[nycphp-talk] Site Quote
Joel De Gan
joel at tagword.com
Wed Aug 11 12:12:28 EDT 2004
Really depends..
You will see people bid super low on things like this on scriptlance and
rentacoder (and my site listbid.com) just to get talking with the buyer.
If you have a very good team of people to do this, you could
realistically charge between 20 and 40k depending on how much graphical
work they need and if things need to be specialized and built from
scratch.
However, if you can use pre-built carts and stuff you could go as low as
5-10k and have something like this built-out in a couple weeks easy.
But: The main issue with these is "always" feature-creep and maintenance
which will chew into your profits horribly unless you clearly define a
"Maintenance hourly contract".
My recommendation (from working at various custom site shops and having
done a lot of these) if you are working solo would be $25 hour coding
(basic php and html, templates, graphics etc) and $40-70/hour for any
database specific work (which you can explain is "specialized work",
don't mention the fact the whole thing is built on a database, this
gives you a great way to deter certain 'features' the client thinks they
want). If you have several people working with you and have an
established name for yourself, you could go as high as $75-125/hour for
billing on any work and specialized network coding starts at $150/hour
for a professional. (i.e. if they want some news rdf scraper)
Another note: Always, always, always double your quoted time (when
working by yourself) unless your know for a certain fact that you can do
it within that time period. Having seen this firsthand many times, it
will give you some flex area and you can sometimes come in below the
quote which makes the client very happy.
-joeldg
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 15:32, Joseph Crawford Jr. wrote:
> tried that and said i would work for $25/hr they wanted a project
> quote and then anything after the contract be @ 25/hr
>
> Joe Crawford Jr.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Yury Rush
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:11 AM
> Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] Site Quote
>
> One other idea -- ask if they would be interested in doing it
> hourly... which would be fantastic for you!!!!! :P
>
> ciao
> yury
>
>
> http://www.templatelabs.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of
> Joseph Crawford Jr.
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:01 AM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Site Quote
>
>
> i should also mention that they want each store to
> have it's own domain name if they so choose.
>
> Joe Crawford Jr.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joseph Crawford Jr.
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Site Quote
>
> Yuri,
>
> that's just it, it's not a typical shopping
> cart, they want to have several store fronts
> that can sell items. Multiple shops where a
> user can navigate and order products from more
> than one shop in one transaction.
>
> They also want an admin area for each shop,
> the main admin interface limited by access,
> such as admin1 has access to part of the admin
> area and admin2 can have access to more parts
> of the admin area. If it wasnt confidential i
> would forward the docs to the list so you
> could see all of the features.
>
> They want to be able to have a portal for the
> users so that they can have
>
> They can see the weather
> See the stock market
> See front page news from local newspapers
> Horoscopes
> Match.com
> The top boxoffice numbers
>
> Search integration including not limited to
>
> yahoo, google
>
> such stuff as
> -message board
> -classifieds
> -their profile
> -newsletter
> -events
> -Email to a Friend recommend us kind of thing
> and win points program.
> -Discounts, shopping within the sites
> community members. So they can shop between
> themselves and have a community discount .
>
> so as you can see it is much more than a
> typical shopping cart.
>
> this project will probably take me upwards of
> 6-8 months
>
> Joe Crawford Jr.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Yury Rush
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:46
> AM
> Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] Site Quote
>
> For a shopping cart -- maybe a little.
> But you would know better..you met
> with them and could feel them out. But
> hey -- a deal is made when you have a
> willing seller and a willing buyer! Is
> the quote for a jewelry store?
>
> regards
> Yury
>
> http://www.webuyolddiamonds.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Joseph Crawford Jr.
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11,
> 2004 9:35 AM
> To: talk at lists.nyphp.org
> Subject: [nycphp-talk] Site
> Quote
>
>
> Guys i have put in a quote for
> a site similar to
>
> http://www.novica.com/
>
> and the person said the quote
> was way too much, my quote was
> $25,000 for the entire site to
> be done that is tax free for
> them, meaning i am paying my
> own taxes. Thier site
> included a ton of statistic
> features and quickbooks report
> integration etc...
>
> Do you guys think i quoted
> high or low?
>
> Joe Crawford Jr.
>
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