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Old September 5th, 2005, 05:09 PM
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Ok, i dont actually need a website making, i need an estimate on how much you would charge for the following project.

The project is for a bus company which will have about 5 pages including a CMS which will enable the administrator to
1. add / delete news
2. add / delete bus service information
3. add / delete job vacancies.

I have made a prototype, which shows the layout and how it will look when its finished. There is currently no dynamics as this is just for the client to see what the end product will be like and to give approval before i commence the rest of the work.

The prototype can be seen -> www.impulsive-solutions.co.uk/isbus

Now i have been given a budget but i was wondering, how much would you realistically charge for a project of this size. I estimate it will take me another day to complete it + the 5 hours it has taken me in planning and prototype design.

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Old September 5th, 2005, 05:46 PM
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I'd come up with an hourly rate for programming. Companies around where I live I've seen charge 800$ and above for static websites. Say like 50-75 an hour for it, that still comes out to be pretty fair.
Of course this is here in the us, not sure what its like over there in uk.

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I reckon you should be looking to charge £750-£1000, what kind of budget have they given you?
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Well I suggest they are taking the p!ss!

If it was purely a static site then a few hundred quid is normal. With a CMS though they are effectively making sure they don't need you to do any updates saving even more cash.

The only time I would do a site this cheap is if I was looking to build up my portfolio, but I wouldn't provide a CMS.

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Old September 6th, 2005, 05:17 AM
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thats what i was thinking portfolio wise. It will look great on mine so i may opt to do it for cheap, hmmmmm decisions decisions. Plus i dont have any other work on the cards anyway...

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But there's cheap and then there's really cheap! How about offering to do the intial site for 100 without a CMS?

Are you doing this work in your spare time or you trying to make a go of it full time?

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Old September 6th, 2005, 05:29 AM
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spare time, although i would go forit full time if the business came my way

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I'm the same with my company. If you think doing this job for a dirt cheap price would get you any more work then perhaps it's worth it.

It's your call but the danger of doing work too cheap is that people might regard you as a bit of a cowboy. Companies generally expect to pay a certain price for every product go too cheap and it could do more harm than good.

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I see your point, i could opt for advertising as a method of payment but then another issue arises, see this post... http://forums.devshed.com/t286781/s.html

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You can't really be considering this for £100, there's a serious element of urine extraction afoot.

Are you getting hosting, and domain registration, and support, nah forget it man.

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well my original esitmate was £800 and since it has been confirmed i was pretty much spot on with that. There are a couple of reasons i would consider it

1. Its my first commercial website (i.e. for a proper company)
2. Advantages for my portfolio
3. Recipricol linking back to my page would increase the chance of further business.

Maybe i will just make it static and if they want the CMS installed, then i will charge extra.

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