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    #32
    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    all these people scoffing at charging a mere 800 euro for a brochure site are people who may build sites as a hobby but have no idea of the processes involved in delivering the site to a client.


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    #33
    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    The Corinthian wrote:

    As an aside to this, pre-bubble pricing was crazy; I priced a glorified brochureware site (with a bit of WML and a simple CMS) at just over £145k back in 2000. And the client paid too.

    Christ on a pogo stick that's some juice. How much do you think you'd be able to get for the same system now...out of interest.


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    #34
    yeraulone
    Registered Users Posts: 597 ✭✭✭yeraulone


    Set a fair hourly rate (based on your skills and abilities) and charge by the hour. I think you need to break down, how long its going to take you to build out a 5 page brochure website, give your timeline to the client, and base your price on that.

    I've been freelancing for seven years and it works for me.


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    #35
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    Rollo Tamasi wrote:
    Christ on a pogo stick that's some juice. How much do you think you'd be able to get for the same system now...out of interest.
    You should be able to get the same thing for under €5k as there really wasn’t anything to it. I qualified it with should as much of the price was inflated on the basis that they were a high maintenance client - so much of the effort had nothing to do with Web development or design. As such, they'd probably still be paying at least €30k today.


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    #36
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    py2006 wrote:
    Your completely mad!

    see Im not mad thanks The Corinthian, I have done research on this from different companies/designers around the country and this is what they charge.
    It is a market that most people dont know what the rates are but if you can deliver a good site and do it properly including how you present it to the customer all the way through the development then you can hit the jackpot.

    just google it and you'll find plenty of people charging these prices from Ireland.


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    #37
    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    You’re right there matt. The only problem is that the level of quality is not always up the standard you'd expect for your money. What was the name of that guy's site we looked at before? He was charging some load for the most horrid sites ever and yet he had a massive client base. It's crazy how some designers attract good business based on their portfolio!


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