Thanks everyone on your input. Not sure how to delete this thread otherwise We’d have.
I want everyone to understand that I’m not endorsing this url, but found this to be a good
example of what I’m gonna explain below: http: //www. mychurchwebsite. com/
What you’re dealing with in post #1 can be a marriage to an internet site that only you may update.
You will be swamped with variations, constant updating, dealing with podcasts, videos.
I truly recommend that you could have the church subscribe to an online program like the
one particular above.
Only create sites where the clients can tackle the content yourself.
It’s my advice to you… do not take-on the particular church website venture. You’ll reget this.
Your role for any church project must be this…
Find online solutions much like the example above, compare costs, help these people set it upwards.
Provide some CMS training for them, and troubleshoot issues. Let them perform the
content themselves. Here’s what will happen. They will become excited and eager for
the primary 2 months, and then, nobody will want to take some time to add/edit written content.
You’ll be right out the loop… because it’s their responsibility to perform the online content.
Websites are no longer " static". That sites today are generally dynamic, where information is a key.
Content is edit-able, you can find social interaction, and a personal connection that will smart
telephones, ipads, etc.
I’d say a similar thing as mlseim said, but for some other reason.
It is just a church that you’re talking about. It doesn’t matter might know about tell you to charge, nor need to it… every situation differs. With a cathedral, you’re not likely to get much and you’re about to be expected to accomplish a lot in exchange. A church is often a not-for-profit (in theory) entity, and as an effect, you’re probably about to be expected for you to sacrifice something towards the cause.
In case you supply them something to administer their unique content, they won’t use it in all likelihood. T The church staff shall be " overwhelmed together with church responsibilities" or words to that effect. You’ll be the one because of this doing all the job.
Only were you, I’d set a good hourly rate you can live with that would still be low enough which a church would acknowledge and quote the job that way. POST charge X for every hour, that’s this, that’s all. Should they accept your quote, great. If not necessarily, move on.
Acceptable, I’m going to go on and point out the particular pink elephant within the room here. I will be the only person who may have ever noticed that, and it’s extremely politically incorrect involving me to place it out… nonetheless I don’t attention.
Here’s the condition… just about virtually any web service We have ever seen that features a religious tie, especially a Christian link, is a large price gouge. $19. 99/month hosting Which is about 4 times around you’d need to pay from a real web host. I thought this was the type of thing the morality regarding religion was imagined to protect against.
Just to save you guys some cash off the top rated, there are a variety of quality hosts that will charge $5. 00 a 30 days or less for what you would like. Here’s one, and their web hosting comes with the selection of several site creators so you are not stuck with whatever third-rate ten-year-old mound of crap of a site creator most of these ShareFaith guys will probably saddle you with (if they’re going to screw you on price, they may as well go the whole nine yards in addition to screw you in quality too).
So far as what to ask for… we can’t really present you with hard numbers so it depends on a number of factors:
- Your practical knowledge level.
- What the church will be able.
- What that can be done within the church’s spending plan.
- The competition locally.
- All another factors that begin marketing a company.
In additional words, this is one of those questions you’re just planning to have figure out on your own. Personally, my figure would be $0, as inside " run screaming because of this at all costs", but 1) Now i’m an atheist as well as 2) I’ve been down the not-for-profit road so many times… so this almost certainly isn’t the answer considering.
As TheGame talked about, the not intended for profit angle generally pushes the envelope. In case you give them a pair $ per hour, when they get the bill for say 20 hours regarding work, they may say… You really used 20 hours Make sure you have been competent to do that throughout 10… ( been there done this ), I know several others that are fitted with offered other products ( accounting, bookkeeping, for example ), heard comparable stories… Even individuals who just volunteered the time… Over time frame… Their expectations just got an increasing number of…
Not saying that they all use this, but personally haven’t dealt with any church where it didn’t appear.
One particular friend actually managed the setup, supervision, updates etc. for nothing… Started out typical, after about Six months, someone wanted to begin putting videos etc… ( not feasible on shared internet site ), so she shared with them they would have to cover the cost of the hosting… Since she was already covering everything… After 2 weeks they couldn’t afford paying her for the particular hosting cost ( all around health were building a new addition ), she felt terrible but couldn’t afford to perform it herself. She eventually finished up dropping the web page, and leaving the church because your lady felt guilty.
Whatever you do… Insist on a contract and keep records of everything. If possible, get setup price " upfront",
I’ve built plus passed off many sites like that in the past, but that was also negotiated. POST set it upward, your people retain it, but but, I didn’t possess any personal scarves to any of these.
Not acquainted with any of the hosting mentioned, as mentioned above, inflated pricing for not much.
Always set them up on my servers or their choice of servers.
" That Game" does have a very point….
They could create one most of online like " Intiut" or something like that.
POST mentioned " mychurchwebsite" general health seem to emphasis specifically
to the features the OP sought. But it is more expensive than the put-it-together
by yourself sites like Intuit includes.
So, I guess a better solution to Skye’s original post can be, $30-$40 an hour
It isn’t just your time p