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Originally Posted by davidbehan  Here's a standard spec for a brochure website with about 20 pages, no flash, no database or cms, and all content/logos/photography provided:
Consultancy
Graphic & Website Design
XHTML/CSS Coding
Website Setup
Content Insertion & Formatting
Standard Search Engine Optimisation
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How many man-hours do you think that kind of spec would take? TBH, with no back-end programming or content creation involved I think that paying over €2-4k for something like this would be criminal. (Just in case anyone wonders, I not a designer.)
Let's call a spade a spade - the above is often going to be 2 templates (homepage and content page) and I think the last 2 points in the spec are extraneous. In fairness, I don't know how long it takes to design (that's why I ask about man-hours), but the above spec doesn't even include a modicum of copywriting.
For €5-6k+ I would expect a full CMS (most especially if I'm going to get hammered when I want to add a new product page).
Of course, if you design very innovative and creative front-end then paying a premium for that design is accepted.
Perhaps I'm going too far against the grain here?