How much would you charge a client like this?

Hi,

Honestly, that depends on what your time is worth to you. Charge well and overdeliver. Don't underbid just to get a job as you aren't doing anyone any favors.

Hope this helps point you in the right direction!

1. Never ever post a client's URL without their permissions. If I was the client I'd kick you out...

2. Are you positive you are up to the task and you can deliver what the client needs? - If yes, you can charge as much as you want: professional business people know the value of a professional service.

3. If you are insecure... be honest and charge only the minimum; and if you do a good - no, strike that, if you do an outstanding job, you will get the best advertising: referrals.

4. You should also take into consideration the business of the client, their revenue/ads ratio; how much will your work improve his position and increase his revenue.
Do you have a plan for him or you are just trying to make some quick cash by "converting" it to WP... because that's all you know?

I agree with Istvan,
plus:You can estimate how much hours of work it need, and then multiply it with your hour rate$

Keep in mind that the price you specify now may affect your future relations with your client. If you charge a fair amount and do good work, your client can recommend you to other companies and in that way you can get some more work in the future. When they need further amendments they will also get back to you. If you overcharge you are less likely to hear from them again. Hope that helps!

Whatever you do, don't sell yourself short. You'll be happier with the quality of clients that are willing to pay your going rate! Don't get into the bottom feeder business...you'll forever regret it!

I would charge $400

Wordpress is a popular platform for blog type websites. This website is already in Joomla so you need to design an attractive theme (template) for joomla or find it anywhere by searching for free/premium templates. By changing the template, the website will look more professional and fresh look.

Fair questions - there's a few things about that site that are a bit off. Namely the logo and inconsistent type sizes, so I'd assume this is in the CSS.

Now, let's have a look at how much you should charge for the changes.

1. Do you need to buy a theme or framework to build off? Consider whether this would save time... and the client some money.
2. How many hours of design and development are required?
3. What's your hourly rate?

Once you've answered those questions, here's what you need to do.

1. If you need to buy a framework or theme, take the cost and add 10% transaction fee. So if the theme is $100, you'd charge $110.

2. Multiply the hours of work required by your hourly rate. So if there's 10 hours of work, and you charge $10/hr*, you would have $100. Add 10% to this to cover the fact that as humans we have terrible time estimation skills.

3. Add the two numbers together, and that's your answer.

One last thing.

If you know how you're quoting your client, it's a lot easier to price high and justify. If you're plucking arbitrary numbers out of the air you'll have a harder time getting the client to do business with you.

*your hourly rate depends on your skill, experience and market