Comments on: What Everyone Ought to Know About Web Design Pricing

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:49:21 +0000

@Leon: Yes, web design can be easier than this and I could purchase a template but most of the folks that hire me, hire me because they don’t want a template. Sure, I could purchase the template, wade through someone else’s crap code and then give the client a cheap site. However, how many cheap sites do I have to do a month to pay the bills? How many clients will I have to say, “Sorry, I don’t have time for you.” I’d much rather go with a client that actually pays the going rate and have one or two GOOD projects a month than doing a bunch of crap projects that I left the corporate world to get away from anyway.

I don’t begrudge anyone who makes their living that way because we’ve all got to make a buck, however I do have an issue with people who think the service I provide and the service your describe go part and parcel because they don’t.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:34:00 +0000

But you’re forgetting that web design can be a hell of a lot easier than this! If you use open source cms and get the client to pick their own commercial template, thats most of the work done! Unless the client has VERY specific requirements, then all of what you mention is unnecessary..

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:24 +0000

Wow, thank you! I’ve been working for slave labor.
-Newbie developer.

Thanks for this posting!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Hey I really like what you have written here. I’m a web designer.. well I’m in college studying to become a professional web designer. But I’m always struggling with the business aspect of it all.. so this blog you wrote was very interesting and made me think. Thanks for taking the time to share this info.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:54:04 +0000

Something I read that really fits… A refridgeration repair person is called to fix a broken fridge. The repair person looks at the fridge, opens the door, listens, closes the door and walks around to the side of it and gives it a swift kick. The fridge rumbles and comes back to working order.

“That will be $100.00″ says the repair person. The client’s eyes widen and he says “$100.00 for kicking my fridge, are you out of your mind?!”

The repair person says “Im perfectly sane. $5.00 for kicking the fridge and $95.00 for knowing where to kick it.”

People sometimes forget that it takes skill and experience and that is a large chunk of the bill.

Cheers, great site!

By: karline

karline — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:43:39 +0000

excellent post. so well said.

By: Nate Sullivan

Nate Sullivan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:35:17 +0000

I’ve found that a client that doesn’t understand from the outset the value will never be educated – at least not by you (the web designer). They will need to go through a process of self education, hiring someone cheap and then being unsatisfied with the results.

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My Dev Blogs » Blog Archive » Starting a Web Project — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:24 +0000

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By: janis

janis — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:59:57 +0000

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By: janis

janis — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:09:04 +0000

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