[Rookie CEO]

Hello Everyone,

I have recently started a new Web Design and Development business in the United States.

Our Small Business is in correspondence with our first client about pricing and service requirements.

I have a few questions to ensure we conduct our Web buisiness in a professional and fair manner.

We constructed the following pricing chart:

Services and Rates

Web Page Design
The following prices are for a basic web page design of one - two pages. Prices include: Text, 1 Scanned Image, 3 months of maintenance, and search engine registration.

Personal Page (intended for personal use or resume) -- $59.95
Business Page (any page intended to generate income) -- $99.95
Each Additional Page (text only) -- $12.95
Additional Graphics/Images -- @ $5.00
CGI forms & JavaScript -- priced according to script


Full Site Developement
Full Site Developement includes any or all of the following: scanning and editing of images, logo design, custom graphics, forms, java scripting, asp, search engine registration, hit counter, six months of maintenence.

Full Site Developement - $30.00 p/hr (Flat fee can be negotiated)
Redesigning of existing web pages ** - $30.00 p/hr (Flat fee can be negotiated)


Custom Template Design
Template Design (.psd format) - $15.00

Template Design (HTML or PHP w/.psd) - $30.00



Flash Design
We provide Flash design on a per-job basis. Please contact us if you are interested.



Consulting
Consulting is done on a one time fee basis. If you decide to hire KTS to redesign or create the site the consulting fee will be waived or applied to that fee.

Site & Design Consultations- $75.00 flat fee


Hosting
KAM Technology Solutions recommends using Verio, which we use, for all your hosting needs. Reliable service, excellent customer support, and fantastic web hosting plans.

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Q1: Is this a reasonable Price chart, what other service variables should be taken into consideration to maximize our business' potential and revenue?

Q2: What should be a reasonable monthly charge to maintain my client's site after development? The client also wants us to locate, set up and manage the hosting of the site, how should I factor in a monthly charge for this?

Synopsis of Job:

Our Client would like us to administer the following services:

-Design, construct and develop and maintain website
-Locate, setup and manage Hosting
- perform periodic updates

Q3. What should we be charging for this service?
(Note: Currency exchange irrelevant in this case. We will perform the necessary excahange)

Thank you in advance

[Brown]

you are having a bobble hat.

[ACCTeam]

Wow...I would have thought this to be the right place to see a question like that...but no one with a good answer bothered to even help...what gives???

I think this is a very good question and feel that some of the pro's or experts who have done business for a long time should spare some advice...truly looking forward to reading.



Thanks,

[Scott]

just because you have frontpage doesnt mean you can setup a web design company.

[pgo]

Charging by the page is a bad, bad idea. What happens when a client realizes, "Hey, I can make what should be a 30 page site into one really, really long page for $99.95!"

Charge per project. Figure out how long (work hours) it'll take you to go from brief to launch and multiply by an hourly rate you feel is fair for your level of skill and your market.

Time x Rate = Quote

Same goes for a maintenance contract. How much time per month would you spend updating? If you say, $20/month for "periodic updates" - what if the client calls you every day and says, "Add a page" and this and that. Set strict limits on what qualifies as a "periodic update" - content? design? functionality?

Time/month x Rate = Monthly Maintenance Quote

Consult a lawyer for legal issues and contracts and consult a CPA for tax information.

And before you start a business in something be sure you have a solid portfolio together and get some experience and expertise under your belt.

Why do I say that? Because, I see plenty of things above that lead me to believe you don't really know what you're doing. First, your primary concern is "How much do I charge?" not "Am I using professional techniques and best practices that will best serve my clients' interests?"

Second, there's not a single mention of CSS, which should be the cornerstone of any web design company's skillset. Third is "java scripting" - Java and JavaScript are two totally different and unrelated languages.