PayPal - charging for this added feature

[jslady]

Is it general procedure to charge extra for creating a site with a PayPal shopping cart?

When using the shopping functionality, you end up with your page full of your goods and their costs, a shopping cart page, and extra page that acknowledges your payment, and a page that denies your payment if card details dont work etc. So this is like 4 pages.

I am in the habit of charging websites per page so would you recommend that I charge the client for 4 pages or charge for the "shopping" feature.

I realise that rates vary a lot in web design, but would you say that its fair to charge a "Shopping" feature as being double the price of your standard static page price.
ie. if my static page costs £65, would it be fair to charge £140 for shopping functionality?
I'm not looking for specific prices but rather for indications of how "shopping" functionality is valued in comparison to the rest of the site.

thanks in advance, I'd be interested to hear how other people charge for this.
JsLady

[Askalon]

My personal opinion is I would just charge a "Shopping Cart Feature" add on and make it with in reason. You do have to link it all together for them so yes you are doing some work for it.

I know it sounds like your being a scammer doing it, but hey, if they could do it themsleves, they would not have hired you to do it right?

[jslady]

cheers askalon.

how much would you say a fair price is?

If you're wondering, i am charging £65 a page for a static page.

So for a "shopping feature", what do you reckon?

[Askalon]

Depends on how much more or less work it is to insert the Shopping cart function.

If it is more work or it is critical to make sure it funtions correctly (which i would assume the latter is the most true) then I would charge a bit more.

I guess I would try it once for yourself on a quick test site to see how much work it is. I would think if you are creating a shopping cart system, you will have to upgrade all the regular static pages.

In second thought, I thik to be fair, I would just charge for the 4 pages, makes it simpler (or you could wrap that amount into a package deal if you really only have to copy/paste a couple pages and give them a discount)