Re: Database Development Price Inquiry?

It depends on the project. I generally charge $50/hr and bill on a two week cycle. Customers invariably want estimates, and I provide them, then warn when the requests for "extra functionality" start eating up the estimate. Generally they spring for the extra $$. Worst customers? The ones who don't know what they want, or give the vaguest direction, and then you iterate from there. Those bills are usually astronomical, in the sense that what they ended up with could have been reached with a little more work and commitment at their end. Regards - Miles Thompson At 10:24 PM 3/21/2002 -0800, Robin Chen wrote:

We calculate the charge by $75-$150 per hour depending on complexity of the project, then quote customer the final price. On small projects, < $5000, its usually half before project, and half after project. For project > $5000, it's usually 30% up front, 30% when we have major features completed, 30% when delivered, last 10% when finalized. On even large projects $15k+, we usually go by phases. Robin "[-^-!-%-" wrote: Hello everyone, I'm in the process of revising my db development prices, and was wondering what the best practices were. I want to keep my prices low, but I often feel like I'm not charging close to what I should be charging. 1) What is the going rate for Database Development (MySQL+PHP or any other combo)? 2) What (or how) do you charge for MySQL+PHP database applications? 3) What do you factor into your pricing? We currently package our prices by the project. Example, we would charge one flat fee for an online database application. This would include everything from start to finish. Sometimes this works out, but other times it gets painful and tedious. I often feel like I'm not charging as much as I should be. 4) What is the best practice for db development pricing? Flat fee or hourly based? Do you charge based on the number of hours spent (anticipated) or by the project complexity and/or size? 5) Do you charge in stages or upon completion? For example, do you charge after the planning phase, development phase, etc. Or, after the project is complete? I'm especially interested in hearing from the West Coast (USA) developers. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -john -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php