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Hey Everyone - I am completely new to this forum, so I hope I am not violating any rules by asking this question. I have been asked to create a website for a medium sized business, and have absolutely NO idea what to charge. This is the first website that I will have designed for a client. Can you all help me determine a price?
MY EXPERIENCE - I have never been to school for web design or any design for that matter. I have built 5-6 websites, including a large e-commerce website for a family member of about 400 pages, however all the experience I have is from creation of my own personal sites, until now. Im located in Peoria, ILLINOIS
WHAT I KNOW - The company is on a budget and hiring me because they know I am experienced, but do not have the formal skill set that students or professionals would have. So I know they expect my quote to come in lower. They want this quoted AS A JOB. Not hourly. However my intention is to figure out how many hours I think I need to complete the job and multiply it by an hourly rate to end up with an overall job cost. This is a ground up design, NOT a redesign.
SPECIFICATIONS -
- HTML, CSS, JAVA Script coding.
- The site will be roughly 60 pages.
- It will utilize a CMS.
- 3 initial layout options to choose from
- 6 custom company logo options to choose from (I have been asked to create the new company logos from the client)
- 40 images of royalty- free stock images
- Custom editing of website images and 2 revisions to each custom edited photo (Photoshop editing)
- Some custom graphic work (estimated at about 15 hours)
- 9 meetings with the client to discuss project, plan, implement, discuss content etc.
- Light SEO including search engine submission, Naturalized SEO, and other simple SEO techniques
- 4 week free maintenance period for problems pertaining to code only.
Because I have so much to learn regarding this site, and because it is rather large, I have estimated it to take me around 250 hours. Does that sound ridiculous!?!
I need so much help! I dont want to sell my soul and way undercut myself, but I dont want to be overpriced for my skill set either. CAN YOU GUYS HELP!!??? Give me an idea of what you think is a reasonable amount for this job?
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