Pickle Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Hi everyone I'm just trying to get an idea of how much i should charge for a project. I have been asked to build a site thats about 4 pages but everything is content managed. So homepage, about us, contact pages are all editable from the CMS system that i will build to go with it. There is also a products section which is also manageable. How much would you say is a reasonable price for this? thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I would essentially come up with how long you think it will take you, add some padding on, then think of how much you think your time is worth per hour and multiply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Corbin explained it pretty well, but I often find it really hard to judge the price of a project. Especially on larger projects; I've had situations where the person I was working for had an elaborate project overview but I completely under estimated the amount of work that was actually involved. And since I was already locked in on a price I was over-worked. This project doesn't sound especially large, but just a warning, be careful and make sure you're not under estimating the amount of work that needs to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Corbin explained it pretty well, but I often find it really hard to judge the price of a project. Especially on larger projects; I've had situations where the person I was working for had an elaborate project overview but I completely under estimated the amount of work that was actually involved. And since I was already locked in on a price I was over-worked. This project doesn't sound especially large, but just a warning, be careful and make sure you're not under estimating the amount of work that needs to be done. I've yet to do a project where I haven't underbid it..... >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 thanks for your replies. this is exactly the issue, obviously i want to win the job so i want to be competitive. however i dont want to charge too little for it because then im losing out and also if i start off with a low price, future projects will expect to around the same mark. be careful and make sure you're not under estimating the amount of work that needs to be done. well i have sent my quote out detailing what i would charge and exactly what the price includes. so if i have underestimated then it shows on the quote what work i am expecting to do for the amount. hopefully i have avoided being overworked for the price. thanks guys for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Based on a basic overview of a project we provide a basic estimate, based on previous experience and assumed functionality - If that figure is within their ballpark of what they want to spend and they choose to go with us, we write up a full specification that goes into plenty of details, from this it is fairly easy (though sometimes time-consuming) to attribute an amount of hours to each module/feature. We then just times those hours by our hourly rate, then add a percentage on top to cover any minor things we have missed and small changes along the way, then give them this figure as the all-in project cost. We then tweak from there if they have more/less budget available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcoderx Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 If i was the client and if the site is with complete template etc i would pay $250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 If i was the client and if the site is with complete template etc i would pay $250 a prime example of why there are so many projects out there that either never get bids or never get done properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcoderx Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If i was the client and if the site is with complete template etc i would pay $250 a prime example of why there are so many projects out there that either never get bids or never get done properly. hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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