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I'm pretty much shoed-in for that web design job (parish one, i posted my demo site a while back)

Now the question is... what kinds of rates should I charge? I've never done this before so I have no idea what pricing is like.

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I have a friend that does them professionally and he charges by the website. Like if the site has a total of 15 pages and only uses html youd only charge like $100. Talking to the ppl your making the site for also helps. Figure out how much work you need to put into it and adjust the price accordingly.

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300 for a website, then make rates in the 20-50 for features of the website, and about 20 for every update. Thats how my company does it, works fine.

yep but it depends on the size also ;), like pro said talk to the customer to figure out what you'll have to do and how long it would take you :)

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Are you doing any graphic design work? That is probably $50/hour

Are you doing any web programming? ASP/CGI/etc?

How many pages do they want?

Any shockwave? Window Media/Real Audio stuff?

How often do they expect you to do updates?

All of this matters and needs to be hammered out before you start any project.

Web Design especially at the small consultant level has a real problem with scope creep and the less your customer knows about webdesign the more questions you will get asking for what they think is a simple feature add, but actually requires a lot of work from.

Agree upon a design doc and a price before starting anything.

If they want a mock-up or demo, get a price for that amount of work

You might also want to check copy-right stuff --- Who owns your work?

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i charged $600 for the website...that included everything from domain registration, picture taking, data collection, design and implementation...

and 40 dollars a month for updates...which include alot more of the same...picture taking, data collection etc.

i split all profits down the middle with a partner.

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also i might ad that right around the time we did this there was an ad in the paper for a design firm doing websties...and it would have cost him $1200 for the same thing we did. definately not worth 1200 beans tho.

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That's the hardest part about webdesign is that most small shops don't have their poop together, so when you ask them for the content, they say "Oh, we don't know where that is or who has it" and your project goes on hold until you can get the content.

An idea that I really like (depending on the type of web site) is make everything an entry in a database and then make an admin page so that they can edit all the content via a GUI and add new content or pictures.

This takes more work, but if you can sell them on the benefits then you can get a lot of hours and then won't need you as much down the road.

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Yes, this totally depends on what you are offering and what your skills are in design and coding etc. If you are doing lots of graphic work, thats an hourly fee. Also, the coding features and everything else is a fee. If you are a beginner, start cheap. If you cant code, start cheap. You will gain experience and build your way up with the more clients you get.

Sometime, I have to make my dad's company's website for some good money, but I have to get around to it through all this school work.

:whistle:

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