you guys don’t value your time then, do you? :sigh:
My prices would normally start at a minimum of $75/hr x 40hrs = $3000.
As a professional web designer, you need to be firm with
your prices and firm with the delivery of your skills and your
product.
On a more freelancer level, I wouldn’t do this type of site for less
than $1200 because it still wouldn’t be worth my time.
I always tell my prospective clients, that they can easily get their
site done by someone else and much cheaper, but they’re never
going to get the quality of work at my price.
This is where I took a page out of 2a’s book. They don’t work
with every single person that comes along and wants a web site
done, and I don’t either. I weigh out the project, figure out my
estimated costs for UNFLUX to do the job, then I decide whether I
even want to do the work or not.
You’ve gotta know your scope, or your focus to the work. If you
just want to take on every project that comes your way, there’s
not much satisfaction, or $$$ in that pjilosophy. I know that,
because I’ve done it.
I can’t do this job, or have a business, and work just to work. I
want to enjoy it, so I think hand-picking my clients is the way to do that.
For instance, I have a client that I did work for a few months ago,
is now coming back to me with a new project. He wants me to
develop a full site from scratch, with dynamic content and a
database to manage searches. The original proposal I gave him
was for $15,000 and I don’t think I’m gonna do it because this
guy’s a major pain in the ***.
“Aim high, you’ll hit high.”
“You miss 100% of the chances you don’t take.”