Site Design Fees?

[mrhines1]

I have recently designed a site for the golf course I work at and was wondering if anyone could tell me how much you would've charged to make it.

I hadn't planned on charging anything but they insist.

It's pretty basic with the exception of a Flash calendar. Any advice on a price would be appreciated.

Also, if you could give me an idea of price ranges based on including Flash or scripts that would be great (as I plan to eventually include a form).

Thank you!!!

Heather Hills Golf Club (http://www.heatherhills.net)

[ScHAmPi]

Id on't now anything about that but if they insist (and because they're rich golfers) I would ask something about 75 €. (thats about the same in $ I think)

[McGuffin]

I'd say roughly $85 american. Theres nothing incredible about your site, but where pay is due, pay is due :)

[Digitalosophy]

Originally posted by Colin Campbell
I'd say roughly $85 american. Theres nothing incredible about your site, but where pay is due, pay is due :)

ehh i dont knwo about $85, that won't even cover webhosting. i'd say about $4-500

[ScHAmPi]

Yeah of course if he had to pay the hosting too but I don't think he had. If it's for the designing only I'm sure 75 $ will be enough!

[Yeldarb]

I'd say charge by the hour, take what you want to charge as an hourly wage and multiply it by the number of hours you worked.

[CanadianGuy]

Originally posted by Colin Campbell
I'd say roughly $85 american. Theres nothing incredible about your site, but where pay is due, pay is due :)

You're kidding right?

I'd say at the very least $400 and that's taking into consideration that they're you're employers and this site was done kinda like a favor.

Think about how much money they'll spend on a newspaper ad that only runs for a day?

[mrhines1]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies.

I was personally thinking around the $200 range which interestingly enough, falls between the 2 extremes mentioned. So maybe I'll stick with that and see what they say.

I can't charge by the hour because I hadn't kept track. I just worked on the site when I was bored or had time. But I am curious as to what any of you charge on an hourly basis.

I have nothing to do with the hosting, but they will be looking for a new host in the next few months. I have looked at a few options and Media Temple looks like a good choice at the moment. Have any of you dealt with them and how was the experience?

Once again, thanks for the input!!!

[Yeldarb]

www.siteflip.com is also very good, depending on what you need and the number of visitors you are expecting.

[McGuffin]

$200 sounds good, depending on whether you're hosting or not. It also depends on what you want for it. You didn't seem too willing to accept lots of money, sorry for the low estimate :P

[colorpixels]

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[ScHAmPi]

Sorry but what are you trying to tell ous here, colorpixels? These links... This topic was just made to ask ous how mutch he should ask for making the site.

[CanadianGuy]

lol. Maybe those links are actually his signature.

[McGuffin]

Signatures have the line to separate post from signature, so he definitely posted the links ;P

[dboers]

I presume that the people talkin about 75 euro or US talking about a price per hour, because when you mean 75 for the job I'm affraid that in a couple of years we will have a lot of homeless people in the world because nobody can pay the rent. Just make an estimation of how many hours the job took you and charge about 50 US or euro an hour

[dreamer]

I would charge very little. these really little good design here. Not a complex site to make. Its very basic. I would charge less then $80USD.

[sanman918]

i own a web design company, and yes its nothing advanced but i would charge around $500 or up for that site. These poor *** kids on these forums dont understand your providing a service, and web design is a talent. $500 is nothing for a business such as a golf course, which brings in thousands every month. I would say $35/hour for designing a site is a VERY fair price.

[Digitalosophy]

Originally posted by sanman918
These poor *** kids on these forums dont understand your providing a service, and web design is a talent. $500 is nothing for a business such as a golf course, which brings in thousands every month.

Not sure who you are referring to, but relax . Like you said KIDS..... Some of these reponses are coming from teenagers.

[sanman918]

i am relaxed, i just dont want to see someone who is providing a service and should be getting paid well for something they have provided, not get what he/she deserves because he/she got bad information about people who dont have the knowledge to give an adequete response.

[Digitalosophy]

i agree, i actually gave the same figure you did. actually i couldn't agree more with you. however referring to kirupa members a poor *** kids is not tolerated here.
=)

[sanman918]

agree, i wasn't referring to kirupa members only i was referring to half the kids doing web design as a "company" on the internet. So I wasn't directing it towards kirupa members.

[mrhines1]

In case any of you were wondering, they ended up paying me $200. That was fair enough to me since, as some have pointed out, it wasn't a very complex site. Plus they are going to pay me for updating it throughout the year.

Thank you all for your input!

[Lost]

Ask for more if your going to be updating it, they paid you for the website, not the extra time you have to put into updating it.

just a thought

[sanman918]

Plus they are going to pay me for updating it throughout the year.

They will be paying him to maintain the site. :crazy:

[ScHAmPi]

Hmm fair enough...

[dr.ew]

the easiest way to figure what to charge: Ask yourself realistically what wage you deserve/need for your work per week...ie after rent, groceries, etc, i need at least 350/week. plus, i have x experience and x skills i had to draw on for this project so that # gets bumped up to say $550. Now divide that by 40 and figure out how many hrs it took you to complete, from conception to completion...now multiply the 2, and thats what u should charge.
Trying to find out what the 'going rate' is is often hard to do. Also, this sort of logic keeps the pay for all designers at a standstill: everyone is too concerned with having the same/lower price than everyone else, rather than charging what they need to in order to make a living. You think television ad agencies got rich by making sure they undercharged? If you are providing a service, then like all other services, the cost of sustaining that service and the cost of sustaining your own standard of living must be reflected in the price. This is the only way that new media designers will get the respect and pay that they deserve, alongside the designers and cultural producers of other media.

Having said all that, i'd charge 4-500$. =]

[mariofan]

some of the above comments are some of the most insultive ones ive seen on these forums....