Web Design Prices...

[l3vi]

Hi, i am creating a web design service online, and I was wondering what I should charge for my websites. I have not yet launched my web design service, because I have not yet decided on any prices :D I have currently created my forms to charge $350 for a splash screen, $100 for each new page(this does not include the homepage), and $500 for the template itself (this includes the homepage).

Am I being a little too pricey? If I am, what are some good prices that I should charge? Should I charge more?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated :thumbsup:

By the way, an example of some of my work(The unfinished homepage of my web design service), is http://www.l3vi.cjb.net (This is the unfinished, non-PHP version that only supports Mozilla. It will look completely screwed up in anything else, of course the finished PHP version looks the same for everything).

Also, I decided that since I am asking for web design prices, I might as well ask if anyone knows of a good, quality web host that supports mySQL, and PHP. And I would also like to know if anyone knows of any good DNS hosts /servers as well. Thank you :D

[oracleguy]

Try looking at these past threads:
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4914
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8153
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16795
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15322
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25073

Please try searching first in the future.

[DesignersToolz]

$350 for a splash page?...$100 per page? $500 for the template?


Lets do some math here...


Template $500
Splash page $350
regular 5 pages $500
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Total: $1,350



I don't know about the prices being to little or too much, but damn, if this is about what it runs then I'm starting a service like that ASAP.

[l3vi]

Originally posted by oracleguy
Try looking at these past threads:
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4914
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8153
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16795
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15322
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25073

Please try searching first in the future.

Sry about that :o I did a search and got like 5 pages of other things completely off of what I searched for, so I figured it would just be easier to post one myself :D

Thnx 4 posting the links to the other threads, and according to the second 1 (http://www.codingforums.com/showthr...p;threadid=8153), I am charging good/normal prices... I think :D

[Paul Jr]

Honestly, I would suggest you spend some more time and get some more experience, learn XHTML and CSS, before charging thirteen hundred bucks for a site.

The site you showed breaks when I increase the font-size, which I found I had to do so I could read the paper trail text, and you are using the plagued <center> tag.

I do like the header, though. I would say you have exceptional graphics skills, which I seem to lack.

Please get a new host. Geocities is the worst host. Ever. Dr2.net (http://www.dr2.net/?src=hosting) is a pretty good company; I'm purchasing an account from them quite soon.

[l3vi]

Originally posted by Paul Jr
Honestly, I would suggest you spend some more time and get some more experience, learn XHTML and CSS, before charging thirteen hundred bucks for a site.

The site you showed breaks when I increase the font-size, which I found I had to do so I could read the paper trail text, and you are using the plagued <center> tag.

I do like the header, though. I would say you have exceptional graphics skills, which I seem to lack.

Please get a new host. Geocities is the worst host. Ever. Dr2.net (http://www.dr2.net/?src=hosting) is a pretty good company; I'm purchasing an account from them quite soon.

I already know css and that stuff, but I was trying to make a mainly php site, hence the screwy up stuff. I have another one, but dont have a host 4 it. My other site is mainly css, with no php. And the sample site I used was not even the unfinished version...

Oh, and thanx for the compliment on the grafix thing, I thot i sucked :D

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by l3vi
I already know css and that stuff, but I was trying to make a mainly php site, hence the screwy up stuff. I have another one, but dont have a host 4 it. My other site is mainly css, with no php. And the sample site I used was not even the unfinished version...
Yeah, I remembered you said that after I already sumitted my post. I didn't mean to sound mean or nasty or anything, so sorry if I did.
Good luck with the site. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by l3vi
Oh, and thanx for the compliment on the grafix thing, I thot i sucked :D
Aw, man, you should see some of my work. Whew. It could make a blind man cry!

[l3vi]

Originally posted by Paul Jr
[B]Yeah, I remembered you said that after I already sumitted my post. I didn't mean to sound mean or nasty or anything, so sorry if I did.
Good luck with the site. :thumbsup:


naahh, u didnt sound mean.

To The Message Below This Post:

No, I was just saying that I was creating this page primarily for PHP scripting.

[missing-score]

Just want to add that you cant use PHP as an excuse for bad markup! I use php in alot of my projects but I ensure that they remain valid! Ive heard alot of people say that theyre using php so they expect their code to be bad. :rolleyes:

[oracleguy]

Originally posted by missing-score
Just want to add that you cant use PHP as an excuse for bad markup! I use php in alot of my projects but I ensure that they remain valid! Ive heard alot of people say that theyre using php so they expect their code to be bad. :rolleyes:

I agree.

Also, whats with giving your elements IDs but then still declaring the styles in the page for position? It completely defeats the purpose of stylesheets.

[l3vi]

I gave them id's just to better help me with transferring it to a php version,so its easier for me to identify it and give it the correct source code.