[thelist] re: site price help

A. Erickson amanda at oaktree.com
Tue Jul 18 11:25:39 CDT 2000


Okay, I'll stop *but* I just came across this link:

http://www.hwg.org/resources/faqs/ratesFAQ.html -- could be good stuff in
here!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of A. Erickson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:00 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: RE: [thelist] re: site price help
>
>
> <commence beating dead horse>
> I totally understand your concerns. It's really hard to figure out what to
> charge. But, surely we're not your only source of information? Buy the GAG
> Handbook and look around for surveys of services. There is information out
> there.
>
> And, finally, figure out how much you need to make as a
> freelancer to cover
> your costs and make a little extra. If you end up making that amount then
> you shouldn't be too far off the mark, right?
>
> - amanda
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> > [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Lisa Bartholomew
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:35 AM
> > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: [thelist] re: site price help
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> > Sorry if i have stirred up a bit of a hornets nest here. The
> > intention was
> > not to fix prices, or undercut the competition. Merely to help
> > newbies like
> > myself from being ripped off by giving someone an incredibly low
> > quote. We
> > all have started out by making free sites and very cheap sites to begin
> > with, but there comes a time when you need to make enough money
> > to support
> > yourself. I think there are too many of us worldwide to set up
> > price fixing.
> > There will aways be competion to enable consumers to find
> > differing quotes.
> > What does make it hard for us is when a client sees your quote and goes
> > What? because a friend of a friend did a site for a miniscule amount,
> > because they didn't know the real market value. For those of us
> > around the
> > globe and based in places such as Bangkok like myself, we aren't really
> > competition for the likes of you in the US and the UK, it's
> just when the
> > occassional gig does come your way it would be nice to make some serious
> > money for a change. Sorry to discuss money but i do have a
> living to make.
> >
> > <tip author="lisabee">
> > Don't ask for prices on the list!! :-)
> > </tip>
> >
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