web production rates

• yeeblazer

  Hey all, I have recently been contacted about making some simple design changes to an already existing website (adding buttons, changing colors, uploading videos etc.)

  Any suggestions as to what to bill for this? My previous web jobs included building an entire website so I Billed as an entire job, but I am at a loss as to what/how to charge for site maintenance...

  I AM aware that jobs of this nature tend to turn very quickly from "I just need a few things changed" to " Can't you just re-do everything?" So I am assuming an hourly cost might be easiest to work with rather than having to go back an revise contracts should any extra work be added later.

  Thoughts?

  yeeblazer

  Flag

• akrok0

  either hourly or a flat fee. simple, huh. :-)

  akrok 0Permalink

  UpvoteDownvote

  Dogear

  Flag

  • that part is... its the number that goes with it that seems to be the tricky partyeeblazer

  Show [[ numHiddenNotes ]] more notesAdd Note

  SaveCancel

• lvl_130

  for strictly web production i would say $50/hour is safe. you could potentially go to $75, but that's pushing it.

  lvl_13 0Permalink

  UpvoteDownvote

  Dogear

  Flag

  • also, i have no idea where you live, so that could also affect rates.lvl_13

  Show [[ numHiddenNotes ]] more notesAdd Note

  SaveCancel

• vaxorcist0

  Do you know anything about how the previous designer/developer did things? Charging for figuring out somebody else's system architecture can be odd, as "just change this one thing" can take 30 seconds once you figure out "where exactly this one thing" is and "what exactly is depending on it".... so I'd be honest and say up front charge of x hours to get started on it, learn how it was all done.. + y hours per change.... at $z per hour,...

  vaxorcist 0Permalink

  UpvoteDownvote

  Dogear

  Flag

  Show [[ numHiddenNotes ]] more notesAdd Note

  SaveCancel