How much To Charge For Website Updates?

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I created a website for a local business a few months ago and now I am doing a couple of updates for them. I have added a new gallery page on the website here=> Gallery | ehpsolar.ie and I have five keywords that they want me to enter throughout the website to help make it more search engine optimized.

I initially charged them 300 euro for the site as it was my first website done to sell. I have done a few since for 380 euros. I am not sure what to charge for updates though? Do you charge by hour or page?

I was thinking of charging 50 euro for the new page and then 20 euro an hour for the text changes?
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOSteveO
    I would charge for a monthly service for their website where you will do SEO work and update content, etc for them . Charge them a monthly fee. This will bring in more steady income than just charging for one page or something like that
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    • Profile picture of the author koolphoto
      If my client doesn't have a maintenance contract with me, I charge by the hour for updates.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Barr
    I charge £50 for any completely new pages, or by the hour for updates, at £20/hour.

    Extra customer satisfaction tip: if you think the job will take you 4 hours, tell the customer you estimate it to be 6 hours. If you then come in on 4 hours you can tell them "It actually took a little less than I thought, so the charge is only £XXX." This MASSIVELY builds customer confidence and loyalty because they think you have rushed the work as a favour to them.

    I know some unscrupulous people who do the opposite, i.e. charge for hours that they didn't actually take. This is not the way to keep customer satisfied, so if you want long-term customers, forget this!
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    I would put it in the contract that you require an upfront fee, plus $100/month (or whatever price) for updates and maintenance for the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author seanpbh
    what is an acceptable price to charge for maintenance contract? and what should this consist of doing? I cant do SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author Raydal
    You should be able to get some ideas from your competition.

    You did check those before you determined your price didn't
    you? But for sure, you should go with the contract model
    rather than the one-time job.

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