# Need help quoting a client for a website

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**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-quoting-a-client-for-a-website/264207 "2008-06-24T01:00:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdjstudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mdjstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdjstudios)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-quoting-a-client-for-a-website/264207/1 "2008-06-24T01:00:20Z")

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I will be fully redesigning and recoding the website [http://www.darensberries.com/](http://www.darensberries.com/) soon. The website will need to be updated easily through their secretary so I will need to use a CMS. I think I will be using the ExpressionEngine for this, (other recommendations?). They will also need a blog as well, so I will either use MovableType or WordPress. They website has a lot of content on it, and from what I know they have gathered newspapers and other various items to add to the website. This company is relatively large too, they are a huge strawberry producer in California. I think adding the content will take the longest time.

Relatively speaking, what would you quote for the work listed above? I do not want to undercharge like I usually end up doing…

Thanks a lot! 👼

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**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-quoting-a-client-for-a-website/264207/2 "2008-06-24T01:24:44Z")

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If you do good work and the company is big enough try for $500+ per page plus programming fees for the CMS. For a CMS I’d charge 250 as a base price then 250 per section they want to edit.

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**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-quoting-a-client-for-a-website/264207/3 "2008-06-24T02:06:50Z")

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You could go for a base price, or you could go hourly, whichever you feel will make you most money.

If you charge ~$300 page (which is more realistic) what happens if the site takes a looooooooooooooong time? Your time will be worth less, and less

the best way to do it, is both ways, in fact

Charge a low price for each page (~$100) and then figure out an hourly wage to add on top. (I don’t really know your skill level, so thats up to you)

The base price can be your deposit, $500 for a 5 page site for a big company is a good idea. This ensures they’re serious, and it makes sure you do yer job.

And then log your hours.

You never get paid for overworking.

… unless its hourly 🙂

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**Author:** ![mdjstudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mdjstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdjstudios)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-quoting-a-client-for-a-website/264207/4 "2008-06-24T03:09:21Z")

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Thanks for the response everyone! Yeah I will most likely charge by the hour and then raise it by 20% or something or do a combination of price per page and hourly wage. Will ask for a 40% down payment too.