Re: FN-FORUM: costing for a website ?

date posted 27th February 2008 22:14

Hi,

As an aside, with 425 pages, I hope you are looking at generating them
(either one off, sporadically or on demand) and keeping the design away
from the data and logic..

If it were me, Id look at building the framework for the site and
charging with something close to Lee's measure of 'n x r + f = ballpark
figure', leaving wiggle room in any quote offered, then considerably
less for any bulk data entry, preferably passing that off to someone who
is geared toward it, or even back to the client if they feel they are
able to do it and want to...

I'd also charge the maintainance on either a monthly or annual basis,
with a cap on the amount of work (other than fixes...) and a pre-agreed
pricing structure for anything extra. I wouldn't go for a per incident
cost (for this kind of thing), it can get a little messy and most people
I have worked with tended to find that clients would save up issues
(which is probably good for your workflow) and want everything done very
quickly (which is bad for blood pressure and planning).





Lee Thomas gmail wrote:
>
> Hello everyone
> have been a long time reader but first time poster, And I would like
> some advice on pricing.
> A client of mine has asked me to redesign his site from scratch
> estimated 425 pages with integration of 3 payment systems paypal ,
> google checkout and protex and i have no idea where to start with
> costing. most of the pages will be a copy of the main product page so i
> will not have to design 425 unique pages, but each will have a different
> images and text. also it will need maintaining on an average 10 page
> updates per month again i have no idea on an average price that most
> people charge to maintain and update websites as my main experience lies
> in creating very small sites which i would generally not charge very
> much for as they are mostly off the back of photography work as i
> specialize in making 3d walkthroughs of buildings and 3d product QTVRs
> for websites as well as most aspects of design and media .
>
> any help off my vague description will be very helpful
>
>
>
> yours Lee Thomas
>
> LMT photogaphy / media / design / support
> 07955371427
>
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> www.lmtphotography.co.uk ( site currently under redesign ) but have a look


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