Pricing Advice
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- ethios
What would you guys charge for a design like that. I did the XHTML / CSS.
I have no idea what to quote as this is really my first commercial project, I don't want to whore myself out and quote too low and whore myself out but saying that, I don't want to quote too high and piss them off as I think I could get future work from them.
- kyl30
kinda broken in safari, how 'bout $20 bucks//
- ethios0
SOLD!
- nburlington0
I can't help but I'd love to hear what people have to say. The last two times I've estimated or billed a client all hell broke loose.
I may cut my rate to $1 just to get the feel of some cash in my pocket.
Seriously, did you already do the work? Is the job done and now you're invoicing them? If so, figure your hours and bill them at a rate that you think is fair pay for what you did.
Don't worry about going too high or too low if you charge what you're worth.
If you quote too low, they might come back with more work but you'll never be happy with the $.
I think when alot of people say "too high" they really mean "what the job is worth".
Ask for what you deserve.
- monNom0
kinda broken in IE too...
You could probably charge more if it was fixed.
As for pricing. you really should have nailed that down PRIOR to doing the work, but I guess just figure out an hourly rate you're happy to work at, and figure it out from there.
- ethios0
thanks nburlington, I would perhaps have a better idea of the ball park I should be aiming at if I had priced projects before, but on all other occasions I have done work for slave labour wages.
Just asking for a bit of one time advice :)
- ethios0
The reason for the broken layout in IE is the images have been moved, it was working fine when I set it up for them, they have obviously done something to it haha
- nburlington0
I don't know if this helps (being in the UK).
Check this out and maybe do some math.
http://www.designsalaries.org/
These are yearly salaries in USD but you could go about it like this:
1. Find the position that best describes your services.
2. Estimate the hourly rate based on the yearly salary.
3. Increase the hourly 25-50% to account for taxes, insurance and anything else that would normally come with a full time position.
Does that help?