Basically I am looking for a price guide/standard. I am new to the pricing my own freelance and am looking for a helpful resource to get me started on pricing web designs and development as well as CMS. Sometimes I have to price logo designs as well.
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There’s a lot of factors that go into this, but if you really want to be universal, charge by the hour. It is not uncommon to see web developers make between $10 to $20 an hour or more. Most clients want a fixed cost, so you’ll need to factor in time spent coding their project (reuse will influence how much you can undercut the other guys), doing the design and layout, adding content, and any administrationconfiguration tools and training. You’ll of course need to do consultation to define their website and project goals. Be aware of off the shelf solutions that will save you both time and money. Do spec out time spent and costs of common projects such as blogging, entertainmentevent websites, ecommerce applications and business wikis so you’ll have ball park figures you can use.
Hosting must be discussed, who’s responsible for the final residing place of the project?
There’s also the matter of support to be discussed, are you available to fix problems after the contract is finished? When is the contract finished? How much will you charge for support? If there’s a problem with the hosting service, make sure they know you’re not responsible for fixing it, or consider that as part of support.