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This is a continuation from my Introductory thread in the "Newbie" forum. But I would like to pose the same question here, since it is par for this thread.

I was wondering how much, when I'm starting out, should I charge people to build/host their websites?

One person suggested to start out low (which I think is a good idea) at first, I was getting an idea about it, by Googling the rates of some designers, and I was thinking "Woooah Momma" talk about big bucks, didn't think it was that big.

Esp for a person who just wants a Non-business site, perhaps a site with personal info on it and that's it.

So any idea what can I charge?

I've come up with these ideas so far.

1. Should I figure how much for a hosting service...say like 10 bucks a month to host, and then do a mark-up?
2. Man-hours (hard to determine here, depending on what you're doing)

Also, I don't have skill sets for certain things, like Flash programing (don't know much about flash, so if someone wants a "Flash" intro....they might not be interested.

I could post a whole lot more questions, but this it for now....thanks

#2 (permalink)

If you're going to be working mostly around where you live, you can charge higher rates because you will have less competition, and you can meet one on one with your clients.

I would suggest starting out with an hourly rate; $25 an hour is reasonable for a compotent designer who is just starting out. As you learn more and get more clients, raise your rates.

Tom
TheGreatTrafficExperiment.com

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In addition TO, the per hour rate...should I charge extra for the monthly hosting...say the company I'm with charges 10.00 per month, can I charge say, 15-20 bucks a month, or leave those the way they are?

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i build websites and i never though of charging people per hour i usually charge a few hundred depending on what they.

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The price of the hosting must depend on what it is offering. If you are offering 20mb with 2gb of bandwidth, it doesnt even worth 10$ Otherwise the average price of hosting is between 10 - 20$ CAD ($7 - $15 USD). Also, making some package for your customers (design+hosting) may be more interesting than a single service and sometimes, the "smarter" ones say that the package is a rebate. (Please, don't do things against the consumer protection law..this is illegal if your regular price of your hosting+design is the same thing than your actual rebate)

However, you must find your own marketing strategies. I suggest you to browse various hosting and design web site to know more about what I said in this post.

I hope that I helped you,
Regars,
Mike

Ipbcoders.com

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Think you're selling yourself a bit short with $25ph for design and development - I guess it depends how fast you work also!

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