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Brack Slater
2,144 PointsPricing your work
I have someone who is interested in having me build a website for them. I am still learning but what they want is basic enough for me to use HTML,CSS, and maybe a little bit of JavaScript. I'm not sure how i need to price this. I can get it built. Its the getting it hosted, domain name, plus any other charges that should be applied.
Thanks in advance for your help.
3 Answers
Richard Hriech
12,001 PointsI don't think anyone can answer this the right way since prices depend on where you live. Ask around, maybe someone you know built or bought a website recently. By the way for first jobs like this, people don't ask much money. You first need a portfolio or references to ask proper money for jobs.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsRichard is right, prices definitely depend on where you live. Some markets can demand more money for a website than other markets. Also, since the site is a static, basic site, your price should be comparable to any of these WYSIWYG sites like Wix and Squarespace to name two. It would be only fair to be reasonable compared to those prices. Now, it is fair to charge more than those sites since you're doing a service to set up, but don't charge your clients $2,000 when they could have done it for $400 and had the exact same results.
But at this point, I'd ask your client what they had in mind. You should have a price in mind too, and see how far apart your initial numbers are. This doesn't sound like it should cost more than a few hundred dollars though.
As far as hosting, domain name, etc. I'd set all of that up in the clients name, on the clients account, with the clients card. You can meet them and help them out, but that way you're out of the loop, and let the registrar and hosting company just charge the client directly.
Sue Dough
35,800 PointsIt depends on your skill level and clients mate. It varies from $5 to $2000 an hour.