RE: [PHP] Pricing for PHP programming???

I agree. I have a separate maintenance agreement for additional changes and updates and charge them a pre-specified hourly rate. thanks for the advice... been bit a couple times before, tho. good for others to read. johnny p. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Oien [mailto:jeff@webdesigns1.com] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:37 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Pricing for PHP programming??? > > > johnny this is great to start out but if you keep doing it > you will find > that you will get a lot of bad clients who don't value your work and > expect you to do a lot of extra stuff for free or request endless > changes. That's typical of clients who look for extremely low cost > work. Be sure to set limits on what you will do and make sure > they value your work and trust you. Otherwise you will be driven > to insanity in time. Nice site BTW. > Jeff Oien > > > Ok, I just started my own company and finished work for my > first client > > (shameless plug here: http://www.alamosawinecellars.com). > The problem I > > had wasn't in pricing my work by what it's worth and how > much time I put > > in it, but pricing it in a way that would work for my > client. I ended > > up making roughly $10/hr., maybe less, for the effort, but > I ended up > > with an extra $1000 in the bank. If I wanted to charge > more, I would > > have had to take a walk and look for another client. My > price wasn't > > based on an hourly rate, but on the project and my client's > company size > > and ability to come up with enough to cover my time. The > part of the > > project that took all my time is in a backend admin tool > that allows the > > client to update their pages whenever they need. The data > is all stored > > in a mysql db. Anyways, I have noticed that for some > clients, like my > > first, charging too much will lose them. For other > clients, like medium > > sized companies, charging too little will send them hunting > for someone > > else. Very bizarre environment to work in, but my suggestion is to > > judge your prices based on the client's perspective. Interview the > > client and try to get an idea of what they're looking for. > Look at what > > the client thinks they're getting. Use anything you can to find out > > what the client's price range is and then set your prices > in the middle. > > And also, everything can be negotiated. > > > > my 2 cents... > > > > johnny p. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >