Hi all!

 

My question is , when a customer asks for a CMS do the same 'rules' apply with regards to cost per page, or do you allow customers to have unlimited pages and charge a higher fee to put it another way a one off charge.

 

Any suggestions would be great!

 

Thanks!

 

Steve

Hi Steve,

Is it a custom cms?

The reason I ask is that a lot of cms have the ability to create a new page by themselves hence the pay per page model not being applicable.

BTW, post an intro in the Introductions section and let everybody say hello!

By the nature of CMS you don't really have "pages", instead you have templates and content. To work out a price it's better to go on the amount of hours you sepnd on it, or a fixed price.

 

Let's see what's involved in pricing up a CMS based site...

 

1. Locating the right CMS for the job, resaesrch time

2. Obtain licence for CMS (free or commercial), install and set up - (if commercial add the cost to your bill + a bit of markup to cover your costs of buying it)

3. Create a design for the site

4. Code templates and CSS

5. Install additional modules, plugins if required, adapt and modify to suit

6. Test with dummy data

7. Hand over to client

 

You might also be asked by the client to add initial content...

 

8. Set up sections, categories as required

9. Add content, including image processing etc

 

I usually write out a full quote for exactly what they ask for, and price it as a fixed fee. If the client needs any additional work over and above what's in the quote (with a CMS they often do) then I charge my hourly rate.

 

Once you get a feel for building sites with any sort of CMS whether it be a blog, shopping cart, or portal system, you quicly get a feel for how long it will take so working out quotes gets easier!