…we must have all reached a pretty uniform scale of pricing.
Now, one thing I realise is that folks who find me through the net, or via recommendation, have a “certain” idea of what a website might cost them. I tend to work to a clients budet, figuring that although Im a “html/dhtml/javascript hand coder”, Im currently learning new Flash skills whilst I play with making their sites, and therefore whenever the word “flash” gets mentioned, I tend to under price.
For example, we (there’s two of us) completed in June a really yukky dated-style-site with over 60 pages (including iframes/chromeless user driven pop-up windows, disjointed rollovers etc, touch of flash and a whole lotta changes…trust me…it was pregnancy all over again).
Because we are a new company, and welcome the opportunity to show what we can achieve, I charged £1000. (I know…thunk…but hey, we got a TV advert off the back of it…grin)
So, do other designers have a “rough hourly cost”, even when budgeting with clients comes in?
Im not shy, I charge £30 per hour roughly, and Im still undercutting the “commercial boys” in my small-target-market. I still do all the travel/consultancy/phone support and photos free, figuring we are still finding our feet. I would add, that as a 3D artist, Im an award winning-tutorial-writing blonde dyslexic…and justly proud!..but, hey, c’mon, spill beans and let me know what going rates are, especially in Scotland.
Cheers!..Scotia2k4
