Posted by nice.guy.nige on 04/11/06 20:29

While the city slept, Chris (no@no.com) feverishly typed...

> Can anyone recommend a book(or any source) that gives good guidelines
> for web design/development pricing guidelines? I was reading the
> amazong reviews of the 'Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing &
> Ethical Guidelines' and it seems to be well respected but what I see
> from the reviews is that it's geared more toward print design and not
> the web, and that the web guidelines are a bit outdated.

See what people are charging in your local area. If you think you are better
than them, charge more. If you think they are better than you, charge less
until you are better than them.

Also, work out what you think you should be earning (be realistic - we'd all
like B.Gates' paycheque, but we ain't gonna get it!), work out how many
hours you will be working, and divide one by the other. Remember though that
you are getting the money from your clients - not only to pay for your time
while you work on their site - but also to pay for your time doing non-dev
things such as paperwork, tax-returns, promoting your business and finding
new work, keeping your skills up-to-date (that includes paying for courses,
buying periodicals, spending time on places like, erm... here!), so factor
that time and expense into your equation.

You can also take a look here:
http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Web_design_business

Hope that helps,
Nige

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