Confusion with designer fees

[Maylin]

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Hello can anyone help me. I'm having a problem when it comes to web
design. I know about bandwidth and discspace for a web site, even the fact of paying monthly or yearly for a website to be on the internet. I just don't really know for sure, when it comes to adding stuff to a web site, like buttons, pictures, tables, more web pages, etc. Would that be something as to be paid by the client monthly, or would they only pay one lump some? Would it be included with a package I would be giving the client.
Should I make the website necessities as monthly payments?


Reason I ask:
Since the client I have wants a basic web site, just for the fact they need one, and it won't have dramatic changes made to it as its a towship site. All they want the site for is to show information/non-changing all year around. Their average to afford is within the $500.00 range if they plan to to be set up for a year, it would cost a one time payment of $165.00 (a place for the website/setup fees $0), would the other $400.00 be enough to strech them out for the rest of the year? I just don't know? :td:

 

[Breakpoint]

Can u stretch 40$ a month?

 

[Maylin]

Are you talking about payments being $40.00 a month for the web site? Includingthe images, text, pages, buttons, tables, etc. for the site? $40.00?
Is that what basic webpages cost?
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[peter phillips]

I didn't understand your question.

You should be more specific, what do you actually need? Whether you are looking for affordable site designing solution or a site designing kit?

 

[Troubled1]

If I'm understanding correctly they are wanting to know if the $400 would cover someone to design and maintain the site, basically webmaster fee's.

Hard to answer that question. It's going to depend on who you get to do it. I can only tell you based on my own fees that I charge, depending on how complex the site is to design to begin with. I would say that somewhere in the $100 to $200 range for initial design, then if there are not going to be many changes made webmaster fees could range from $10 to $50 a month. You could actually just get a designer to do the initial design and not keep them on as webmaster if you are reasonably sure that no changes will need to be made. The risk there is that they may charge a hefty fee for changes later on whereas if you are paying a webmaster monthly changes are included.

 

[Maylin]

As much as I want to have someone to handle the development of websites, I can't. Well... for reasons being, I'm the one handleing the web design costs. I'm the one who has to figure out designers costs. But I just don't get how the whole web page fee thing works. I get an idea how much I want to charge for bandwidth/diskspace. But I'm puzzled how to deal with webpage necessities (tables, buttons, images, etc.)

All I'm trying to figure out is when someone gets a web site; do they have to make monthly payments to keep pictures up each month on their web site, what about tables as well.

What I can't figure is how to make payments for clients to afford that are not too expensive or too cheap.


for example:
The way I can understand (wheather or not its right or not, I don't know) is that web pages are like moving out into a house.
your "house" is your website, but the other important things such as the bills are not included, and its up to me to figure out whats important every month to keep. I can choose to have water, or I can give it up and choose to have electricity instead so I can watch t.v.

But what I'm trying to get at is if the example helps anyone understand in a way I'm trying to understand, thank you. I'm just trying to figure out, when it comes to tables, buttons, images,etc. I know this stuff will be paid to me, but will it be monthly? Or would it be better off to make a web site, charge them for what all they want on the site (ex: $300.00 including so many buttons/other stuff as well as the site) and than anything extra the client want, say, another button on their website, then the client would pay monthly for that extra button for their site? right?
Or would everything created on the website have to be paid for monthly, along with extra stuff they want on their web site? I wish I could talk to someone directly to explain myself as to what I'm asking. I'm sorry no one knows what I'm talking about, I'm just not to good at explaining myself I guess. But if any one gets what I'm trying to figure out, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH. All I'm looking for is a yes/no answer and whats the right way.
I just don't know how to explain myself anymore, I just don't Knowwwwwww :yell: *going insane*



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[LeetPCUser]

I have no clue what you are asking...rephrase?

 

[Gene]

Maylin,

The only thing that is normally charged a monthly rate for is the hosting of the site (space and bandwidth) and possibly your time in managing the site if that's an issue. The items you place on a web site (buttons, tables, etc.) are part of the designing fee when you design the page(s) for the customer. It's a one time thing. Once the page(s) are designed, there is no further charge. Of course, if down the road they want the design or content changed, then you charge for those changes. Again, a one-time charge.

Hope that answers your question...

 

[killaklown]

lol, not really sure what you are talking about, are you talking about hosting?

 

[Maylin]

Thank You Gene. Everything I Was Looking For Is In Your Post. About Whether Or Not To Include Some (tables, Images, Buttons, Etc.) Type Of Information As Monthly Or A 1 Time Payment. So, If The Client Wanted Something Extra, Like Another Page, It Would Be Something That Has To Be Charged Monthly, Since Its Extra Information Put On A Website. Wow Thanks! Yay!! :}

 

[efriese]

I just charge by the hour. Most of my clients' needs change from month to month, so this works out best for everyone.

 

[Maylin]

So anything extra can be charged once, or do anything extra by the hour, either way works?

 

[Immersion]

it would cost one lump for the site and then maybe so much a month if you want someone to add content to it. Also you have to have your own hosting.

 

[brewmonkey]

So anything extra can be charged once, or do anything extra by the hour, either way works?

Either way works.

When I have done a few sites the way I have worked it is a flat fee for the design. The owner tells me what they want and how they want it to work, that determines the design fee.

From there they will need a place to call "home" as you put it, a domain and a server to host that domain, that is extra. The host company selected will obviously determine the cost but for a simple site I would say about $150 a year for domain name registration and monthly hosting would cover it.

Once the site is "hung" they can select one of two options with me. The first is a 1 year contract where I will receive a monthly payment and for that payment I will make any additions/corrections to the website provided they are not changing their "template". If they want to re-design the process starts over.

The second option is that once the site is hung they are on their own. They pay me nothing but they get nothing in return. The contract states that once they have "accepted" the site it is "as is" and I warranty nothing. Any changes they want made are then billed as a new contract, if they choose me. If they do select me then they pay by my fee schedule.

 

[Maylin]

wow thanks you guys, you've all provided me with enough information as to how web fees work, which I couldn't ask for more than that. I give you my gratitude
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