For ASP Database programming we list $200/hour on our price sheet and we "discount" that to $150/hour when the client signs a contract for long term service.
For general ASP/PhP programming we list at $150/hour with a discounted rate of $110/hour.
For Windows application programming (the bulk of the work that I personally do), we list at $250/hour with no discounts. We do offer a 30% discount on the complete contract if we retain the rights to the program we create (so that we can resell the application). However, if the client keeps the rights to the application then we offer no discount. If we are required to sign a non-compete (we'll won't create a similar application for anyone else) then we add a $10,000++ surcharge, depending on the industry.
On the database programming side, the bulk of the work we do is integrating data from existing applications (bookkeeping, inventory, etc.) into web-based applications for access by employees and customers. As an example, we're finishing up a job for a local furniture chain (5 stores) so they can share inventory with each other over the web. It's strictly so that their sales people know what's available in the other stores. The total cost of the project was $9,300 which included a new server at their main office running Win2k Server and IIS to host the app/data. We also had to integrate the system with their accounting software (Peachtree).
What I can't understand is that people will easily believe that programming is difficult and expensive and don't fuss (for the most part) about pricing, but when you tell them that "designing" graphics for a web site is also a difficult process, they don't believe it. I guess they think that all artists are hippies or something. <grin>
--Dave
At 8/28/2003, you wrote:
> We actually do very well with anything that requires programming (my > personal forte). We can get away with charging the client $150 to > $200/hour for database work.
holy $deity
i don't charge anywhere near that, and i think i'm pretty good at databases
i'd be interested in hearing offlist from you, dave, how you go about marketing those hours
i'm obviously doing something *way* wrong if you can get that
i'm not saying you aren't worth it, just that i probably am too
rudy
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