Concerning had many ages designing websites for myself, friends friends and family and my business but have under no circumstances done it specialist. I have looked throughout the internet to try to look for some standard charges but they vary much. Can anyone convey to me what they’d normally charge to get a site that they will:
-Design the actual layout
-Create just about all graphics (including logo design creation)
-domain name
-hosting using a remote server
-company electronic mail address
-Guestbook
-Bullitan board/forum
-Install website stats tracking program
I am in the beginning stages to try to do this professionally. I have many of the experience I will need technically (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Flash), just none with the administrative and reserve keeping skills. When you charge a washboard fee, for every service
Also I would assume for you to have clients sign legal contract and probably recieve a portion of the total quoted bill upfront so you may not get stiffed.
Allow me to know what anyone guys think.
Be grateful for,
Brian
I try and bad break up and organize things as much as possible.
Most companies would like to know at least aproximately the amount of a website could cost them before giving the go-ahead. So look at hourly rates a different service, and focus on how long it takes you on average in order to complete a task.
Obviously to start with this is harder to create probably don’t pay as often attention to exact hours in your own/family sites.
As an example I charge a flat free for 3 OR MORE design mockups, after which you can charge an hourly rate for lots more designs/alterations.
Then I fee another aproximated charge for turning the mockup proper XHTML/CSS valid pattern…
For things like logos you might like to charge seperately, and charge in excess of just the number of hours it takes that you make it. They may be using this on every letter head, marketing record, business card, and many others… so you are approximately selling the company logo to them rather than just designing the idea, if that makes sense.
Regarding rates, I see involving $40 – $100 an hour in the usa for professionals (ie: not someone whom buys frontpage and decides they can make websites for people a few weeks later)
You might like to charge more or less dependant upon who your client base will consist of.
HTH!
-Ross