How much for a website?

Electric said:
Geez, I quoted someone R2500 for a site and they gave me a :wtf:
He clearly wanted it for free.
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Yeh this industry is cut throat.
I guess it stems also from people being misinformed.
They got alot of spam emails , like websites for R299 .
And thats the range they expect to pay .

Many also don't understand the difference, between some one designing from scratch
or using a template , or using free templates with wordpress (or the likes )

Once the client is educated with the correct info , and you as a web designer have at least gotten
a basic brief , a fair price can be determined.
Also depends on the type of client : (My opinion , views)

Family or friends (who want sites for their business or personal blogs): i advise them to go cms and template route. ( so they don't feel offended with you giving them a quote which they might see as excessive). Then help them setup , only takes a few hours of your life.

very Small / home businesses : Advise them use wix , or woza online

Small / home businesses :(want to sell online) Advise them eshop.co.za , shopify

Other clients . have a meeting , discuss a strategy , plan , e.g
start of basic website - add product catalogue - add shopping cart - pos integration
Build a long term relationship .

Always make clear detailed quotes , clients have a tendency to ask you to add features as you developing , make sure they understand all new features will be charged at your stipulated hourly rate.

ALWAYS TAKE A DEPOSIT WHEN WORKING WITH A CLIENT FOR THE FIRS TIME
IF YOU SENDING ARTWORK , SEND JPGS UNTIL YOU RECEIVE PAYMENT THEN SEND PSD, ETC

My 2c

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http://www.squarespace.com is also good low budget
 
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JanvN said:
Just for interest sake, how much did you charge Discovery for the W8 app that is listed in your portfolio?
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I didnt. The company I worked for charged them. I can thumb suck a figure if you are desperate
 
Purply said:
Ye, like anything in life, you pay what you pay and there is always someone that does it for cheaper.

We happy to pay 11k irregardless
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Although 11K seems steep, your site looks great! And great sites take time!! You can setup a wordpress or joomla site in a couple of hours, but then you will end up with a site that is only a couple of hours worth (R1500-R3000).

We would have probably quoted you around 8-10K for your site. But 11K is still not a bad price.

I wish we can get more clients that understand that altough we use CMS to setup most of our sites, great websites take time, and that will cost you a bit more. ;)

My thoughts.
www.uniqhost.co.za
 
Hypothetical situation :

Say I sold a free website with every Samsung monitor bought - how could I limit what their idea of a free website is?

So in the terms, what would need be added?
Limited to 5 pages?
Limited to certain space (MB)?
Static site only?
Offer a few template design choices only?
What els
 
So what isn't dumb?

In other words they really do a free website - but do I keep it basic?
 
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