So I'm trying to make some $$$...

elSicomoro · 09-05-2008, 03:52 PM

...and my boss wants me to build a website for the shop. How much would a wet-behind-the-ears web developer charge? I'm not going to charge him even that, but I'm trying to figure out what would be reasonable.

Flint · 09-05-2008, 03:59 PM

I think the price is determined the same way that price is determined for "art." That is, how much have they got/How much are they willing to part with/How much have you convinced them it's worth?

elSicomoro · 09-05-2008, 04:05 PM

I guess I should look at what St. Louis-area developers charge. I have some web-developing skills, but I'm no CSS wizard. It's going to be a pretty simple website...just a few graphics, our menu and our contact info.

Maui Nick · 09-05-2008, 05:02 PM

Trying to make money?

Hmm ... I thought counterfeiting was illegal but OK then ...

Undertoad · 09-05-2008, 05:03 PM

Yeah it depends on exactly how much site they want.

$10000 Original, classy new design rolling out with new marketing, website a part of the strategy, online ordering system with customer database and email strategy, back-end administration so they can change items and prices themselves, ease of integration with other online services

$3000 Strong design closely matching the shop's existing marketing, online ordering system, back-end administration

$1000 Simple design basically matching the shop, back-end administration

$500 Simple design basically matching the shop

$300 Simple design with a picture of the shop on the home page

$30: put up a PDF of the menu and nothing else

Clodfobble · 09-05-2008, 05:30 PM

If you're not actually bringing visual design skills to it, just getting it online, I'd just base it on an hourly thing. Figure out how long you're going to reasonably need to work on it, and charge him like $50 an hour.

toranokaze · 09-16-2008, 08:44 AM

http://www.getafreelancer.com/

This website will give you an idea of what the market is going for.

Clodfobble · 09-16-2008, 02:24 PM

As long as "by the market" you understand that means people in foreign countries often working for less than minimum wage.

09-05-2008, 03:52 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	So I'm trying to make some $$$... ...and my boss wants me to build a website for the shop. How much would a wet-behind-the-ears web developer charge? I'm not going to charge him even that, but I'm trying to figure out what would be reasonable.

09-05-2008, 03:59 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I think the price is determined the same way that price is determined for "art." That is, how much have they got/How much are they willing to part with/How much have you convinced them it's worth? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-05-2008, 05:02 PM	#4
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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	If you're not actually bringing visual design skills to it, just getting it online, I'd just base it on an hourly thing. Figure out how long you're going to reasonably need to work on it, and charge him like $50 an hour. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-16-2008, 08:44 AM	#7
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	http://www.getafreelancer.com/ This website will give you an idea of what the market is going for. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

09-05-2008, 04:05 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I guess I should look at what St. Louis-area developers charge. I have some web-developing skills, but I'm no CSS wizard. It's going to be a pretty simple website...just a few graphics, our menu and our contact info.

09-05-2008, 05:03 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yeah it depends on exactly how much site they want. $10000 Original, classy new design rolling out with new marketing, website a part of the strategy, online ordering system with customer database and email strategy, back-end administration so they can change items and prices themselves, ease of integration with other online services $3000 Strong design closely matching the shop's existing marketing, online ordering system, back-end administration $1000 Simple design basically matching the shop, back-end administration $500 Simple design basically matching the shop $300 Simple design with a picture of the shop on the home page $30: put up a PDF of the menu and nothing else

09-16-2008, 02:24 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	As long as "by the market" you understand that means people in foreign countries often working for less than minimum wage. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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