Thread: What price do you charge?

Yes, we've all experienced that

"Well I asked this team out in xxxxxx, it was really cheap but now my website isn't working or the design I got was not good enough" lol

So if you know your work is GOOD and you also know you are "as competitive" as another provide who is GOOD then you won't have any problems.

Why? because those customers who have experienced the "not so good" (and they will try as money talks) will come back to you as they know your level of service is GOOD.

I bet each web provider who reads this thread will know of a customer who left them, tried some where else, but later has returned back.

...............It is sad to see a customer leave, but when you know your service level is good (and your price is competitive) then you just need to move on (you may just see them again v.soon)

Nice post by James on this very topic:
What should I be charging for webdesign? | James Larkin

I looked at that "Share your web price." site and was happy to see I was charging the average (€41.75). My fee is €45.00 per hour. I only charge while working on a clients site. If he changes his mind 20 times that thats his business. But its always made clear that he is on an hourly rate.

It's fascinating to see the bell curve on prices above...

The difficulty with clients in this industry is making them aware of the value they are getting for the money... The problems I've seen are that some professional agencies are ripping off their clients in areas like SEO...

I recently independently evaluated a site from this perspective and the company hadn't even got unique titles on the various pages of their site yet they were charging a fortune for strategic keyword placement on the site... It's this kind of thing that will give us all a bad name.

My advice for what it's worth is charge whatever it takes to make you happy to do a good job... if you are going to begrudge the work because you're not paid enough you won't do a good job. Obviously large agencies have to charge through the nose because they've got a lot of mouths to feed and they can also draw on a lot of experienced people, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a better website for your buck IMHO.