What would tis be worth?
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Topic: What would tis be worth?
Posted By: Phat
Subject: What would tis be worth?
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:24pm
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I have been asked to make a website and have no idea what people charge to make sites. They want a site like
http://www.mmccontrarian.com.au/ - http://www.mmccontrarian.com.au/ so I know what they want just a matter of pricing it. Do any of you charge for sites and if so how much do you charge? ------------- http://buildit.sitesell.com/sitebuildithome.html - Get a website that sells |
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Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 1:17am
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That seams to be an informational website and not a participating one, so most if not all of it will be static content, as for the design is simple and should require little effort.
I would charge £300 for that (hosting included on all my designs), as it is the started most basic type of site design. ------------- :: http://www.mylittlehost.com/ - www.mylittlehost.com |
Posted By: Phat
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:08am
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Yeah it is all static except one aspct which will be a price updated monthly. The new site is basicly the same as it is a listed investment company as well. I take it it is 300 for a year? Do you charge a yearly hosting fee or just leave it to the company to pay the hosting on an ongoing basis? Thanks. ------------- http://buildit.sitesell.com/sitebuildithome.html - Get a website that sells |
Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 4:28am
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No, it's a one off £300 for a starter site like that, hosting is for life (kind of :D) I tell all my clients and this is done on the very first meeting, that I can provide hosting included in the package and this host is provided on a [as is] but that in 2/3 years it may change, all agree to this because they think that even if something happens to the host in 2/3 years, by then they will have an alternative or new site. So all in all it's a good deal they get. When I say hosting is for life, I mean it's for as long as I run the server, and since I will always have my websites to be served so the server is here to stay for a very long time.
Not all webmasters can do this, I can because I own a very nice Dell PowerEdge server sitting right next to me, running for the past 4 years non-stop, it all started when I needed to host my sites and it was getting too expenssive, so I host them myself, and all other sites I do. I might have to review my prices, and was thinking on charging for the host seperatly or on a monthly basis, but as it stands, work is pooring in, I have to filter out the cheap ones, also don't have much free time, 2 full time jobs, and the web designing is on the side on a freelancing basis. If you do a lot of websites and can't afford or don't want to extra assle to run a web server, buy some reseller package from a good hosting company, make sure it is fast, lots of space, lots of features, and that it has a fat pipe to the Internet, so you can serve from your space lots of sites. ------------- :: http://www.mylittlehost.com/ - www.mylittlehost.com |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 6:34am
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I figure out the hours it takes x an hourly rate. I toss the hosting in
for free - at least for the 1st year. Also toss some number of
"retainer" hours the first year as part of the price at a lower hourrly
rate - eveyone wants something changed within the 1st year. After that
they can get an annual retainer contract at a reduced rate. The trick
is that the hours don't carry over into the next year. I charge extra for cms and the clients are happy to pay it. I also charge by the image as I contract that out at around $50-$75 an hour. I do an hour or two of sales and scope work. After that, design work is billable. That first hour or two also gives me a clue about the clients readiness and I get a feel for how many retainer hours I might need to through on in the first year. I don't really sell site design and coding. I concentrate on extending business function or capability to the web. So we talk a lot about the business purposes of the site and how best to get there rather than focus on brochure aspects. SEO enters the picture a lot in that situation and I often contract that out. Also do a lot of process mapping to integrate existing business capabilities with the web - gives them a nice professional looking feel for what's happening and how their business is capitalizing on internet technologies. Usually leads to more work extending other aspects of the business - e.g. an insurance agency site lead to creating online qoutes, return on investment charts, and separate sales and customer service web apps. ------------- 
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Posted By: dfrancis
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 9:19am
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Oh the lost revenue!
Phat... charge the 300# and 50 bucks a month for hosting. It's a great residual revenue stream and people expect to pay it. I charge about $250 per month and include 5 hours of consulting for markup, layout, graphics, SEO, marketing and management if needed. It assures my customers that I will personally stand behind them.
Here's how I look at it... I'm a valuable resource and if people aren't willing to pay well for my services then I will just have to find the ones who will.
That said... it's your business! I'm just telling you what I would do.
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