On 8/10/07, Richard Davey <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Friday, August 10, 2007, 11:10:21 AM, you wrote: > > > This is off topic so feel free to reply off list. > > > My question is how much is it reasonable to charge for the following: > > > 1. Building a very small website (you can see it here: > > http://www.cleardebtadvice.co.uk) > > 2. Hosting it for two years > > 3. Providing email accounts as need be > > 4. Probably a days worth of update work > > Would you be re-designing the site? (God I hope so) > > It's not exactly complex, but I don't know how quickly you can design, > even so I'd be looking at £200 - £250 per day spent on that. > > Hosting would be barely anything for such a small site, do you already > have a host you use? If so take their prices, add your mark-up (x2) > and voila. > > I'd hope the hosting would include email by default. I'd never charge > extra for this (unless the email requirements were well out of the > ordinary) > > A days worth of update work.. see above. > > Cheers, > > Rich > -- > Zend Certified Engineer > http://www.corephp.co.uk > > "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Rich (Davey) is probably about right. At most, the site you linked to is probably four pages --- index, service information, form "thanks", and the optional form error. Figure approximately two hours for each simple page to account for adjustments to font and such, two hours for designing the header and footer, and another two hours for adjusting the finished product as directed by your client. If you already have a form-to-mail script ready, you may not even want to add the development cost for that into the final product, but that's completely up to you. Multiply the final number by your standard hourly rate and shave or inflate the number as you see fit and fair. With hosting, if the client wants to be completely hands-off, remember to include about an hour to set up the site, transfer the domain, and set up the email accounts. And as far as pricing the two-year hosting option, I agree with Davey again: by charging double for what it would cost you to host the site, and for such a small site, you're making extra money off the deal, while still being fair to your client. However, I'd be sure to get the money paid up-front for the hosting, rather than try to set up automatic billing from your account with the expectation of being paid by the client each month. And another point on hosting --- that signature line in my email isn't just to fill space and piss off people who may be receiving the list on their Blackberry. If you don't have a host and you host with me, you'll get 50% off using the coupon in my signature. So doubling it will actually be the advertised price on the site. How's that for a shameless plug? ;-P -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 Hey, PHP-General list.... 50% off for life on web hosting plans $10/mo. or more at http://www.pilotpig.net/. Use the coupon code phpgeneralaug07 Register domains for about $0.01 more than what it costs me at http://domains.pilotpig.net/. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
