Hello all, how much should I charge to create a basic website for someone at entry level?
~ I’ve been asked to create a very basic website for someone, they don’t want to pay too much either as it’s a small business.
It’ll likely take me longer than someone else as I have very limited experience with web design, so I thought asking for an amount is better than a fixed rate.
~ What website building platform would you recommend for a Building/decorating company
~ How much should I charge on top to create a basic logo for the company as well?
Any thoughts would be useful, thanks :)
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- @Geoffrey Bunting Thankyou that’s very helpful, I’ll speak to them about it. I probably should’ve mentioned that I’ll be using a template as I don’t have experience in coding etc.
- Hello Janna,Generally on a junior level I would say you should charge on a £150-200 per day base.
- I know you probably want someone to tell you that you should charge X. But unfortunately it’s not as simple as that and working out how to price your work is something that you can struggle with for a long time.My advice: work out an hourly rate and extrapolate. Take the client and their budget out of it. An old tutor told my class to charge £25/hr while in uni and then raise it once we leave. It could be a good starting point for you.Given the client is clearly giving you the old “but I’ve got no money”, you might get better results quoting them per page, as you might a book. So a basic fee for the design of a homepage – say, £25 x 10, so £250–300 – and then a price per page thereafter, perhaps around £50–100. That way they know exactly what they’re getting and can’t demand a fixed fee and then lump loads of work on.As a rule, I always charged at least ten hours for a logo – just a logo. But bear in mind you’re making a website so you’re doing a lot of branding for them. So I’d be tempted to look at fifteen hours. So that’s around £375 unless my appalling maths is wrong. Which is a pretty good entry-level price for branding work.But I’d still not take much notice of a client not wanting to spend “too much.” If someone hasn’t budgeted effectively or is approaching younger designers in the hope of cheap work, that’s not your responsibility. This is your job and you’ve got to make a living.
- Work out how long it will take you. Then times that time by an hourly fee you want to be paid.Highlight the scope of work and the deliverables with an estimation of timelines.
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