What's the going rate for designing one-off websites?

[MikeHunt79]

A friend of a friend want me to make a simple website about her B'n'B. Now, I think I'll have to provide hosting also, but what would you guys charge for say a static 5 page site, with a few photo's and text. It would probably be about half a days work if things go smoothly. Just a ball park figure for me to go on would be good.

 

[Mint_Sauce]

Charge per hour rather than a set fee, then it means you get paid for what you do and if she goes, "oh, could you just change this and ummm... put this here" on a whim when you think you're done you'll be getting paid and she'll think twice about asking as it's costing her.

 

[SiriusB]

£20 an hour. Going off a similar post from not too long ago.

If you want to be really mean, you could charge them minimum £50 for any changes you have to make to the site after they have accepted it.

My mate does this. Prompts clients to ask for everything they want doing at the start

 

[MikeHunt79]

Nice, I'll just charge £20 per hour, flat rate. I might have to take a few photo's also, but I can include this as extra time. Cheers guys!

 

[SooTyLaD]

really hard question to answer, as it should only be based on the quality of the designer... if your really good and put off sites with a real wow factor that the client is over the moon with and are the ducks nuts, you could look at around £45/hour, whereas if you've done a few websites before and know your way around html and css and have minor design experience, maybe something closer to £15 is fair...

horses for courses and all that

 

[SiriusB]

He should take a leaf out the Olympic logo designer's book. Produce a total piece of crap and charge 50p per pixel.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

and provide it in an A1 PDF..

Will you be using an existing template, or design (layout design, not development) from scratch?

Either way, I'd charge £100 per hour minimum, maybe less if it's for a friend. My time is valuable