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How much do you charge for website development for clients?

by LivingCali758
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I understand this various on the complexity of the webpage itself, but I would like to know generally if people charge usually under 1k or over 1k for website development and what services you offer as part of the package. I want to look into what I can offer service was to my own customers but also be reasonable with the competitive prices provided in the market place.

Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ttrain
    This would probably depend on the size of the website, and type of website that the client is asking to be developed. If it's a small site with very few dynamic pages then probably somewhere around $300 - $400 would be reasonable. But if it's a full blown custom built ecommerce site, with a ton of moving parts, then your probably talking anywhere from 2-6 thousand and up.

    if you want to get a good idea of what people will pay look at Odesk or freelancer. But if you position yourself as an expert you could probably charge a lot more than the people there do. Because some of the developers on those sites really get scraped.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mousumi
    I charge anywhere between $150 and $5000. It all depends on the features and the platform on which you intend to build the website.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    Back in the good old days I charged $30 per hour, but now I charge $15/hr or less even. It is very hard to compete with people charging 50 cents per hour and I know one guy who has a PHD and he charges $3/hr for programming. Globalization has brought to all of us pure misery.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mousumi
      $3/hr for programming is insane


      Originally Posted by seobro View Post

      Back in the good old days I charged $30 per hour, but now I charge $15/hr or less even. It is very hard to compete with people charging 50 cents per hour and I know one guy who has a PHD and he charges $3/hr for programming. Globalization has brought to all of us pure misery.
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  • Profile picture of the author kerrymc
    I agree with everyone else's comments - it depends on what sort of site it is and the complexity of the site and what the client's needs are. So anywhere from $100 (a simple one or two page blog site) to whatever for a complex company site.
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  • Profile picture of the author flaxo
    i agree with Mousumi $3 is really insane ! We have a team and we have developed this website for £25.000 including all the features on Magento base. Came to us $50 dolar an hour.
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  • Profile picture of the author jodamy
    I typically go for $1,500 for a plain 5 page website, and that includes getting them on page 1 Google for one keyword. Anything more than that and the price starts jumping.
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  • Profile picture of the author SJJPFTW
    Any sites I sell are basic info pages for small businesses. Very rarely have anything to do with larger projects if I can avoid it as I find quantity over price works for me, but thats my personal opinion.

    $400-600 depending on what they actually need made and what they can supply (graphics etc) is the going rate, plus a residual hosting and maintenance fee
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  • Profile picture of the author chilldy
    For basic websites with wordpress I charge nothing, but for more extensive projects I'll charge anywhere from $150 - $200 for designs, logo, and content.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Whatever you're thinking of charging -1. Rinse and repeat until you hit zero. That's what is going to happen if you're thinking of competing on price. There are plenty in the third world ready to undercut you: $10 a day is a king's salary to some of them. Charge what you feel you are worth, and find the clients willing to pay the rate. It really is that simple.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cheska Illustre
    It depends upon the project requirements, but most of the time we based on the completion date of the project.
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    • Profile picture of the author LivingCali758
      Thank you all for the feedback! This was exactly what I was looking forward to see.
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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    Nolan, all of us cannot give you a specific amount to what you should be charging your clients. The price depends on many factors. Two of which are the complexities of the website (features, functionalities, coverage) and the platform to where it should be built.

    If you are somewhat new to this, you may want to charge an hourly-rate until you get a feel of how much you should be charging a client (fixed rate this time) just in case someone wants you to build a similar website.
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