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Old October 16th, 2005, 08:12 PM
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charging local company's

Ok, i started a new job as a php/mysql programmer.. now i need help in one thing... as you can see prices on the net and prices for local company's are different... so anyways.. what i wanted to know was how much should you charge local company's per project... like ie

3-5+ pages of html
3-5+ pages of php + html
3-5+ pages of php + html + mysql

and lets not forget how much would you charge to create local php programs for certain company's

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Old October 16th, 2005, 08:39 PM
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Well, keeping in mind that (A) I'm 15, (B) I live in the US, (C) They probably won't specifically want standards compliance, and (D) that I don't personally know the companies and don't feel obligated to give great prices:

1. About $50
2. About $85
3. About $100
4. Probably about $250, if it's a normal program, not too huge, uses mysql and php.

You know, I really should work on making my work standards compliant. I'll do it come my next project.
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Well, keeping in mind that (A) I'm 15, (B) I live in the US, (C) They probably won't specifically want standards compliance, and (D) that I don't personally know the companies and don't feel obligated to give great prices:

1. About $50
2. About $85
3. About $100
4. Probably about $250, if it's a normal program, not too huge, uses mysql and php.

You know, I really should work on making my work standards compliant. I'll do it come my next project.


Is that for the whole project or per hour?

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Old October 16th, 2005, 08:44 PM
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What if they required updates would you charge extra or would you include it in the package?

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Ok i really need some serious prices here... because $50.00 is not a serious price, i spend day's and night trying to learn php/mysql just about 4 years ago and i am not going to change no damn $50.00 for 3-5+ pages of what ever. Im going to be dealing with big company's here.. im talking about car dealers, insurance etc etc...

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Old October 16th, 2005, 09:17 PM
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ABOUT $120 to $200 per html page depending on content. The problem is, what is the content? Putting a link on a page with an image is a lot easier than an order sheet hooked into mysql. Judging what to charge only comes from experience, unfortunately.