Re: FN-FORUM: costing for a website ?

date posted 27th February 2008 23:09

Thank you everyone for your input. Looks like I have some thinking to
do on weather to take the job in or not I will let you know my outcome
and clients details if i do decide not to pursue

Yours
Lee Thomas
LMT Photography
07955371427
www.lmtphotography.co.uk
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Skype - leemthomas


On 27 Feb 2008, at 23:44, Lee Rickler [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

>
> Adding to Andy's point about maintenance charge, assign a certain
> amount of hours and charge accordingly.
> Example : The client agrees to 10 hours a month and pays 'the rate'
> whether he uses that up or not. Anything over the rate is extra.
> What you want to avoid is the client emailing you with a "oh, can
> you just do this, it'll only take a few minutes".
> How then do you charge for the 3 hours (nothing ever takes 'just a
> few minutes' and if it does, why doesn't the client do it
> themselves ... but that's another story!).
> Also EVERY time the client sanctions the hours, email them straight
> away and keep track of what you are doing.
>
> I have found that the more confident and certain with your pricing
> you are the more the client respects you.
>
> Lee Rickler
> Director Point and Stare - pointandstare.com
> Web Design and Development for over 11 years
>
> Andy Halsall wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>> www.lmtphotography.co.uk ( site currently under redesign ) but
>>> have a look
>
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