how much cut do I give to the graphical designer

[jfernandez]

I am developing a e-com site (providing some service) in PHP and MySQL. It is my intention that the site is going to be up and running and people will pay me when they use the service on my site.

I've found someoen who is going to do the HTML and graphical design of the site (I am terrible of that myself). I cannot pay this guy at this time but I can only promised him of a certain cut of the profit once this site is up running (hopefully it will make some profit). The guy is OK with that.

I am not sure how much cut I should give to him, is there a rule-of-thumb number so I can put it on the paper before this guy starts his work? I'm doing all the PHP coding and decide what content I put on each page. I'll give this guy all the mock-up HTML pages. All he needs to do is using his artistic talent to make each page look more professional.

I'm thinking 25% to 30% of total profit to him. I don't want to be too generous or make a low-ball offer to offend him.

Need some advice for some expert on this forum. Thanks.

[ahk2chan]

Never try this thing before... but if I were you, here are some questions I will ask myself:
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If you are really expecting your site to make a lot of money, then taking the hit now (pay your helper per-job basis) maybe a better solution...

I don't know the nature of your business... but if it is a pure online-based operation, and if your helper is going to do like 80% of the work, he / she might as well do it on his / her own...

just my 2 cents...

[LeeU]

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