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What is the price tag of a website?

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

I recently read a great article by Chris Coyier that got my brain spinning about the many ways people charge for websites, and the prices that go with a website.  In my young web development career, I have had to quote a client on what a website would cost many times.  It is a task that I don’t take lightly, as I want to make sure that I am not selling myself short, and on the other hand I want to get the work.

I know many of you web developers can attest that the following question gets asked far to often, “If I wanted you to build me a site, what would it cost?”  Frankly this is about as vague of a question that can get.  It depends if you want CNN.com or a small business site.

If pricing a website wasn’t hard enough already, you have to deal with the possibility of subcontracting work out; or having absolutely no time on your hands to start a new project.  Chris Coyier points out that someone emailed him saying that he couldn’t figure out how to price something, because it didn’t cost him anything.  He later goes on to say that it always costs you your most important resource of TIME.

The following are 3 ways that I see people charge for projects:

  • base price + $$$ per page
  • contract price (time of project estimated x $$$ per hour)
  • hourly – time taken x $$$ per hour

These are the most common ways people get to the final price, that the end client eventually gets.  If you would like to share your methods and tactics, please leave us a comment!

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