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James P. Kinney III wrote:
|
| I read the responses as more "Don't under sell yourself". This is a
| technical field that requires a high degree of expertise to get it
| right. Just as there is a difference between the shade tree mechanic and
| the pro shop with the fully stocked tool box, so it is with the web site
| mechanic. It's OK to charge what ever the web writer is willing to live
| on. There is a need for that level of web expertise as well as for the
| mid and top level writers as well.
|
| However, $12-$15 per hour writing web pages won't pay the bills unless
| you are booked solid 40 hours per week every week. If the low-cost
| writer has another full-time job, then freelancing at that price is just
| extra beer money (over 21) or game cash (under 21). Once someone is
| doing it full-time, there is time called "overhead" that is not billable
| directly. It turns into a delicate juggling act balancing non-paying
| time and pricing the paying time to get a rate that keeps the roof up
| and doesn't scare away customers. There's a reason that most retail
| stores have more than a 100% markup.
|

I'm with you on that one.  I pointed out in my e-mail that for
functional sites (e.g., a database powered site using one or more
databases and dynamic content), that's what I would charge.  It kinda
gives the OP a reasonable benchmark for what he could/should be doing
for the "extra" little bit of a workload he is persuing.

It wasn't meant to be "elistist" in the slightest.  Honestly, however, I
don't do work like that, hence I can't say what I'd charge because I
haven't the slightest idea.  When I have friends that want work done,
they aren't willing to pay for it, so I say, "here's some links on the
Internet that will get you going."

	- Mike

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