When I'm done with a client's site, I'm going to charge a monthly cost for maintenance and any updates on the site. I'm not paying for hosting, just upkeeping the site. How much would one charge?
2007-09-05 07:14:38 · 2 answers · asked by Kevin C 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
I'd charge for your time after that point, per hour with a minimum of a full hour charge for each time you work on it.
2007-09-05 07:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by Julie L 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Monthly Website Maintenance Cost
2016-11-02 22:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by tatis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how you want to structure it, you could charge X per month/year to for maintainance, or charge for each time you do any work. For the latter I'd go with what Julie L said.
The former I'm not so sure about. There are people who sell sites for only a monthly charge (no lump sum upfront). And they charge about £20-£30 a month. So for basic maintainance, after the setup bill, I'd be tempted to go for something like £20 a quarter (£80 a year), but more if your updating content.
The final price depends entirely on how much work will go into it. The client might prefer a monthly fixed price so be prepaired for them to ask for one.
Don't forget that there may well be more money for you in a monthly charge, because they are paying regardless of wether or not anything goes wrong. It's like insurance :)
2007-09-05 07:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by patabugen 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I manage a number of websites and I generally find out first what my basic monthly duties will require and about how many hours a month that I will have to work on a site and turn that into a fixed monthly fee.
Some sites it's just a matter of checking on them each day (I call it babysitting) and then with some websites I have to spend up to 30 hours a month or more in updating content and fixing things. Other sites may require many more hours a month.
Also, you might be involved with customer technical support emails and this can add into extra hours on a busy site. Or, you might also be involved in marketing that site or making the site search engine friendly, and that can lead into extra hours.
So get an idea on how many hours you might be spending and then convert that into a monthly dollar amount. List on your invoice all the work that you do each month too to keep your client informed and allow them to easily contact you if they have questions.
Good Luck!
2007-09-05 07:30:45 · answer #4 · answered by desertcities 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends upon a lot of things... Did you charge a flat fee for the website? Divide that by the number of hours, then there's an hourly rate, que no?
Check in your newspaper, for last year's 10 best Web designers. Call them up. Ask what they charge for maintenance. Compare your skillsets. Charge accordingly.
Think about how DEMANDING and reasonable this client will be! (I have one client who, unforunately, is wont to call at odd hours of the night, demanding IMMEDIATE website changes, claiming a CRITICAL NEED, like "I NEED IT NOW!!!") Are you willing to put up with that? Charge accordingly.
How big is the website? How well did you code it, versus how well you'll be able to maintain your files? Will someone else have write-access to the files, making your maintenance more grief? Charge accordingly.
Do you have to manage a team of maintainers? Charge accordingly.
2007-09-05 07:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I charge £10 a month, and £25 an hour for anything beyond very minor changes.
2007-09-05 11:56:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
$150 - 200 /per month if there is not much to do, like 4-5 hours of work/week.
Over $300 if it involves daily checkups.
And about $1000 if you have to do serious work, like 5-6 hours/day.
2007-09-05 07:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by George G 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
My opinion it should be free service.
2007-09-05 07:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋