I will generally offer a cost estimate based on an outline of the client's requirements. I'll only give an official quote if the client has a fully scoped project brief that goes into granular detail. Otherwise I would charge a consultancy fee to scope the project out before quoting for it. Before I knew better, I spent a lot of time scoping out projects for free just so I could quote for them only to never hear from the client again. Project scoping and IA are a vital part of a Web project and should be charged for. |