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Kiki
Nov 24, 2008, 1:52:24 PM11/24/08
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Hey y'all, I just wanted to ask if folks have any good "rules of
thumb" for bidding out projects. In particular websites. I've worked
on 35-page sites for $2500, and 3-page sites for $1500, and sites for
friends for $300... and everything in-between.
My main considerations are:
- corporate, small business, or friend
- graphical site design vs. structural sitemapping and design vs. back-
end buildout (or all three)
- CSS or Flash-based
- writing / editing?
- SEO?
So, say you have a 4-page microsite for the corporate client of a
small business (design agency or PR firm)... CSS-based, all content
provided, with a few Flash bits, and deep SEO... what ballpark would
you put that in? (Obviously this is purely for speculative discussion
and not to be taken as yours or anyone's literal rate/bid...)
If it was for a friend I'd do it for $500-1000...
for the small business described above, $1500-2500
and for a corporate entity (directly), $2500-3500
I'm pretty new to bidding "per project" websites -- I've mostly worked
at hourly rates in the past -- so do those rates look reasonable or
highway-robbery (or undervalued)?
-Kiki
thumb" for bidding out projects. In particular websites. I've worked
on 35-page sites for $2500, and 3-page sites for $1500, and sites for
friends for $300... and everything in-between.
My main considerations are:
- corporate, small business, or friend
- graphical site design vs. structural sitemapping and design vs. back-
end buildout (or all three)
- CSS or Flash-based
- writing / editing?
- SEO?
So, say you have a 4-page microsite for the corporate client of a
small business (design agency or PR firm)... CSS-based, all content
provided, with a few Flash bits, and deep SEO... what ballpark would
you put that in? (Obviously this is purely for speculative discussion
and not to be taken as yours or anyone's literal rate/bid...)
If it was for a friend I'd do it for $500-1000...
for the small business described above, $1500-2500
and for a corporate entity (directly), $2500-3500
I'm pretty new to bidding "per project" websites -- I've mostly worked
at hourly rates in the past -- so do those rates look reasonable or
highway-robbery (or undervalued)?
-Kiki
Samuel Singer
Nov 24, 2008, 5:18:43 PM11/24/08
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Kiki,
As a small business, I would have no problem paying $1500 for a full web site, especially if I was sold on the idea of included graphics, site structure, content writing, and SEO. Most people outside the graphics community don't know and don't care anything about CSS or Flash, so mentioning those in the sale would be futile. "animated graphics" would be the selling point. SEO is the major selling point to get the business name and web identity out to potential customers. of course, you would need to emphasize site structure, smooth navigation, graphics, and clear, effective writing.
AND...
Can you send me some examples of websites you've worked on?
I have some websites I may like to have built instead of trying to build them myself, and I would also like someone to refer or subcontract any web work I come across.
Thanks,
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