What Do I Charge?
- Started
- Last post
- 14 Responses
- elwolverton
For a fairly simple bed & breakfast advertisement site....under 10 pages, maybe 5 megs of images, no flash, maybe one form. I have no experience in pricing web design....all I know is I'd like to make the price conservative (friend-of-a-friend). Thanks for any help!
- mitsu0
what's a good friend price for an hours worth of work? only you can answer that. what could you ask a friend for 1 hours worth of work (with a straight face and clear conscience)? a beer? a six pack? $5, $10, $15?
next, how many hours will this take?
that's how i'd approach it.
- JazX0
$30 per hour or at least $2K
- mitsu0
"(friend-of-a-friend)."
oops i didn't see that, yeah, i'd charge more.
- spartacus0
I have found in the past that working for friends generally takes twice as long.
as you get the "can you just change this, and can you just change that".
is there something your friend can do for you in exchange?
- spartacus0
or if it is a friend of a friend I agree with jaz, at least around the 1-2k mark.
- elwolverton0
Also, does this charge include the domain name registration? And where is a good place to get around 10 megs of space for that domain name?
- eloosive0
SO I guess trading the pages for some time at the bed and breakfast is not an option? I'd ask for three weeks free. Better have fresh canaloupe up in that house.
- elwolverton0
That would be soooo awesome...3 weeks in Napa. I think 1 week puts me WAY past the price of the site, though. Phoey.
- elwolverton0
But seriously, 1-2K? That seems like a lot! I don't think this guy is necessarily ready to pay that...nor am I ready to ask it. Is something under 1K just totally absurd?
- krts0
If they have everything you need to complete the site like photos, copy, and an idea of what they want then I think charging less is ok.
Now if you have to write copy, take photos, create a color scheme, and etc. then I think 1K-2K is the least you should charge.
:)
- autonoma0
This bed & breakfast is in Napa Valley and you're worried about proposing 1-2k??? Are you serious? Ask for 2k at least. This shit is always more work than you'd expect (sites for friends). I think you'll be surprised how easy it is to get what you want. Always leave room to barter.
- Mick0
Yes 1K is high considering it sounds like you don't have a huge amount of experience - and that's why you're asking us to help you price quote. I'd say for someone with less than 6 websites under their belts or less than a years commerical experience you can't charge more than $20 an hour - granted some of your time will be spent trying to "figure stuff out" perhaps?
Put it this way - an experienced freelance designer will charge 25-50/hr, a design agency 50-100 an hour. I'm guessing you'll need about 20 - 30 hours?
- elwolverton0
Spot on, Mick. I've got 5 sites under the belt...and 4 of those were done as volunteer work. Most things I've already figured out. Still lacking are CSS and complex CGI. I wouldn't have the heart to charge more than $20/hr.
- Mick0
If you're getting cash in the hand, that aint too bad anyway ;) You'd be paying a big chunk of that in tax if it were no a mates-job.