Re: FN-FORUM: What a shame !

date posted 9th August 2003 21:03

Jonathan Bolton [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> I have had emails from some designers saying that I have to pay huge
> fees to get a decent website because other freelance designers don't
> know what they are doing ! (no way to do business !)

Translation: good work will require paying reasonable fees, fair point.

> The most disappointing part of this whole experience is that the
> majority of people have not even read the brief ! I will not even
> consider those who did not answer the question of what a ballpark figur=
e
> would be,

Translation: I wanted a whole load of people to tell me how much this
idea is going to cost, to enable me to write the business plan for it,
but they didn't and now I'm going to whine about it.

Do you not consider it quite conscientious that potential bidders ask
lots of questions first to form a proper understanding of the requirement=
s?

Or would you rather deal with the kind of person who can read a vague
brief and just pluck a figure out of thin air?

Your brief had lots of scope for variables that could become simple or
complex. If you want proper quotes, go and write a proper brief detailin=
g
all the requirements, not some vague draft that has been knocked out in
an email.

> because not reading the brief does not fill me with confidence
> to give a designer the work.

This is more than just a job for a designer, there is a lot of back end
work to implement.

As for "Will require an unlimited webspace package with unlimited transfe=
r
per month."

No such thing, any ISP who does this you should steer well clear of,
because it means they don't have a viable business model.

-Paul-

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