The most common thing new freelance designers want to know is “how much should I charge?” While the answer to that question depends on many factors, most of which are personal to you and your clients, it can help to get a good idea of how much other designers are charging.
Here some About.com readers have described how much they would charge for a basic website with the following characteristics:
- A brochure website with 5-10 pages
- All images and content provided by customer
- Needs to be done within 3 weeks
- Customer will handle maintenance
- There are several videos that need to be included on the site
Always assume it will take longer than you think
I would charge a flat rate since it is a job with clear cut parameters. I assume that it would take about 8 hours to create a several sample designs for the site and to make updates to them after cli…
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Costs Increase for Multiple Language Support
5-7 pages to be built and take about 3 weeks, and including with simply Contact Form or SEO for customers and prepare the images and content in other Languages ith using Photoshop to edit the photo w…
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3 Weeks Rush Job for $99 Per Page
At $99 per page, on average, that's a very low figure for a complex site with videos and with a rush request. It is true that potential clients, due to the horrible economy and zero growth in the US,…
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iSqware Charges $50 per Hour
it s based on an hourly rate, however we also charge £6/month for hosting and prefer to keep the clients website on our server as it made it easy for us to maintain the website and do the approp…
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