on their project needs. Include estimate of price and delivery dates.
  1hr back and forth hangling over price/features/delivery dates.

  [work on project]

  30min to generate an invoice, review it and stick it in the mail.
  2 hr of general b/s related to working for that particular client (off-topic questions, coordinating with 3rd party vendors, etc.)

  So that's 7.5 hours (call it 1 business day) you need to account for before you even lift a finger on the project.
  Tack on another day for the actual work and you've got your minimum project size.

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  • so true - half the time on small gigs is all the bs in between actual work.inteliboy
  • the smaller the gig the higher the proportion of BS.Amicus

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