Oct 5, 2018 06:10:18 PM by Rikki P
Hi, guys!
I do a lot of freelance work (Creating websites on Wordpress, usually from themes because that's what my clients like, graphic design, photo editing, etc.) and I've never really had a job opportunity like the one I'm hoping to have soon. I usually charge an hourly rate but this client is wanting me to give them a full estimate of what it would cost.
Here's what they want:
Time frame: Be done by the end of October
Will use a pre-made theme
Pages: 20-25
Contact forms: 1 three field contact form, 1 five field contact form
SEO
Full redo of their blog/news sections. Wants newest posts displayed on home page (not a big deal by any means)
Product pages with photo gallery on each page. Products will NOT be available for purchase on the site so no e-commerce is needed
Employment opportunities/Career portal.
Have an e-mail sent out after an applicant submits resume.
Keep all applicants in a database (which I'm assuming there is a plugin for. This is something I've never done before)
Site needs:
To be responsive
Slider for each page
I've looked at a lot of different cost calculators online and part of me is worried that I would be charging too much despite knowing that it's quite a few pages and not very much time to do it (considering I'm in school full time + I'm working on about 5 other websites at the moment).
If anyone has any ideas on how to price this it would be much appreciated. From what I've come up with it would be anywhere from 5-7K but...I think I'm worried because that seems like SUCH a high price but I also don't want to give them a small quote just to get their business only to end up regretting it.
Oct 5, 2018 07:02:32 PM Edited Nov 22, 2018 06:53:21 AM by Preston H
It would be very, very unwise to agree to a fixed-price contract to do that much work.
You may agree to a fixed-price contact or milestone for a single small piece of the overall picture.
But you will regret it if you do a single contract for all of that.
This is a big and complex project. It should be an hourly project, or broken down into individual fixed-price contract of no more than a day or two of work.
Oct 5, 2018 11:54:49 PM by Rikki P
Thank you for your reply, Preston!
I'm definitely planning on splitting it up into smaller milestones because that is a VERY large sum and that makes me a bit nervous.
Oct 6, 2018 06:34:29 AM by Preston H
Good.
Or even split it up into multiple single-milestone contracts.
When you split something like this up into small fragments, then you do a little work, you get paid.
You do a little more work, you get paid.
You need to sort of "test" the client early on to make sure there won't be a problem getting paid.
What you don't to have happen is that you do some work - an agreed-upon part - and the client doesn't pay immediately, but instead asks you to add things, change things, do this, do that, etc.
If a client does that, she is an hourly-contract-only client.
Oct 6, 2018 09:15:19 AM by John K
Oct 6, 2018 02:57:37 PM by Rikki P
Thank you both.
I quoted him a very reasonable price for the overall project, 6.5k (which I would have broken up into smaller milestones) and he said he wasn't willing to pay anything over $650. I really appreciate the feedback you guys gave me, though!
Oct 6, 2018 03:50:46 PM Edited Oct 6, 2018 03:54:41 PM by John K
@Rikki P wrote:Thank you both.
I quoted him a very reasonable price for the overall project, 6.5k (which I would have broken up into smaller milestones) and he said he wasn't willing to pay anything over $650. I really appreciate the feedback you guys gave me, though!
You're welcome, and for what it's worth, $6.5k might have been on the high side but still reasonable, whereas $650 is ludicrous, so it's no great loss for you.