Hi. I am starting my freelance web designing business and need your advice on my offer. I am new to this so I have no idea how to charge, but I want to start with something. That is way I want the offer to be cheap. BUT am I selling myself for nothing or to cheap ? To create the websites I will be using WordPress so some of the options in the offer can be done in few minutes.



Your advice as to the offer and pricing would be appreciated.


-------------------------- THIS IS THE OFFER-------------------------

>>> £100 Blog, Real Estate, Web Design, Shop, Wedding Website - Free SEO, Gallery, Domain, Hosting, Logo, Full Setup! <<<

Due to the popularity, this offer is limited.

I am an experienced website and multimedia designer who is passionate about web designing. Now that I have some time I am offering a blog, website or shop setup service to a limited number of people. As you will note this is really an advance and full package.

This Package Includes:
1. Logo Design
2. Free Domain Name for 1 year – co.uk
3. One year Free Hosting
4. Blog installation and configuration
5. Comment sections for users
6. Unlimited number of Pages and Categories
7. Post, update all Articles, Images, Videos, Comments yourself
8. Calendar and Archive Pages by months and years
9. Blog Search option for users
10. Design of Latest Posts Section
11. Tutorial on how to use the blog
12. *Advance Search Engine Optimization, setup of:
Automatic Search Engine Submission system
Optimization of all Pages and Posts
Automatic submission system that adds all your content to Google and Yahoo!.
Automatic Search Engine Image Optimization
Friendly Links Optimization


For additional £50 I can also add:

13. Photo Album, Gallery Page with slide-show effects - very professional look.
14. Forum Integration – Unlimited Forums, Categories
15. Advance Spam Protection to all Posts, Pages
16. One click Integration of YouTube movies to your pages
17. Polls - Unlimited
18. Post Ratings
19. AdSense integration for Google Ads revenue if required
20. Web statistics – Google Analytics or Custom Statistics
21. Easy Managements of Comments
22. Option to E-mail to all registered users with one click.


I also offer for additional £30 installation and configuration of a software that will make posts submission so quick and easy as if you ware writing an e-mail in MS Outlook - this was a hit in my last promotion.

E-commerce, Shop + Add to Cart option, shopping basket + PayPal (credit card payments) integration starts from £300. (Unlimited number of Products, Pages, Categories)

All Domain will be registered in your name. I will also provide you with a 24 hours support during the first week of use. I will also give you my direct mobile number for emergencies. If you live close we can arrange a meeting to discuss your project.

For your list of services, providing you can really offer this and successfully implement it, I think you are charging far too low. maybe for a startup, charge around 300 Euros. I'm in the USA, and I'd charge like 400-500 for a startup freelance job. Once you get clients and begin to work, you can raise your price a couple hundred. In this industry, people will pay the money if you can do the work.

I used to offer super low prices for my services thinking that start-up companies would be interested. I found out that when I started to raise my prices to around $500 - $600 USD I was receiving far more business. The ironic thing is that the new business I was receiving was from the same market I was trying to reach with low pricing.

The fact of the matter is that if a new business has the knowledge or experience to survive they understand that everything, epically a website, is an investment. While this doesn't mean that they will let you rip them off it does mean that they understand what a fair price is.

If you price your product too low not only will you be surviving on bread and water for the next 6 months but you'll also make prospective clients question why your prices are so low.