Joomla Website Project Price + Help

[kremo5le]

Hello there everyone,

I'm working on a website proposal for a fairly complex Joomla! site. Besides all the simpler stuff like the design, this customer needs some extra stuff and I'm having a bit of a hard time coming up with what it is fair to charge. Here's what needs to be done:

1. The site already and content already exists. I need to re-vamp it and also, I will be writing some basic stuff.
2. The customer wants a Joomla! site and will be picking a template + colors.
3. The site will be subscription-driven, e-commerce (don't know what for), a forum, banner ads, newsletter, blog, rss feeds, and classifieds to be used only by the registered users.

Now, here's the tricky stuff:

1. The current site's database is ASP and needs to be converted to MySQL. Moreover, he states that there are thousands of people registered.
2. Each of these users will have a profile (I will be using community builder for this) and will need to be linked somehow to each of their profiles. These profiles will allow them to upload documents, catalogs, photos, etc.

Roughly, how much would you guys charge for this project? I'm thinking while writing my proposal that I should charge between $1500 and $3000 and it will take about 1 - 2 months to complete.

What do you guys think?

Thank you beforehand!

kRem

 

[jnjc]

You should work out how many hours/days it is realistically going to take, add a bit on top to give yourself margin for error and charge based on a daily/hourly rate....

 

[kremo5le]

Website Design Price

You should work out how many hours/days it is realistically going to take, add a bit on top to give yourself margin for error and charge based on a daily/hourly rate....

Hey there! This is a very good way to do it. However, I find it hard to realistically calculate this. Specifically the "tricky" stuff. What do you think about that? What would you charge based on that in particular?

Thank you!

kRem

 

[specialk]

That has always been a problem for me too, if you think about all the time you put into developing a site, it is sometimes hard to rationalize charging the true cost. Oh well you gotta get paid right?

 

[kremo5le]

You are right, but...

That has always been a problem for me too, if you think about all the time you put into developing a site, it is sometimes hard to rationalize charging the true cost. Oh well you gotta get paid right?

Hey there,

Yes. It is a problem since this is really custom and I want to charge what's fair for the customer and for myself as well. I initially charged him $750 for the same site without all the stuff he now wants. I thought that I need to start basing my proposal on that money and then add all the different customizations that will ultimately take some time to get them right. Somewhere around $1750 perhaps? I charge $37.50 per hour and that comes up to 46 hours, or a full week of work non-stop.

What do you guys think?

kRem

 

[jnjc]

Hey there,

Yes. It is a problem since this is really custom and I want to charge what's fair for the customer and for myself as well. I initially charged him $750 for the same site without all the stuff he now wants. I thought that I need to start basing my proposal on that money and then add all the different customizations that will ultimately take some time to get them right. Somewhere around $1750 perhaps? I charge $37.50 per hour and that comes up to 46 hours, or a full week of work non-stop.

What do you guys think?

I am against picking an number from the air and charging that. Write down a list of the individual requirements and put a time allocation against each. If you are unsure about how you are going to achieve individual requirements (and want to keep the price low) then price them based on how quickly you SHOULD be able to do them. That way if it takes you longer because you are on a learning curve then you won't have passed on the cost of your learning. I always throw in a little bit extra because you'll always underestimate....

If you are on a good basis with the client you could always try for a Time and Materials based charged, but even with this type of charge you will probably have to specify a maximum....

 

[kremo5le]

Web Design Help!

I am against picking an number from the air and charging that. Write down a list of the individual requirements and put a time allocation against each. If you are unsure about how you are going to achieve individual requirements (and want to keep the price low) then price them based on how quickly you SHOULD be able to do them. That way if it takes you longer because you are on a learning curve then you won't have passed on the cost of your learning. I always throw in a little bit extra because you'll always underestimate....

If you are on a good basis with the client you could always try for a Time and Materials based charged, but even with this type of charge you will probably have to specify a maximum....

Thanks to you I have developed a way to price my services better! Moreover, I never meant to throw a price tag for a service. I used to ask everybody I knew first to come up with a price for my projects. Now I will do as you have suggested here.

Thanks a million!

kRem