Re: FLASH: HELP!!! I need some pricing advise!!!! ASAP!!!

[Remik]

I won't go into actual $ numbers, as it has been brought to my attention

that it is not 100% legal to recommend service fees in public - it may lead

to price fixing - but here's a few thoughts...


The answer is quite simple.  Figure out how many hours it will take to do

everything you need to do, what it will take to maintain the web site on a

weekly basis, and then just multiply it by your hourly fee.  Get a contract,

IN WRITING, with the client, which explains the services you will provide

and your understanding of what it will take to do on your part - including

time, expenses, etc.  See if this is how they see it too, and adjust things

if necessary.  Make sure you have a clause in the contract that says

something to the effect that if the maintenance time/requirements change and

they want you to do much more than originally agreed to, they pay additional

cost at whatever hourly rate you agree on.  Make sure the weekly maintenance

is spelled out in the contract, what it will cover, and approximate

time/cost per month.  The cost is your time times your hourly rate.  I

cannot tell you what the hourly rate is, because it varies and depends on a

LOT of factors - your talents, how proficient you are with the different

tools, your knowledge, experience, etc.  Charge the client the same hourly

rate for maintenance as you do for normal design.  In other words, if you

can be making $X doing something else at the same time, then charge at least

$X for web maintenance too, otherwise why committ yourself to a long term

project if you are not going to make anything out of it.  If you normally

charge $20/hour, that's your hourly rate for maintenance.  If you charge

$100/hour, that's your hourly rate.  It's all about perceived value.  If the

client doesn't see value in spending more money on you, ie: "you are not

worth $100/hour, you are good but not THAT good", then you need to

re-evaluate your fees and see if you can come to an agreement and a mutually

agreeable price.


Hope this helps,


Remik



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Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:39 PM

Subject: FLASH: HELP!!! I need some pricing advise!!!! ASAP!!!



> HELP!!!  I'm submitting a bid to a small business locally, and I was

> wondering about pricing for it. The site is supposed to be a relatively

> simple site, with 13 different sections to it. The thing that bugs me, is

> that it is not just a "build it and give it to em" type of deal ... it is

a

> contract for a full year, but the site will need to be updated frequently

> ...

> like every week. The guy wants me to do everything for him ... get his

URL,

> manage the site, fix things that are wrong for it, locate a decent host,

and

> do the updates EVERY week... I figure the updates will take me about an

hour

> per week to do. Now, my question, is if the host I found charges $40 per

> month to host the site, and I am not really charging them for the site

> itself

> (I'm doing that part on my own).... how much should I charge him for a

> monthly fee? He basically doesn't want to have anything to do with it, he

> just wants to send me the updates each week, and a check each month ... he

> doesn't want to deal with finding a host and all that other stuff.... I

> would

> also probably be the one going in and setting up his Email for him as well

> so

> he can read it from the pop account. I have no idea what would be fair

> market

> price for this.  If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated ...

> all I need is a rough "ballpark" estimate.

>

> TIA!

>

> Regards,

>

>        John Ward





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