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How much would you charge for converting website to Wordpress?

by man5
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This for example. Lansdowne Park Conservancy of Ottawa | Conservation Parc Lansdowne d'Ottawa it needs to be converted to wordpress. What would you charge for this job?

One of my programmers tells me it will take him 20 hrs.

Discuss.
#charge #converting #website #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    You're kidding right?

    It doesn't get much simpler than that site.

    You could do it yourself in less time than that.

    You should be able to get this done for under $50 - it's a really quick job.

    Your design is really simple and there's hardly any content. Your programmer must not be a web designer - not that you really need to be with WP anyway.
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  • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
    Originally Posted by man5 View Post

    This for example. Lansdowne Park Conservancy of Ottawa | Conservation Parc Lansdowne d'Ottawa it needs to be converted to wordpress. What would you charge for this job?

    One of my programmers tells me it will take him 20 hrs.

    Discuss.
    Twenty hours? Is he talking regular people hours or programmer hours? Apparently, there is a difference.
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  • Profile picture of the author daangertenaar
    It wouldn't take me more than 5 hours to convert it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scoop
    It looks like a very small job - an hour or so for the whole job I would reckon. I have created bigger sites in half an hour.

    The point about Wordpress is that it is very quick and simple to implement. Is your programmer thinking you want him to create a custom CMS from scratch?
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim_Carter
    I agree.

    A piddly job - maybe 2 - 3 hours.
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  • Profile picture of the author man5
    My client got back to me with full details.

    It's not just converting it to Wordpress. It's almost like a do over, with same content, plus extra features/content and also has to be bilingual, English/French.

    So it seems like not a small thing after all. I hope I didn't scare him when asked him of a certain percentage of money up front and the rest when the job is done.

    Closing the deal is the best part. I think I am beginning to like consulting even more than doing actual designs.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dialady
      Originally Posted by man5 View Post


      So it seems like not a small thing after all. I hope I didn't scare him when asked him of a certain percentage of money up front and the rest when the job is done.

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      Always a good idea to ask for half up front. That way you are BOTH committed to the project
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