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Eibbor70
03-28-2005, 04:52 PM
im going to be making a web page for some lady and i need to know how much i should tell her i want to be payed for the job. i don't know specifics about what she wants yet, i just need to know how much i should ask for and if i should price by the page, by the hour, or what.
ray326
03-28-2005, 08:17 PM
Maybe you should do it for free, learn something about the effort required (in hours) and use it as the beginings of a portfolio for future paying jobs.
Eibbor70
03-29-2005, 12:43 AM
well the thing is that ive made several web pages in the past. most where free but one was part of a summer hire job i had. it was to make a web page for the markting department of the 423rd services. so this time i want to be payed. plus she offered to pay me.
spufi
03-29-2005, 01:11 PM
It's hard to give you an answer when we don't know the requirements. Is it just pure HTML/CSS? Is there server side stuff needed? A database? Etc...
the tree
03-29-2005, 01:15 PM
A site with no server side technologies and less than ten pages could cost anything from £20 to £200, depending on how good it is.
buntine
03-29-2005, 07:53 PM
Or a few thousand. A static site (or one with an extremely small amount of server-side functionality) is still quite an involved task and should be considered worthy of a standard paycheck. There is no way I would spend several weeks/months of my time working on a project for a few hundred dollars/pounds (let alone 20!).

Regards.
pyro
03-29-2005, 10:58 PM
Or a few thousand... There is no way I would spend several weeks/months of my time working on a project for a few hundred dollars/pounds (let alone 20!).I'm glad someone finally brought a balance to this thread. £20? I mean, come on!
LiLcRaZyFuZzY
03-30-2005, 02:40 AM
well, how much have u been asking for ur past jobs?
Lightfoot82
03-30-2005, 04:38 AM
If it is only a small or not very involved task then just ask for £10 - £20 and Hour that is a very reasonable fee, if it does require alot of work I.e Scripting and database work then its gonna be more expensive maybe £40 -£60 and Hour.
the tree
03-30-2005, 10:22 AM
I'm glad someone finally brought a balance to this thread. £20? I mean, come on!Obviously you would never think of doing this. But if you spent about 3 hours on a site you would be able to make it look aceptable, possibly even interesting and as you spent around 3 hours, then you could reasonably accept £20 for it, even if you never think of putting it in your portfolio.

Just for perspective, £1 = $2 roughly.
pyro
03-30-2005, 10:26 AM
So that'd be what, an hourly rate of $13? I don't think so...
96turnerri
03-30-2005, 01:00 PM
pages could cost anything from £20 to £200
i would say and the rest, £200 is extremly cheap for a unique static site design and content population.