Off-Line Consultancy question

$500 - $500,000.

Depends on who it's for and exactly what's involved.

It really depends on how much you think they will make from it. If they are in the right mindset of starting a shopping cart website, and making lots from it, you can definitely charge more, than if they say "Yeah, I think we want a shopping cart too". Get it?

If they plan on using some money on marketing and advertising as well, you can charge more for a better system. Now obviously, as they will accept payments from their local bank as well, they most likely have a plan for this.

I think you should split up each part of the process you are doing.

For example: "I'll design the website for $450, then I'll add and customize the shopping cart for $350, and I'll add and manage a newsletter for $300 startup and $200/month"
But it really depends on how much you think they will benefit from this. As long as they get a good ROI, you will have the potential of them refering many new clients to you.

Now I must admit I'm not the best at pricing my own services, but if you're anything like me, you better add a little to what you initially thought

Hope that helps,
- Preben

You might try this design calculator: Web Design Cost: Pricing Calculator: Design Quote

If nothing else it will lead you to some additional questions that should be asked and answered before an estimate can be given.

Thanks for the tool Amy. I'm about to flex my "offline gold" muscles and this helps a lot.

It's always a good idea to get price quotes from web developers in whatever market you're trying to break in to. But just looking over this page gives me several ideas on how to upsell and just plain charge a little more.

The more you can itemize something, themore most people are willing to pay. It's also nice to have a list of options, as it can act as its own up-sell pitch. Only thing is to keep it just under the "point of confusion"; put enough options out there that you can maybe sell some extra services and make some extra money, without bewildering your prospect.

(Then again, if you're face to face, you can always point out the best option for any given client's specific needs; but "long but not too long" is great for any kind of of web or even offline form, if you're not around to suggest and explain what's listed.)

Clever site, Amy. Nice link.