Posted July 31, 2009 I was asked by my partners boss if I would be willing to design him a new website. His old website is here is really dated and the company was charging him £120 a month for maintenance etc, he complained and they knocked it down to £70. Which is crazy to say all they really do is print out a stats page and send it to him every month. His new website is here whilst not 100% complete you can get a good feel for the quality and how the overall look for the website. I would like to update his His company logo (probably unlikely) Reposition a few images as they don't seem to site right (eg. the image on the home page) Incorporate the navigation (Home, Eyecare, Services etc.) onto the main body as tabs instead of floating. Create a newsletter subscription The main question is how much do I charge for this design? Whilst I've never made a website before I cannot charge by the hour or set a price based on how much time I have invested into this website as I had a lot of trail and error and researching CSS etc. He did me a favor allowing me design his site. I do want the pay to reflect the time and effort I have put into the site. Could anyone give me a rough ball park figure? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) charge as much as possible to get and maintain the contract. so you offer a cheaper price and more features = win win . So £60 is fine per month without even looking at the designs (actually its bloody good). you can bill separaterly for the company logo. It is a separate piece design. or use it as a sweetener. you will make money for a "maintenance contract". dont go for a lump sum. especially as you dont sound too experienced and will probably need to maintain your own initial mistakes. However, for an amateur, i would as for £150-£200 and guarantee to maintain it for 12 months. Edited August 1, 2009 by blender Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 1, 2009 While I'm doing something similar, I really can't say as I'm employed by the company and do other roles. £70 a month is hugely expensive. They don't need a host with massive bandwidth/storage, and the stats could be done by Google Analytics (just slip a bit of code into each page - or one included page for php). I personally think that you could charge £50 a month and he'll be happy. It really depends on what you want out of it (and you could always ask for a one-off fee for the initial website), The logo is another tricky one. It depends how integrated the old one is (business cards/signs/letters/etc). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 1, 2009 While I'm doing something similar, I really can't say as I'm employed by the company and do other roles. £70 a month is hugely expensive. They don't need a host with massive bandwidth/storage, and the stats could be done by Google Analytics (just slip a bit of code into each page - or one included page for php). I personally think that you could charge £50 a month and he'll be happy. It really depends on what you want out of it (and you could always ask for a one-off fee for the initial website) I can't believe he used to pay £120 a month to the company for hosting and for them to print him out a stats page and post it. Then if any changes needed to be made to they would charge him extra. OUCH! I was thinking in the region of £300. With no monthly charge just a small fee when he needs anything to be updated. I don't want seem unfair as he didn't have to offer me the work, and the website is basic and could quiet easily go a few months without any changed therefore I don't feel a monthly fee would be appropriate. I've just found out about Google Analytics today and I've already slipped it in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
