How, and how much to bill as a web designer?

Posted by admin on January 25th, 2010 and filed under web designer | 3 Comments »

I have done an intern as a web designer, and a business approached me asking if I would do a web page for them. I am capable of all that they need, but don’t know how, or how much to bill them. There are so many ways to charge I’m not sure what works best, and prices vary so much I’m not sure what average even is. I want to be professional, so How, and how much should I charge? Suggestions?

Hi Bogely,

I charge $55 USD per hour.
Regardless of the size of the project, I maintain a flat rate.

Of course, my work is very professional, and it’s well-worth the money.

There are three mutually self-supporting components in your project which must be in balance:
COST: How much you can charge
SCOPE: How large the project is
SCHEDULE: How soon the customer wants it

If you can balance these up front, then you can give a realistic estimate and not exceed cost, not allow scope creep, and deliver within the defined schedule.

Best regards,

subexpression

3 Responses

  1. kro Says:

    You charge based on the difficulty of the project and the amount of time you determine it will take you to finish.

    You have to break down the project by gathering all the requirements first then on your own figure out how many hours it will take you to do each part.

    Since it’s your first site you can’t charge as much as a Pro per hour. Depending on how good you think you are maybe 15 to 20 dollars an hour. Then give them the overall price like 350 dollars.
    References :
    BE Computer Science

  2. bapi Says:

    If you design static page,then normal charge-5000/rs(india) for 20 page.And if you design dynamic page,then normal charge-350 /rs(india) for each page.
    References :

  3. subexpression Says:

    Hi Bogely,

    I charge $55 USD per hour.
    Regardless of the size of the project, I maintain a flat rate.

    Of course, my work is very professional, and it’s well-worth the money.

    There are three mutually self-supporting components in your project which must be in balance:
    COST: How much you can charge
    SCOPE: How large the project is
    SCHEDULE: How soon the customer wants it

    If you can balance these up front, then you can give a realistic estimate and not exceed cost, not allow scope creep, and deliver within the defined schedule.

    Best regards,

    subexpression
    References :
    http://www.tripleconstraint.com/

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