How to charge?

Firefly86

Firefly86

Firefly86

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Hi guys,

Well basically I need some advice on what to charge clients for creating websites for them.

Im an IT Technician / freelance web designer.I've created several websites for clients but I'm now starting to get requests for corporate businesses and what I really want to know is what is the best way to charge them for a website?

Is it best to go by page created? or by hour spent? or a mixture of the two? is there some sort of general rule for this kinda stuff? I'd just like to go into meetings and be able to give them a straightforward answer on what how I'll basically be charging them for the site.

Any advice appreciated.
 
a fixed price quote will be best, work it out using an hourly / daily rate that you want to earn. Make sure you specify time scales and when they will get to review the work. I loike to give customers a limited set of reviews to prevent them CONTINUALLY coming back with changes (which they will). offer them a rate for ongoing work

Paul
 
happytechie said:
to prevent them CONTINUALLY coming back with changes (which they will).
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This is probably be the best piece of advice that you get. Make sure that they have their expectations managed, as well as a good idea of what they want, before you start.

Otherwise they will come along later on and say "can we just change this a bit". Unfortunately a lot of "just change this" turns into changing quite a lot. And people don't seem to realise this, especially when it's in a field they know nothing about.
 
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