How to know your Web Design Prices
If you are a freelance designer and do not know how much you are going to charge and how exactly you will charge, here is an article that will guide you on how to set up a price for web design work. There are things that you need to consider before you quote a price.
Determining the project.
You need to know first what the project is. What it will entail? How many pages will need to be created or is the content will be written by the designer? Are the images will be created as part of the project or there are images that need to be used? Will there be software to be used like flash,
multimedia or programming?
Decide on where you will base your pricing.
Everyone has different opinions on how you should base your pricing, like Matthew Griffin wrote “7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Charge by the Hour” he stated there the seven reasons “It’s time consuming, It makes clients nervous, It encourages lower productivity, It lends itself to tedious website update work, It doesn’t stop feature creep, It severely cripples billing potential, and It encourages clients to abuse you.”On the other hand following Matt’s article, intervals posted “7 Reasons You Should Charge by the Hour” the seven reasons are “It’s a long term investment, It makes clients trust you, It encourages a better balance of work and personal life, It lends itself to reliable and predictable website update work, It stops feature creep, It enables billing potential and It stops clients from abusing you.” Both articles have pros and cons, but there are strategies you can follow to lead you on the positive side.
Experienced Web designer
Clients will more likely to pay an experienced web designer in different web design programs than a designer who is willing to do the job for just any price and do not have experience on other programs. You should be ready to explain your pricing strategy, what you are charging. The more web design experience you have, the more you will get what you pay for.
Is there a required long-term maintenance?
As a web designer makes sure that your clients have the maintenance covered, even though the client has not thought about it. Have a separate contract for that aspect if they expect you to cover it.
Most web designers will find that they need to prove themselves before they are able to get client that pays what they would like to make. Having a website of your own is an advantage, clients will see how well you do the web design, plus adding a portfolio of all the web designs you have done to your previous clients or previous company is great. They will more likely to hire you if you provided a sample quote of the finished web design you created, so that they have an idea on how much budget they need to prepare. Lastly, be honest with your clients, meet the deadline and tell them everything about the project.
