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cdp103188
12-07-2007, 12:35 PM
I work for a hunting club and one of our franchise clubs would like for me to make them a website.

I built this (http://www.hunt-private-land.com) website for the club I work for and will probably be using it as a template for the other club's website.

It uses alot of PHP scripting and also utalizes CSS extensivley.

I also created all of the decorative graphics and borders in Paint by hand. This, as you can imagine, took alot of time and effort.

I have never been professionally trained and taught myself all I know, that being said, I am not a certified web developer and I have no idea what to charge for a project like this. I don't even know if I should charge an hourly rate or a completion charge, or maybe both.

Also, if he does not like parts of the finished product and I have to change a bunch of stuff how should I handle a situation like that?

Can someone give me some advice please, I don't even know where to start with this.

TJ111
12-07-2007, 12:38 PM
First of all, as an admin will point out I'm sure, we can't discuss pricing on these forums. With that in mind, I can make some recommendations. Either ask yourself how much your time is worth and charge a per hour fee, or estimate how much work it will take to make the site and charge on solid flat rate. Also make sure to be clear that any changes/editing that may need to be done down the road are not included in the price, and will cost the per/hr fee or something you decide is fair.

cdp103188
12-07-2007, 12:52 PM
I did not realize it was against the rules to discuss prices, my apologies.

LeeU
12-07-2007, 04:51 PM
I did not realize it was against the rules to discuss prices, my apologies.
No problem. If you'll check out the link in my signature, you'll find some links to resources that may be able to help you.

cdp103188
12-08-2007, 01:23 AM
Thank you, that did help.