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<blockquote data-quote="dvvega" data-source="post: 1904913" data-attributes="member: 524"><p>What you see in the website cost market is a "see how much you can get away with" attitude. The amount of effort involved with all the content management systems out there nowadays is negligible. The most time taken is the initial design/setup of the CMS for the website in question.</p><p></p><p>Cergorach's advice of deciding what your hourly fee will be first is a good one. You should NEVER openly charge for consultation with the client on the project. What this means is that you should factor it into your hourly rate.</p><p></p><p>You also need to factor in support (oh I don't really like that colour anymore can you change it). You also need to decide on what is a change, and what is insignificant.</p><p></p><p>Do not make the mistake of thinking "it's just one colour code". Set out the guidelines for what is a change and what is "free". Because this will end up costing you more time than you thought originally.</p><p></p><p>For example: </p><p></p><p>You assume a 2 hour session with the client ... this is a "free" consultation.</p><p>You come away thinking it will take you 4 hours to complete.</p><p></p><p>You want $50 per hour. Your total is 6 hours, so $300.</p><p></p><p>To them it looks like you're charging $75 per hour.</p><p></p><p>Now they ask you a total of 10 times to change "something small" for a total of 2 hours work (phone/meeting/actual coding). Each of these you think its a freebie, just want them to be happy and make myself look good.</p><p></p><p>You've just upped the work load to 8 hours, and gained no extra money, so your rate has dropped to $30-odd an hour. That's below your original desire of $50.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The prices you quoted are pretty much based on a per-page basis with a starting figure to factor in basic time/setup. In the example above you might decide that each page will take you an hour. Additionally you want to cover yourself for a full day (8 hours) work just in case of "requests".</p><p></p><p>You now have $400 + $50 per page as a starting figure (company 2 seems to be doing it that way).</p><p></p><p>Company 1 probably factored in only 4 hours extra work or something simialr.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dvvega, post: 1904913, member: 524"] What you see in the website cost market is a "see how much you can get away with" attitude. The amount of effort involved with all the content management systems out there nowadays is negligible. The most time taken is the initial design/setup of the CMS for the website in question. Cergorach's advice of deciding what your hourly fee will be first is a good one. You should NEVER openly charge for consultation with the client on the project. What this means is that you should factor it into your hourly rate. You also need to factor in support (oh I don't really like that colour anymore can you change it). You also need to decide on what is a change, and what is insignificant. Do not make the mistake of thinking "it's just one colour code". Set out the guidelines for what is a change and what is "free". Because this will end up costing you more time than you thought originally. For example: You assume a 2 hour session with the client ... this is a "free" consultation. You come away thinking it will take you 4 hours to complete. You want $50 per hour. Your total is 6 hours, so $300. To them it looks like you're charging $75 per hour. Now they ask you a total of 10 times to change "something small" for a total of 2 hours work (phone/meeting/actual coding). Each of these you think its a freebie, just want them to be happy and make myself look good. You've just upped the work load to 8 hours, and gained no extra money, so your rate has dropped to $30-odd an hour. That's below your original desire of $50. The prices you quoted are pretty much based on a per-page basis with a starting figure to factor in basic time/setup. In the example above you might decide that each page will take you an hour. Additionally you want to cover yourself for a full day (8 hours) work just in case of "requests". You now have $400 + $50 per page as a starting figure (company 2 seems to be doing it that way). Company 1 probably factored in only 4 hours extra work or something simialr. [/QUOTE]
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