Figure out how long it is going to take.
Often it makes sense to have a 2 (or more) stage process -
requirements/design then implementation.
This protects both you and the client.
The client knows what he is going to get and how much it will cost - you
know what work you actually have to do.
You still have to estimate the first phase based on less than a complete
story but at least you are not jumping into the unknown for a big amount.
Rates depend on where you live and what people make who do this sort of
work.
If you need to make $70,000 per year in order to own a car and a house
and eat fairly regularly, you have to change more than someone who can
live very well on $20,000 per year. If you think that you can move from
Indonesia to New York City and charge the same rates, you will be in for
lots of surprises.
Sometimes your rates also depend on your relation to the customer and
how much extra they are willing to pay to deal with someone that they
know and trust; someone who understands their needs can save them a lot
of their time in a complex project.
Anggie Bratadinata wrote:
Mates,
I have a prospective client who wants to have a Flash application
(AMFPHP). This is the first time for me so I need to know how much I
should charge him.
Some important points to be considered:
1. this is my 1st *commercial* AMFPHP project
2. I used to charge : $1500 - $2000 for PHP dynamic sites, $500 -
$1500 for Flash sites/CDROMs, $500 - $1000 for static CSS-P websites
3. he also wants to have a Dashboard for viewing critical business
statistics
Based on my rates above, how much should I charge him for an AMFPHP
application?
TIA,
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