Comments on: Web development pricing http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/ Graphic designer with a passion for logos. View my logo designer portfolio and read free logo design tips from the blog. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-101957 David Airey Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:49:15 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-101957 <blockquote>How to find the customers willing to pay well for good design and high-performance development? I know they’re out there…I’ve been lucky to find a few, but where are the rest hiding?</blockquote> How you market / position yourself helps a great deal. Target those companies you want to work with, making a proposal on the benefits they can receive (increased traffic / sales etc.). Good luck.

How to find the customers willing to pay well for good design and high-performance development? I know they’re out there…I’ve been lucky to find a few, but where are the rest hiding?

How you market / position yourself helps a great deal. Target those companies you want to work with, making a proposal on the benefits they can receive (increased traffic / sales etc.). Good luck.

]]> By: EDevMachine http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-101773 EDevMachine Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:38:48 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-101773 The article is very true. Unfortunately it's the type of article all web designers eventually read/create and very business owners ever see. Hehe Amanda...I feel your pain. How many times have I heard "It's only a simple job" from someone who wouldn't know hyperlink from hyperspace :) Now the pricing question I've been stuggling with... See I've been fortunate enough have done a few websites for well paying customers, but unfortunately not-so well paying customers mostly. And the difference in price can be huge! The question: How to find the customers willing to pay well for good design and high-performance development? I know they're out there...I've been lucky to find a few, but where are the rest hiding? :) <em>EDevMachine's last blog post...<a href="http://www.edevmachine.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow">EDevMachine Web Design. Professional Business Website Design.</a></em> The article is very true. Unfortunately it’s the type of article all web designers eventually read/create and very business owners ever see.

Hehe Amanda…I feel your pain. How many times have I heard “It’s only a simple job” from someone who wouldn’t know hyperlink from hyperspace :)

Now the pricing question I’ve been stuggling with…

See I’ve been fortunate enough have done a few websites for well paying customers, but unfortunately not-so well paying customers mostly. And the difference in price can be huge!

The question: How to find the customers willing to pay well for good design and high-performance development? I know they’re out there…I’ve been lucky to find a few, but where are the rest hiding? :)

EDevMachine’s last blog post…EDevMachine Web Design. Professional Business Website Design.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-66331 David Airey Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:44:29 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-66331 I know how frustrating it can become, Amanda. Coming to read your rant now. ;) I know how frustrating it can become, Amanda.

Coming to read your rant now. ;)

]]> By: Amanda Vlahakis http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-66013 Amanda Vlahakis Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:47:18 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-66013 Ah brilliant, this is handy, I'm going to link to that from my blog, because very coincidentally today I wrote a bit of a rant on my blog about customers pricing expectations about web development. I'm not even a web developer, I'm purely a designer, but still it grates on my nerves when someone wants something like a Monster jobsite for a few hundred quid and get all shirty when people start quoting them in the thousands. This person was saying "It's only a simple job" - how on earth would they know!!! grrrr....I'm still in the rant zone. Anyway, thanks :) <em>Amanda Vlahakis's last blog post..<a href='http://trulyace.com/blog/?p=93' rel="nofollow">Online Businesses On ‘The Cheap’ - RANT</a></em> Ah brilliant, this is handy, I’m going to link to that from my blog, because very coincidentally today I wrote a bit of a rant on my blog about customers pricing expectations about web development.

I’m not even a web developer, I’m purely a designer, but still it grates on my nerves when someone wants something like a Monster jobsite for a few hundred quid and get all shirty when people start quoting them in the thousands.

This person was saying “It’s only a simple job” - how on earth would they know!!! grrrr….I’m still in the rant zone.

Anyway, thanks :)

Amanda Vlahakis’s last blog post..Online Businesses On ‘The Cheap’ - RANT

]]> By: David Airey :: Creative Design :: http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-13481 David Airey :: Creative Design :: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:00:49 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-13481 Hi everyone, Pricing is something that I'm constantly thinking about, and obviously this article only touches on the subject. I'm planning a more comprehensive article so stay tuned, and as always, your thoughts are very mcuh appreciated. Hi everyone,

Pricing is something that I’m constantly thinking about, and obviously this article only touches on the subject.

I’m planning a more comprehensive article so stay tuned, and as always, your thoughts are very mcuh appreciated.

]]> By: Tara: Graphic Design Blog http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-13414 Tara: Graphic Design Blog Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:26:28 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-13414 This is question that really interests me. I am mainly a print based designer, so when I try and design a website I am obviously slower than an experienced web designer. Then I would probably have to pay someone to do the coding. With design for print I have a much better idea as its something I know well. I find it really hard to quote for web work, I guess eventually you just have to grit your teeth take a stab at a price and hope for the best This is question that really interests me. I am mainly a print based designer, so when I try and design a website I am obviously slower than an experienced web designer. Then I would probably have to pay someone to do the coding. With design for print I have a much better idea as its something I know well. I find it really hard to quote for web work, I guess eventually you just have to grit your teeth take a stab at a price and hope for the best

]]> By: yagna http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-773 yagna Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:24:31 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-773 This is where low-scale outsourcing comes in to help designers like you guys. Imagine if you were to take just your XHTMLising and ship it to India, and we give you code thats validated and cross-browser compatible...low risk and good value. You focus on design(which is very difficult to outsource) and we code at costs that would help you make a decent profit. Everybody's happy. Production outsourcing for pure designers. This is where low-scale outsourcing comes in to help designers like you guys. Imagine if you were to take just your XHTMLising and ship it to India, and we give you code thats validated and cross-browser compatible…low risk and good value. You focus on design(which is very difficult to outsource) and we code at costs that would help you make a decent profit. Everybody’s happy. Production outsourcing for pure designers.

]]> By: Pop Stalin http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-762 Pop Stalin Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:21:15 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-762 Thanks for the link to my article. I didn't even see yours but you bring up some very good points as well. Thanks for the link to my article. I didn’t even see yours but you bring up some very good points as well.

]]> By: Beth Ellen http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-757 Beth Ellen Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:13:47 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-757 Good info here. This is an area of genuine interest for me. Good info here. This is an area of genuine interest for me.

]]> By: Pinksy http://www.davidairey.com/web-development-pricing/#comment-754 Pinksy Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:49:30 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/web-development-pricing/#comment-754 I've done another site recently. Please give some criticism: <a href="http://www.saturdaysingers.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.saturdaysingers.org.uk/</a> Apart from the actual logo top-left (someone else did that, I'm not keen on it), I did the rest. I did it in notepad, with PHP and MySQL, from scratch. I'm working on the content-management side of things at the back end at the moment, but I wondered what thought of the layout etc. I'm doing it for free, by the way!! I’ve done another site recently. Please give some criticism: http://www.saturdaysingers.org.uk/

Apart from the actual logo top-left (someone else did that, I’m not keen on it), I did the rest. I did it in notepad, with PHP and MySQL, from scratch. I’m working on the content-management side of things at the back end at the moment, but I wondered what thought of the layout etc.

I’m doing it for free, by the way!!

]]>