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02 February 2007

How much to charge to design a webpage? A friend of mine is doing a VERY SIMPLE webpage for his boss, who is so technically illeterate (sic, heh) that my friend has to show him how to play a DVD on the computer. It would be a simple three-column main page with maybe a couple linked pages. Boss has plenty of cash. How much to charge?

post by: shane at: 08:24 | 10 comments

How much fits up the whazoo in small bills?

posted by ethylene 02 February | 08:27

The greek chorus seems to think a tightly rolled $250 is still mighty easily comfortable.
Oh, those greeks.

posted by ethylene 02 February | 08:37

One MILLION dollars!

posted by matildaben 02 February | 10:12

Charge the highest of what the market will bear.

posted by safetyfork 02 February | 10:21

Assuming that he's designing this site from scratch, and that he'll probably be providing help with writing content that doesn't suck, I wouldn't charge less than 500 GBP for that.

But that's me doing a business website for a client. A casual job for your boss might require a different pricing strategy.

posted by chrismear 02 February | 10:24

You can run into problems even on simple pages, so charge by the hour ($50) with some kind of minimum ($300-$400 sound about right).

posted by dno 02 February | 10:26

i agree. $50/hr w/a $400 minimum sounds about right.

if it was for a friend, i'd do it for a six-pack of good beer and an eighth. but that's just me. i work cheap.

posted by syntax 02 February | 10:37

Hehe... in Buffalo, about $28,000 a year.

posted by kellydamnit 02 February | 11:20

Thanks, all.

posted by shane 03 February | 12:21

what dno said... charge by the hour

posted by Wedge 03 February | 15:31

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