[SamanthaPT]

Hi there everyone!

I am new to the forum. I have this dilema which is that I have made this website for a cousin of mine who rents apartments to turists. The site is quite simple and I didn't want to charge him for it because he's family, but he is insisting on paying me and is always asking how much I want for it.

I honestly have no ideas of prices for websites and I was hoping someone here could help me figure out how much this site is worth so I can have an idea of how much to charge my cousin.

Thank you in advance!

Kind regards.

P.S. It's not completely finished, for example I still need to program the form fields but other then that it's enough to be evaluated on.

http://elizabethspla...es.appspot.com/

[Jason Dexter]

I love the header, of the mountain range.

The way I work out pricing is to basically site down and add up how many hours it took me, and then multiply that by my hourly rate.

So, if it took you in total 10 hours, and your hourly rate is £25 then you charge him £250


Simple as that.

Nobody can tell you how much it's "worth" because every one has different hourly rates. From charge £10 an hour. Others charge £100 an hour.

If it's a cousin, maybe charge him 15 quid an hour and price it up from there?

I'd charge maybe 700 if it were a client.

[skidz]

Yeah I think somewhere between 500 and 700 is a fair price. It's really nice design, I like it a lot!

[Ste Hughes]

Lovely website! You have done a cracking job.

As above take how long you took to make it and times against how much you want per hour.

I'd pay 500-750 for that all day long. Great work!

[brightonmike]

<insert generic websitecost/value/howmuchshouldicharge answer here>

[Pedro]

Is that just a static site hosted on Google?

If this site had a CMS, I'd probably charge between 800 to 1200.

But because it's for your cousin, and it's static, I think £250 is a fair price.

[MikeChipshop]

SamanthaPT, on 15 November 2011 - 04:27 PM, said:

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Beautiful site!
Is that all your own work? If so you should know how much sites cost because you should be inundated with work! lol

Anyway it depends on how financially flush your cousin is really. If they have a bit of spare cash floating around and you know they have then you shouldn't feel bad about stinging them for a couple of hundred but the site is worth much much more than that.

Just off topic a bit, i know i said the site was perfect and i know you didn't come here asking for critique but the green links below the images are really hard for me to read as i have really bad eyesight. Just a heads up

[SamanthaPT]

Thank you all for the great advice, and for those who liked the site I'm really happy

In response to MikeChipShop, yes it is all my work! I designed the whole site and programmed it as well. I'm a bit noobish with HTML and CSS so please dismiss the horrible coding

I actually am going to change the green coloured links to a blue tone. Haven't got around to it yet.

In response to Pedro, I have the site hosted temporarily on google app but I am going to buy a domain for it, but yes it is static, I don't have a CMS for it unfortunately.

I will definately consider every suggestion, thank you so much. This was a really big help

[j05hr]

But if you're not wanting to charge him anything surely industry prices won't matter? If you just charged him what you would be happy with charging him without taking pity, something like 100 euro?

[SamanthaPT]

I guess I would feel better or just not charging him at all or charging him a realistic price with a bit of discount because other people might see the site and like it and ask my cousin who made it and how much it cost... and I wouldn't want people to think that the price is accurate to reality. Or I guess I wouldn't want my cousin to want another site from me and then expect the price to be similar.

But that was my first option, but I realised it might not be the best approach. But I definately want to give him a discount.

[MikeChipshop]

Yeah working for friends and family is a hard thing to do.

You could just put your foot down with your cousin and say "I'm not taking any money off you but i could do with a few weeks holiday." then state "If any one asks you though, the site cost blah blah blah". That's normally what i do with family (unless it's family who are trying to get something for nothing, then i charge 'em full price )

[Neil Mark Thomas]

Was in the same situation with my uncle a couple of years ago. He ended up giving me £200. My advice to you is take the money next time he offers! Cos he'll probably be using you to "do this" and "just do that" on the website throughout the next year

I've almost avoided doing work for family and friends altogether now (with the odd exception here and there) . Best decision ever!

[kree8or]

How about you get your cousin to get you a nice bottle of wine/six pack of beer/bottle of absynth , take away and a rent a dvd for the night?

[MOTIF.tv]

Please get yourself around £300 for this , It's a very pretty site which many people would charge almost a grand for if not more.

Get yourself enough to reward your hard work. I'd love to see more of your work in the future

[Lev]

Nice design, Samatha.

Have I told you yet that I like your avatar?

[SamanthaPT]

kree8or, on 21 November 2011 - 10:43 AM, said:

How about you get your cousin to get you a nice bottle of wine/six pack of beer/bottle of absynth , take away and a rent a dvd for the night?

Ya that would be the best thing... or take me out to dinner or something... but because he lives in the Azores and I in Luxembourg the only compensation is in fact money.

[SamanthaPT]

Lev, on 21 November 2011 - 12:02 PM, said:

Nice design, Samatha.

Have I told you yet that I like your avatar?

Thanks! That's very sweet! It's my own art

[Lev]

SamanthaPT, on 21 November 2011 - 01:12 PM, said:

Thanks! That's very sweet! It's my own art

I knew it

[a1digitalmedia]

Really nice looking site and would say for the design alone your looking in between the regions of £200-£300. However this could greatly increase if the website attracts a lot of visitors. You will always be able to increase the value of the site if you develop it further.

[yaneva77]

This is a very pretty website, you've done a great job:)

This post has been edited by yordanka yaneva: 07 December 2011 - 01:27 AM

[SamanthaPT]

yordanka yaneva, on 07 December 2011 - 01:07 AM, said:

This is a very pretty website, you've done a great job:)

Thank you so much!

[oakleaves]

Lev, on 21 November 2011 - 12:02 PM, said:

Nice design, Samatha.

Have I told you yet that I like your avatar?

smooth move Lev..


http://www.youtube.c...h?v=AQ4NAZPi2js

[Beavy]

Just paying a comment to you. Very nice and well layed out website. I hope to produce work of this standard in many years to come

[roothost]

Absolutely stunning site! Worth £1000GBP all day long, probably alot more!

[Lev]

oakleaves, on 08 December 2011 - 10:14 PM, said:

smooth move Lev..


http://www.youtube.c...h?v=AQ4NAZPi2js

Thanx for sharing mate!

[neil0wen]

SamanthaPT, on 15 November 2011 - 06:18 PM, said:

I don't have a CMS for it unfortunately.

Take a look at PageLime or CushyCMS. They are both free and surprisingly easy.

Good job!

[Anee]

Neat and simple design. thast why its attractive, and good colour selection.
no matter how much you charge, but if you spend some time to convert it as a CMS ( wordpress ) theme, you can simply earn minimum $100/month at themeforest