John Post on sun 21 sep 08
I have a few people asking me to design web sites for them. I am
curious as to what the web designers on this list charge for their work.
One of these clients is asking for some logo art work for a header and
the site will have a home page linked to 5 other pages. The links
will also be custom graphics. The layout is pretty basic with mainly
pictures and body text.
I have been charging $350 to set up a homepage and layout the site.
The client pays to register their domain name and pays for the yearly
server charges. After the initial site setup I have been charging $50
an hour for additional pages and art work.
So if you wouldn't mind sharing what you charge, I would like to hear
how you price this type of work.
John Post
Sterling Heights, Michigan
:: cone 6 glaze website :: http://www.johnpost.us
:: elementary art website :: http://www.wemakeart.org
Josh Berkus on mon 22 sep 08
John,
> I have been charging $350 to set up a homepage and layout the site.
> The client pays to register their domain name and pays for the yearly
> server charges. After the initial site setup I have been charging $50
> an hour for additional pages and art work.
Wow, nice price. Can I hire you?
Here in San Francisco, experienced HTML & PHP geeks generally go for about
$100/hour. Inexperienced for about $75. Good graphic designers are more,
maybe $150/hour, but a lot of them charge a piece rate (e.g. logo for
$800) instead.
Of course, if you're just using Dreamweaver or Microsoft or something, then
rates are correspondingly lower.
> So if you wouldn't mind sharing what you charge, I would like to hear
> how you price this type of work.
Never bill fixed rate. You're just inviting the client to ask you for two
dozen design meetings.
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Josh Berkus
San Francisco
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