August 22, 200818 yr Hi, I'm a student and I've been designing and coding websites for some time now - a good 4 years or so, but only recently started doing it on a freelance basis where I'm the one charging out my own work. I'm looking for some advice on how to go about deciding what to charge for a website, if anyone would please help me. Usually, I end up making up a figure, which is fairly cheap to get the job, but I shouldn't really go on like this. As an example, what would I charge for the below: Re-design of a fairly simple 5 page website with text and images, a navigation menu. Images and text would be provided to me, but the design would be completely brand new. The site also has one of those externally hosted "wizard" type e-commerce section where they sell a few small products. This part of the site would need to be "re-skinned" to tie in with the new website design. How much should I be charging for this type of work? Many thanks rmistry
August 22, 200818 yr Charge as much as the client is prepared to pay. People charge different amounts. Don't charge too little. Somewhere around £500-£700 would seem about right depending on how much back-end there is to the ecommerce, CMS etc.
August 22, 200818 yr Welcome to WDF! Most designers will use one of three methods... 1. charge and hourly rate 2. charge a flat fee 3. or a mixture! It all really depends on the project in hand. For a simple 5 page site it's all basic stuff so you need to take into account everything you do... Consultation Design concept Coding Upload and testing Handover ...and that could amount to 20-30 hours of your time, so say £25/hour and that makes something around the £500 mark.
August 27, 200818 yr I know that for a site like this I would be hoping to get around the £500 mark, not knowing exactly what kind of work needs to go in to e-commerce section (if it's just a simple header to tie it in with the site it could be less). If you're at the stage where you're wanting to build up your portfolio (as i am) you may wish to cheapen it off just to ensure you got the work. Really its up to you and how much time you think you'll need to spend on it. If you haven't got any other work to be getting on with you can be generous with your time on this project. I do know that if you took this brief to a larger web design agency they would more than likely be asking for a 4 figure sum.
August 27, 200818 yr I still feel we should have a sticky thread somewhere that people can refer to as this question is still being asked almost on a daily basis! I know this forum is great for not putting people down for asking questions that have been answered before but I just feel it would save a lot of time...
August 27, 200818 yr I think you should charge based on individual basis, depending on your skill and experience levels and what the client is asking for. My designs aren't out the box why should my pricing?
August 28, 200818 yr I think you should charge based on individual basis, depending on your skill and experience levels and what the client is asking for. My designs aren't out the box why should my pricing? Very true. One thing that always amuses me at work is when we get a customer ringing up and their question is... "I'm after a website making, how much do you charge?" It's like going into an estate agent and saying "I'm after a house, how much are they?"
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