Website Development (Need Guidance)

thelaptopbucks said:

If you are going to be maintaining the site monthly by doing some updates and all, it is preffrreable for you to include the hosting and domain fee in your first time charge.

You can charge well above 1k usd or less depending on the location of your client and also charge a monthly maintenance fee of 25 usd or so. These also depend on how professional you are

After building out the site. You can hand over the wp dashboard login details to the client so he or she has acess

Watch this video, it might help

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ContentExpert said:

I developed a website a few months back for a furniture storefront.

I bought this theme for the project, if you want it, let me know and I'll give it to you, for free of course.

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SirLouen said:

Generally you should be trying to assess your time/effort/cost like in any other project. Then analyze the scope of the project (how many pages you will need to create, since the higher the quantity the longer the time it may take you to do it). For example: I spend approximately 1 hour to create one single landing page with Elementor (given the content text is given to me). If I charge $30/hour, then I will charge $30 per page. I will ask the client: how many single pages you need. Then you may add some classic elements like the front-page, contact page, etc, in a single pack, for example if it takes you 5 hours to do so, you know that you may charge $150 for it.

So, for example, if the page has 10 singles + common elements, then you may charge, with these numbers, around $450 for the whole page, plus extras the client need (domain, hosting, etc...). You may break it down in the project, so, in case client needs 4 extra singles, you may easily charge an extra $120 for it without remorse, give the fact he knows the price per unit.

This are random numbers I've used for the example. Maybe you may charge more or less per hour, and maybe you take more time per single. Just take this as a reference.

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BossBaby said:

as of now, I have told him that I will charge minimum 10k INR for a basic website with some pages and asked him to send me requirements so that I can give right offer now I am confused that I should charge for hosting, domain, premium plugins charges as I never did this thing for someone else

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Unreliable Witness said:

There are lots of ways of charging for a project. Personally, I would charge for my time and any one-off costs (such as to buy a plug-in or a theme or stock images), but leave it to the client to be responsible for on-going costs (such as web hosting).

Don't underestimate how long you'll spend on this. It might take 10 hours to set up a Wordpress site for yourself, but for a client it might take two or three times longer.

Make sure you specify in advance what is included in the price, and make sure that the client knows it will cost extra for things that aren't in the specification. No matter whether you work in web design or any other industry, some clients will tell you they want one thing and then later tell you they want something completely different. Major changes need to be extra work. Having a clear specification of work is really important.

Another tip is to work in stages and ask to be paid after each stage is finished. Don't do all the work then expect to be paid. Separate the total project into smaller pieces of work, and charge for each piece. That way you're better protected if your client suddenly decides he doesn't want to pay you.

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TheCyrus said:

I can make you a website for free, for my portfolio and skill development. Write in PM.

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