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Old 29-11-2006, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by RedCardinal View Post
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?
I tend to agree here - brochure sites are a dime a dozen these days, and to pay 2K plus for one, is, well insanity. I would expect to deliver some kind of CMS if the price starts hitting the thousands.

And yes I am a developer - of websites (insert evil laugh)
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