What shall I charge?

Question

Okay, I have just done some work for a client. 7 pages but I have done him templates so he can keep using it to modify and add pages. Each page took me around 2.5 - 3 hours, what shall I charge? I am not a profesional designer but the work is good qaulity and browser compatible. Help?

Answer 1

there are a couple of factors
1. it should cover your expenses
2. don't overcharge if you want do more business with this person/firm
3. though you're writing an invoice now, you surely did an estimation of costs , or at least a number poped up while you where discussing the task

4. and remember (depending where you live at) there is some warranty.
so you better keep a signed description what you where supposed to do(contract) and what you did do(acceptance) in your records.


explanation:
1. you surely used some kind of tools
-some software
-some hardware
calculate how long you will have it (the work hours)
e.g. FLASH is about 800€
it renews lets say yearly
this makes
52weks/year *5workdays/week*8wh/workday
2080wh/year since it took you 10wh to build the pages he should pay 4€ of FLASH, or 0.5% of the software u used(10/2080)
and so on...

-of course there where some other expenses like power , and maybe paper and ink and anything u used

then since you advanced the money for the expenses was somehow risky , you should charge some interest. (100%? ;) )

oh and by the way you don't write that this detailed in an invoice
it's kind of a basic fee per work hour

2. there are others out there which can do stuff like that, too.
so don't charge higher than what others would charge
if 50%+ of any people can do that, charge 10€/h or less
if 15%+-->20€/h or less
if 8%+-->40€/h or less
if less than 2%-->80€/h

though that appears much it isn't since an employee doesn't get what the firm may charge for him, they usually charge twice the employees wage.

and then there is still the financial situation of the client, if you know the client can't afford it, you may decrease the amount.

if you might want further orders it would be wise to be cheaper(30%-40% off) the first time, but do that only if you are sure you performed everything completely satisfying, and fast.(far before the deadline or shortly after the order was received)

3.dont go to far over what you said while discussing the problem

4.you should let sign an acceptance where you put detailed information about what the task was and how(the code itself) you completed it.
store that in your records for at least as long as warranty is in your country
don't forget to include tax
(in Germany, if you don't exceed a certain limit then no taxes need to be included.
however an information needs to be placed at the invoice)

P.S.: € is about $

and you probably didn't use FLASH, but its just an example.

however i think that good design, html and css can only be done by 25% or less of people so I'd say
about 210€

Answer 2

You should have arranged this before doing the work - what will you do now if your client refuses your fee?

As you're not a professional I would say £400 is a fair figure, if it really took you that long. Thats slightly more than £20 per hour. But ultimately it depends on how you value your time, and how good the site is in terms of usability, accessibility and having valid code, being bug free etc...

Answer 3

If the work is truly of good quality (the same quality as the client would have gotten by engaging a consulting firm to do the work) then $50 an hour is a fair fee. BTW - Next time you might want to negotiate the fee up front.

Answer 4

I know someone who made a web template for £50. If youve done 7 pages then i suppose above £200 at least. maybe £350?

Answer 5

Cost really should have been discussed before the work was done, and a contract written up, but if he is happy with the work, give him a price you feel is acceptable for what you have done, and see if he agrees to it. Next time, get it contracted, or you may be doing work for someone who won't pay and you'll have wasted your time and effort. Good Luck

Answer 6

well if you're freelance put it this way- how much were you paid hourly in your best paid job?
take that and double it- so in theory in the UK minimum wage is something like £5.50 so you would charge £11
Basically if he wants the work and likes it he will pay whatever- charge higher then if hes like ohhh thats too much - say well I can offer you it at X but thats it- really you shouldn't have to negotiate the client will realise he is paying for the work- and I bet you will charge less than a massive company!!!

Answer 7

At least £20 per hour for the work done

Answer 8

£900

Answer 9

I guess if I were you, I'd find out by researching the cost of such a task from begining to end. And charge accordingly. Good-Luck!

Answer 10

I take it this is a web site. If you want, I'd be more than happy to look at it and give you an idea for what you should charge for it