[TriLUG] Webmaster pricing scheme

[Ian Meyer]

i slapped together a page, hosting was the responsibility of who i made 
it for, and charges $75/hour I think.

my only problem was for a little while I felt bad because I would not 
have paid that much for what I did, but since i was cheaper than any 
alternatived he might've pursued, I didn't mind too much.

ian

ps: on a side note, I also do on-call tech support for a former 
employer (well, former part time employer, now on call employer) for 
$50/hour. I got that number by just taking the only local computer 
shop's rate for service ($60/hr in store, $100/hr on site i believe it 
was) and just going under that enough that I could still make a fair 
chunk and still guarantee his business. Unfortunately for me, my system 
has only required maintenance once. :(


On Oct 24, 2003, at 11:08 AM, Michael Thompson wrote:

> +1, you *have* to set your price and stick to it, otherwise you will 
> get
> abused and there really is no going back once you've spoiled someone.
> Trying to stay 'reasonable' with unreasonable clients will only cause
> you headaches.
>
> Here in Greenville the web designers hourly is between $50-$100 per
> hour, the crappy designers seem to know it as they do charge less...
>
> My $.02  :)
>
> --mike
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:55, Jim Ray wrote:
>> it is more of a market-driven situation than anything.  i charge 
>> $150/hr
>> with a 1 hr min if someone just needs a quick update.  if they're 
>> looking to
>> gradually re-do a page at a time and can guarantee recurring biz, i 
>> back off
>> to $60/hr.
>>
>> it doesn't matter to me if i'm doing content or conduit or washing 
>> their
>> cars.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
>>> Behalf Of Janyne Kizer
>>> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:24 AM
>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: [TriLUG] Webmaster pricing scheme
>>>
>>>
>>> A colleague of mine is starting a webmaster business.  He
>>> picked up some
>>> work as a referral and he doesn't know what a fair rate would be for
>>> what is basically a do over of the current site and then maintenance
>>> afterward.  If anyone could provide him with some advice, I'd truly
>>> appreciate it.  Private responses would be fine.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Janyne Kizer
>>>
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