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emiljj
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« on: November 19, 2002, 04:17:00 PM »

I'm starting a small web design/maintenance business for the experience and a little extra money, so I would like to ask any of you webmasters if you have advice for a newcomer.

Just for a quick background, I've been coding in html for about 3 + years, I know Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator pretty well, and am currently learning PHP, XML, JSP.  I plan on doing mostly front end stuff at first (html, css, javascript, graphics) and then move into more advanced back end programming. For now, I'll outsource any back end programming that I can't handle.

My questions are:

What's the going rate for web design? Is it typically based per hour or per project?

What's a reasonable time frame to deliver a full 5-10 page web site to a client? 20 pages?

What are some common caveats when dealing with clients, especially those that are not web-savvy?

Does anyone know of a good, reliable source for programmers (php, cgi, asp, jsp, flash) who would be interested in small projects from time to time? Perhaps within the realm of Lunar Pages?

Any advice, answers, or suggestions are welcome. I'm new at LP so I look forward to all the wisdom and candor found here at the forums.

-Emil
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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2002, 05:18:00 AM »

i believe the average rate among graphic designers is something like 15-35 dollars an hour. however, with websites, you're better off on a per project basis. i'd recommend doing it as custom consulting, discussing pricing on a per project basis. if someone needs a few graphics and a paragraph or two, it should cost to much, if they need/want a graphics intensive site with rollovers and fancy pants stuff like that, it should obviously cost more. i've seen around 50 bucks for a simple few page site, to thousands for databases with all sorts of hoohaw and doodads and such. basically experiment with your first few clients. find out what there budget is, and then offer them what you are willing to do for that price. and always remember. if something takes the average person 1 hour, but it takes you 45 minutes, you still charge liked it took an hour  "[Wink]"

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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2002, 04:07:00 PM »

Thanks Brian for the tips and info.

-Emil
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