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How Much To Charge

by rodtyler
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I am hoping someone here can help me. I work with offline clients (site building, seo, mobile, etc.), but lately I have had some business owners ask me about creating an online storefront. I have no experience in e-commerce.

Building it shouldn't be a problem, but I have no idea what kind of time is involved, how much to charge, both upfront and on a monthly basis, how to divide the responsibilities between me and the business owner.

In other words, I don't know where to start. Is it even worth getting involved in this? I have heard some horror stories about e-commerce and I'm even sure I want any part of it.

Any advice?
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  • Profile picture of the author kellyyarnsbro
    It's really a horror specially if you don't know what you're doing, i bet at this time you already have found on other threads what you're looking for. Ask first the details from your client of what exactly he wants for his site.
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  • Profile picture of the author vndnbrgj
    Well, to start charge double for an e-commerce site.
    Then, you have to figure out who will be updating it.
    If its them, no big deal.
    If its you, you need to figure out how long it will take to update.
    Then multiply that by your hourly rate, and there you have it.

    For example: You need to update 20 things this month.
    Each thing will take you 30 minutes. You are looking at 10 hours.
    Your hourly rate is $50 X 10 hours = $500.

    Then you can add maintenence or hosting on top of that for whatever you charge.
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    • Profile picture of the author rodtyler
      Originally Posted by vndnbrgj View Post

      Well, to start charge double for an e-commerce site.
      Then, you have to figure out who will be updating it.
      If its them, no big deal.
      If its you, you need to figure out how long it will take to update.
      Then multiply that by your hourly rate, and there you have it.

      For example: You need to update 20 things this month.
      Each thing will take you 30 minutes. You are looking at 10 hours.
      Your hourly rate is $50 X 10 hours = $500.

      Then you can add maintenence or hosting on top of that for whatever you charge.
      First of all, thanks to both of you for your reply.

      I was thinking about this last night and pretty much came to the same conclusion. Charge my normal fees like any other service, then estimating how much extra time it will take to add e-commerce. Like you said, it depends on who is going to keep it updated, how often, etc.

      Since I haven't done e-commerce before, I'm a little nervous, but it sounds like it could be a good payday, so I might take a shot at it.
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