$99 Website!!
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- cannonball0
You guys are missing the point. instead of turning your noses up at clients like this, you need to educate them tactfully on what "good taste" actually is when it comes to a web presence. Most people don't even know there is such a thing.
- pylon0
Maybe. But some clients really don't want or need that 60K site, you know? The client's scale plays a lot into it too.
Totally agree with your web-presence comment.
- cosmicEntity0
Time to get out
- sherm0
not with this, but the low cost logo folks yes...
- Nairn0
So, what is the importance of w3 validation then, from your client's perspective?
- And what do they care if the site is the same as someone else's? Everyone uses legal or A4 size paper...Nairn
- *3cosmicEntity
- truly didn't seem to care - 'it's shows up on my comp & that's all i care about'byDefault00
- Exactly, byDefault00.Nairn
- PIITB0
4 minute abs.
- blaw0
Customers lost to the $99 group are not customers you want.
- canuck0
But what do they get for the 99$. They will still have to add their own content, and images by the sounds of it. I'm sure it will turn into quite a mess.
- yea - i expect a phone call in 2 months...byDefault00
- then u can charge them a fee for a CMS and send em on their way.sherm
- thebottlerocket0
Those are some tastey templates.
- anxiousarms0
honestly, if your client is cool with using templates then you didn't want the client to begin with.
- the unfortunate part is she is a rather talented jewelry designer - the site def had potentialbyDefault00
- too bad her taste ended there buddy. good riddens.anxiousarms
- canuck0
nice site/work btw byDefault00.
- thanks man appreciate it - but apparently can't compete with $99 hahabyDefault00
- dearhead0
gross.
- pylon0
It's been said above, but seriously, if a client doesn't see the value in what you do then you're of no value to that client. It would have been a frustrating and up-hill battle anyway.
A client doesn't give two shits about wc3 validation, clean code, or even well-composed photography unless it's given relevance to them or their business. Make a business case for why their site should cost more, be valid, and look awesome. The people/companies who see the value in that are the ones you want to deal with.
Could be worse, you could have been beaten out by these guys; inet-web.com
Nice work — you'll do better than that client!
- Glitterati_Duane0
^ I hope that's a parody
- pylon0
^ The inet bit is.
- cannonball0
There are tons of ways of making a case for more money, but we're not in account services, or we'd all have our own little companies and wearing lots of hats.
- Meeklo0
you are confused.
If you think you lost a client to a $99 site, then graphic design is not for you.I believe you never actually had that client to begin with.
- Meeklo0
well I don't mean that in a bad way, when I say "you never had that client to begin with" I mean, the client was looking for a site for $99 he happened to run into you during his search, but there was no way he was going to spend more than 100 bucks on it.
You know what I'm saying?
There is people out there that are happy with that, a $50 site, looking like crap, those guys never make it, they may try to make it, but eventually they will fail and try something else.And the $99 web-king knows it, that is their market, and he found a way to exploit that.
Web-King = Smart
His clients = not so much, but who cares.
- cannonball0
Question: Did they not need a $99 website?
Question #2: is it your fault if you couldn't clearly articulate why they needed to spend more?
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We as designers have to articulate what we're *selling*.pylon - $99 website might be exactly what they are looking for but after speaking with her in depth for a week or so about the project i do not believe that this is the case. & yes i did articulate why she needed to spend more & take the time to develop a strong product
byDefault00
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