How much would you charge?

[irvin]

Hi,

Firstly, if this kind of post is not allowed, then MOD please remove it from the forum. And I apologize if such question is not allowed to ask.

I have a prospect that wants me to develop website with online shopping. I haven't done this kind of commercial project before (online shopping), so I'm kind of unsure how much should I charge this client for building an online shopping website. I'm based in Australia. I'm thinking to use OsCommerce for the shopping cart.

Is AU$500 too cheap or too expensive or is it ok?

Any thoughts/experience that anyone wants to share on this plz?

Cheers,
Irvin

 

[unlevel]

Are you also doing the design or are you just installing/customizing oscommerce?

 

[irvin]

Hi unlevel,

I think my client will just want me to install oscommerce, and provide some training of how to use the software.

Intially, I may also be required to add some products.

So any thoughts on this?

Cheers,
Irvin

 

[unlevel]

Well, I'm thinking AU$500 might be a bit much, just look at how many hours it'll take to install oscommerce, and to explain a few things to him, and add products....You may also want to point him to a few sites for more indepth oscommerce learning, or even take a look at these yourself if you need help:

http://oscommerce.com/
http://forums.oscommerce.com/
http://oscart.seiretto.com/basic_oscommerce_tutorial.html
http://jforcehost.net/tutorials_oscommerce.php
http://www.maxpc.co.uk/tutorials/de...id=28253&subsectionid=706&subsubsectionid=530
http://oscdox.com/index.php


Hope those help, and if you need anything, just holler....

About the price....Set yourself up an hourly rate, and then base your calculations on that, $500 is a bit much in my opinion, but afterall, that's just an opinion, so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[irvin]

Okay, your advice is well noted unlevel.
Btw, that $500 is in Australian dollars in case u didn't notice the AU before the $. :D

Cheers.
Irvin

 

[adam_uk]

i wouldnt pay that much its nearly 200 £££££

personaly id do it myself might be a bit different if the client wants a design

 

[Blackpanther]

Its a bit much for an Install, and show...

I would charge £80 for the install and teach them how to use it with 30 days additional support to make sure they beocome confident in using it (includes adding some products), I would then charge an hourly rate for updating site..

Hope that helps

-=BP=-

 

[Kodeking]

If you would like to figure out how much you want to charge, first think about how much your time is worth. If you think you should get $10/hour for the work, and you think it will take 10 hours to do everything, then ask for 25% more than what that totals.

So that would be:
$10 * 10hrs = $100 then $100 + .25(100) = $125 total

That is just an example. I usually say offer 25% more than what you want, so if you haggle the price to a lower value, then you will probably still get the amount you want.