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David M asked:
It would include domain ($10), hosting for a year ($50), a template from template monster ($100), and the setup for osCommerce… I’m not including tech support, which I was planning on charging something monthly… but maybe $500 is too much? What do you suggest?
After reading about 8 answers, I think I’ll drop the price to like $250-300 for setup and stuff, I guess it would take an hour, two at most to set it up… and then charge on an hourly basis. That would be much better for both the customer and myself I’d say.
I don’t know if they want the secure stuff yet, I think they are going to go with “pay on delivery”, or maybe have something like a direct deposit, with a confirmation number… which I would have to develop..
But yeah probably $500 would be too much and they would require a LOT of time if I were to charge that!
Sphere: Related ContentIt would include domain ($10), hosting for a year ($50), a template from template monster ($100), and the setup for osCommerce… I’m not including tech support, which I was planning on charging something monthly… but maybe $500 is too much? What do you suggest?
After reading about 8 answers, I think I’ll drop the price to like $250-300 for setup and stuff, I guess it would take an hour, two at most to set it up… and then charge on an hourly basis. That would be much better for both the customer and myself I’d say.
I don’t know if they want the secure stuff yet, I think they are going to go with “pay on delivery”, or maybe have something like a direct deposit, with a confirmation number… which I would have to develop..
But yeah probably $500 would be too much and they would require a LOT of time if I were to charge that!
Tags: Confirmation Number, Direct Deposit, Domain Hosting, Guess, Hourly Basis, Lot, Oscommerce, Stuff, Tech Support, Template Monster
September 14th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Dont take my guidance completely but thats sounds like to much, from my experience ( not much) that sounds like alot of money for web design
September 14th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Ask yourself this: do you need template monster or osCommerce? Yeah, just like the previous poster said, that’s a bit brutal but if you *need* those things (the software, the support, and whatevever else). How much will they be getting from you yearly? That may be a better question.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
How experienced are you? Do you have references, or portfolio of your artistic work, or will it be ajust formatted text using that template? The amount might be very high or low depending on the job you do.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:23 am
The actual web designer hourly rate in the US is approximately $30/$45 an hour. You can charge per hour on the setup plus: domain ($10), hosting for a year ($50), a template from template monster ($100)…
September 18th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
if your sure the hosting for a year is only 50.00 mine is 14.00 per month. my domain name was only 10.00 the same but i paid 250.00-300.00 for them to design my website and they will keep re-doing it until you are completely satisfied. i went through heritagewebdesign.com and they start at $200.00.
September 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Actually, some design firms charge in the thousands for web design services, so $500 may be a bargain. It depends on who the customer is. If the customer is a big business and will rely on its website, then $500 seems quite cheap.
If the customer is just an individual person looking to create a homepage, then $500 is a bit steep. There are cheaper options for those folks.
If the customer is a smaller business/start up or a non-profit, $500 may be just right for an initial investment that will pay off later.
It depends on the customer, their specific needs and what they want their website to do for them.
Also, $10 is a bit expensive for domain names. These days you can get domains for as little as $5.99 and comprehensive hosting for as little as $4.99 a month.
September 24th, 2008 at 1:31 am
That would be a fair price if you don’t plan on spending more than 5-8 hours working on the site. If you think it will take you longer, you’re underbidding it.
When I do web stuff on the side for people, I charge $50-$75 per hour.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:21 am
That price of $500 might be reasonable if you are also going to install and setup osCommerce with an SSL certificate and some type of payment gateway too as I’m guessing your customer will be selling things online. That means setting-up products too.
I gather you might have your own hosting service as $5.00 a month for hosting is on the low-end to charge a customer. I don’t see you making any profit there. The domain name is on the low-side. But these are also pretty much standard prices.
The template cost is high, if you ask me. Especially when you will end up spending hours customizing and tweaking it anyway. I’m guessing you will have about 10 web pages to build.
Nevertheless, if you feel comfortable working from a template and paying $100, then do it.
Accordingly, you might be earning every penny of that $500. Just make sure your customer and pay for it. You might want to seriously consider having your customer sign a ‘Work For Hire’ contract to protect both you and him. There are many such contacts on the net for web design work.
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