Re: Pricing for PHP programming???

Hey Shane, This is a tricky issue, here's me (USD): $60/hr $30/hr if end result becomes open sourced (no strings) General discounts for features such as : fun,true non-profit,intelligent employer,learning curve and it all lives on a sliding scale depending on their ability to pay and my desire for work/money (time). Also, barter is usually an option. Usually hovers between 30-50 and one day this will go up :-) This is the most difficult part of the job, time estimates and pricing. Bah. "Just give me money and I'll do stuff." Regards, Philip Olson http://www.cornado.com/ > On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 03:25:27PM -0500, Shane McBride wrote: > I know this is not really a PHP question, but it should make for a good > thread. :) > > I was wondering what other PHP people charge to write PHP? I have just > been given a project for a fairly large customer, much larger than I > normally do work for. So I am VERY confused.concerned about how to price > it. Most of my other PHP projects have been done for small single owners > businesses, and the PHP has been pretty basic. > > Now that I can actually do what I am being asked without have to learn > it, I am stuck. I did a shopping cart for someone, but I didn't charge > them a REAL price because I didn't know how to do it with PHP. So, I of > course didn't charge the client for my learning curve. > > I know the price is very dependant upon the task. What I am doing is > creating a web-based front-end for a MySQL database. I'll need to create > the database tables, etc. The front-end is going to be rather dynamic > since the data content depends largely on the previous choices of the > end-user. One or two tables with 20-30 fields. 5-6 pages of html and > PHP. > > I'm just scouting this out, and am VERY confident with the contributors > to this list and their opinions. > > TIA, > Shane