Depending on the client and the task, I have hit $175 (and it turned into a several day task due to no fault of my own). But that was the max. I also gave them a little discount since the bill was so large.
Thanks, Steve Totaro http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 11:00 AM > To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' > Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] How much to charge > > Our normal rate for business IT services is about $85/hour. That's on the > low side around here (average is probably 90-110/hour). > > > In fact you would be lucky to get $60! > We charge $57/hour for residential technology services. > > > You probably shouldn't charge anything less than $60/hour. Remember, when > they need service in the future, they'll think they should be charged what > they were initially charged. So if you undercut yourself now by charging > $45/hour, then later realize that you should be charging $80/hour, they're > gonna think you're screwing them when you nearly double the price to bring > it more inline with the market. > This happened when my partner joined my company; he was charging $50/hour > to > his business clients, we were charging $85, so when he brought all of his > clients over, they were all upset that they had to pay a substantially > higher rate than before (even though $85/hour is VERY reasonable; they > were > used to a much lower price). Many of them looked at other IT services > companies and realized that $85/hour was still low, thus they ended up > staying with our company; but not before making a big stink about it. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:59 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How much to charge > > I dont think you will make anything close to $250 per hour installing > Sipuras! In fact you would be lucky to get $60! > > > C F wrote: > > >Depends where you are located, if it's going to be less than 30 hours > >a week then you should go for the normal consulting rate, which in my > >area is anywhere from $60.00 to $250.00 an hour. Depending on what you > >do. > > > >On 2/11/06, asbiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi everybody, > >> > >>One of a local VoIP services provider whom I know has asked me to > >>install about 10 Sipura adapters for one of their clients, who will be > >>getting VoIP services from them. They'll have more business clients > >>coming soon. Any idea how much should I be charging them for doing the > >>installation? > >> > >>Thanks, > >> > >>Zach > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >> > >>asterisk-biz mailing list > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > >> > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > >asterisk-biz mailing list > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
