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

1) talk to the customer, in person if at all possible - get a CLEAR picture of exactly what they want. 2) write down every aspect of what they want 3) take each element of the site and estimate how many hours it will take you to accomplish it. 4) double the amount (your customer will cause that) 5) take those hours (for example 40 hours) and estimate how much of that time will account for your required monthly revenue. 6) bill that amount (divide by the number of hours if you want to use an hourly rate). that will do you untill you start hiring a number of people. As you go along you will be able to narrow down the estimated time involved. Make sure the customer knows exactly what you are providing for the amount they are paying. Another thing to consider in this whole discussion... the longer you code, the faster you produce and the less error catching (or tracking) you have to do... thus what takes a new programmer/developer 10 hours to accomplish may only take a seasoned developer with a handful of code snippets 3 hours. so while mr junior programmer may charge $25 per hour and $250 for a quick code change, the more experienced programmer can charge $80 per hour and bill the same total... comparing apples and oranges. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Wade D [mailto:suedeuno@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:23 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Pricing for PHP programming??? So how do you know what to charge when youre independent and just starting? <clipped>