Ok, I just started my own company and finished work for my first client
(shameless plug here: http://www.alamosawinecellars.com). The problem I
had wasn't in pricing my work by what it's worth and how much time I put
in it, but pricing it in a way that would work for my client. I ended
up making roughly $10/hr., maybe less, for the effort, but I ended up
with an extra $1000 in the bank. If I wanted to charge more, I would
have had to take a walk and look for another client. My price wasn't
based on an hourly rate, but on the project and my client's company size
and ability to come up with enough to cover my time. The part of the
project that took all my time is in a backend admin tool that allows the
client to update their pages whenever they need. The data is all stored
in a mysql db. Anyways, I have noticed that for some clients, like my
first, charging too much will lose them. For other clients, like medium
sized companies, charging too little will send them hunting for someone
else. Very bizarre environment to work in, but my suggestion is to
judge your prices based on the client's perspective. Interview the
client and try to get an idea of what they're looking for. Look at what
the client thinks they're getting. Use anything you can to find out
what the client's price range is and then set your prices in the middle.
And also, everything can be negotiated.
my 2 cents...
johnny p.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Siim Einfeldt aka Itpunk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 10:23 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Pricing for PHP programming???
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> >As a PHP programmer and COO of a development and consulting shop, the
> >emphasis on hourly rate is something that really amazes me. Not all
> >programmers are created equal. A lot of clients don't recognize
> that. Some
> >mistakenly believe that a $120/hr. programmer is 20% more
> productive than
> a
> >$100/hr. programmer. Yet others think that a $200/hr.
> programmer must be
> >twice as good as a $100/hr. programmer.
>
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