Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)

date posted 6th March 2008 18:37

My two bob's worth....

I'm currently running about 15 sites on a monthly maintenance basis having
charged between Ł200 and Ł2,000 as set up charges depending on size and
requirements. The monthly maintenance rate includes hosting and ranges from
Ł30 to Ł100 each. For that I will do any amendments/updates to existing
pages but charge extra if new pages or functionality is required.

All of my customers have come from referral and are happy to pay that even
if on some months there are no amendments required. Equally I'm happy to do
any number of amendments - swings and roundabouts really.

In itself, it's not enough to earn a living, but referrals have also led to
3 major content management contracts that have gone way beyond the earning a
living level. My time is split about 80/20 in favour of the CMS contracts
and suits very well.

The only problem is, it's taken me five years to get to this situation, but
it all came from satisfied small business customers.

Regards,

Sid Draper

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Moore" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)

I deal with small companies at the moment and they don't have budgets
set. Sure they sometimes have marketing budgets but they always forget
the website. I find it's good to give them a few options and build 2-3
quotes around it.

For any changes, text, image, etc I charge by the hour and round it up
by 15 minutes. Text change normally takes about 15-30 mins (inc.
admin, emails and testing) so I'd charge between Ł15-Ł30 depending if
they have a support contract with me.

I think Ł70 for a small text update is a rip off and I think customers
would soon realise this too. Wouldn't they get pissed off with you and
never come back to use you again at that kind of price? If it really
takes an hour to change a bit of text on a website then somethign is
wrong!

Saying that though you can get away with it with larger companies.

On 6 Mar 2008 18:52:46 -0000, a [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I've been thinking about a "what's your budget" sort of approach.
> Although
> the last time I tried it they wanted a price. What would you say is a
> fair
> price for a CMS I was going to start with Ł70 for a text update, Ł100 one
> text and one graphic.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Cartmell" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
>
>
> >
> >> I'm a big fan of budget-driven quotes. Get an idea of what the client
> can
> >> afford to spend, then tailor what is included to suit.
> >
> > Forgot to mention my current-favourite analogy: building a website is
> like
> > building a brand-new house.
> >
> > When talking to an architect or builder about building a
> custom-designed
> > house, the first thing you do is specify the available budget, and
> almost
> > always a suitable contingency amount for when things unexpectedly cost
> > more. The house you get is then the best possible for the money you can
> > afford, so long as the architect and builder are experienced, skilled,
> and
> > honest. The house will be unique in look and will have exactly the
> > features you want. It will also have potential to expand to add more
> space
> > or features.
> >
> > For the cheaper end of the market, you buy a ready-built house on an
> > estate of houses that all have pretty-much the same design, and for a
> > known price. Or you buy a flat in a building with lots of other
> > very-similar flats in it. These sorts of houses usually don't have the
> > potential to expand to add more space or features, so you are more
> likely
> > to want to move in the future.
> >
> > Anthony
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