how much..?
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- sair
am a fresh graduate having done absolutely zero real work b4,only uni projects. hav been asked to design a basic website to show a photography portfolio, cv + maybe a few other pages. How much do I charge, I'm thinking not much. Any thoughts? Am clueless.
ta!!
- jfletcher0
come up with an hourly rate, out of college maybe 25-35 USD/hour? The figure how long you'll spend on the site. Multiply and you have your answer :)
- _salisae_0
well .. he may have a learning curve that will increase the hours. sounds like a nice project .. i'd probably charge around 500-600 (with 50 percent deposit) just to get the experience and the piece in my portfolio.
if the photographer is doing good business already i'd charge more.
- jfletcher0
hmm, good point. You could try accout for a learning curve, but that would be tough. I like basing it on hours so the client won't keep giving you endless changes... a flat rate may have this happen more often.
Are you doing the code as well? I may try and push 750-1000, but since it's an early piece it may be better to play it safe. Hard to say.
- mrdobolina0
I think part of the learning process is to charge a package price and learn on the job about revisions. Makes you smarter later on. I think Salisae had it on.
- lvl_130
you can be certain that it will take more hours than you will think it will...a lot more! we have all been there. we have all been fucked. we have all learned.
in this case, since you have no other previous work, i would say $750-1000. you will probably spend about 30+ hours on initial concepting/ 20 hours on revisions to a combination of all of your concepts to create basically a mash-up/ 20 hours on revising the concept because the client decides they also wants x, y and z. and then another 20+hours building it. oh yeah, and then probably 20+ more hours rebuilding it along with several hours of client meetings.
all in all, you will probably realize that you could make more money per hour if you worked at your local fast food joint...you will be pissed...but you have a nice portfolio piece and a lesson learned until the next freelance op. comes along.
i guess it's part of design though. i am still learning this and have been in the game for years! it always sounds like such a good project...and sometimes it actually is. good luck at any rate!
- Mick0
Split your time up into:
layout/design
cutting/coding
admindeduct some hours off the cutting/coding section if you think a pro could do it in 1/4 the time.
deduct some time of the layout/design if you spend 2 weeks experimenting
admin time is admin time - don't change that (meetings, emails, phone calls, etc).
- effour0
a basic site for 750-1000 is kinda pricey. in my opinion too much.
i would charge like 500, soley based on the fact you have no expience, none.
you have to build up a portfolio, that should be your number one priority, not fight for the rights of designers demanding to get paid what they think they deserve...or an industry standard.
- MLP0
i have been working on several photo portolio sites for friends lately.
with my web experience fairly limited (no flash or back end php/etc), i have been doing them rather cheap at under a grand and working with a few other friends to help with more complicated things as necessary.
i've been learning a lot about what i need to learn to translate certain ideas to the web and typical web project timetables while collaborating with a friend on a project.
for me these have all been side projects and not a sole source of income, so i'm not as worried about what i'm charging as much as i would on other projects. its more for the learning experience.
- ********0
just don't plan your work as badly as i do and you'll be ok.
- sair0
Crikeeeey! That sounds lots of dollar to me. This is really just a good op for me to get a real piece of work in my folio (which I already said to him when I met him - and I know he has a lot of friends who have said they would do it for him too but they have not yet had time, so I don't want to charge much at all in case he decides to go wih them who actually are experienced), and to learn what it takes to go through the process of workin on a real site from start to finish. I was not even thinking it would take me all that long, as he wants it really simple... but I suppose it actually will take a fair bit of time, these things do. but I'm not even that worried about the getting paid side of things too much right now. This is hard! I'm no coder, Im going to be dreamweaving it. So I guess my main areas will be planning/concept + building. Hmm.. maybe £150 - 200 or so.. I might screw it all up, you never kno!
- kelpie0
try and get 300 out the guy, it worth a pop
- rasko40
fyi people above were talking dollars.
- Teeuwen0
16k !!
fyi i am talking russian ruble.
tis about 600 dollar..
- Dancer0
hit em with £450 – Thats chep but still a nice little lump for the pocket.
- mstrobert0
get your 250 or 300 or whatever you feel comfortable w/ - learn.
if you can, get him/her to throw in a few prints for you. I bartered a lot in school and now have a house full of some great work.
most importantly, keep track of your hours on the first one - ex: 50 hrs of learning, 20 hrs of actual work - that way you'll bill the next one right.
- myobie0
if you do it too cheap, they will think your work isn't worth much
if you do it too expensive, they will think you an ass
never do free or next to free work...
computer your hours...that's the best way to start out...or think about your bills...