Ajay, How Much Should You Charge?

Hi Ajay,

Conrad here from LearnWebDevelopment.com.

Let's say you're getting to the point where
working with WordPress is second nature. You're a
whiz at quickly building quality websites. That's
the fun part of web design.

However, if you want to increase your income, you
have to look at web design as a business. And,
pricing is an important part of that business.

There's no easy answer for how much you should
charge for web design projects, but the first factor
you have to consider is how long it usually takes
you to complete a website.

Do you even know?

Unless you actually log your time, you're simply
guessing.

When you sit down to work on a project, look at
the clock and mark down the time. Log out when you
break for lunch. Don't forget to log back in when
you begin work again. That sounds pretty simple,
right?

Of course, you're probably juggling more than one
project at a time.

You may work on one project for a short while,
then realize you need the client's logo and other
information to continue. You send a reminder
e-mail to that client, then turn your attention to
another project.

Then, you're interrupted by a call from yet
another client and spend some time answering
his questions.

Writing down that you worked three hours before
lunch isn't helpful.

You must keep track of how much time you spent
on each of the various projects. Yes, that makes it
a little trickier.

If you're getting a lot done, you don't want to
break your creative flow to log transitions from
one project to another. If you're on a tight
deadline, the last thing you want to do is add
another task to your day.

Why bother?

Well, check this out:

Getting $500 for one web design project may sound
like good money. If it took you 5 hours to complete
the project, you grossed $100 per hour, but...

If it took you 10 hours, you made $50 per hour...

If it took you 20 hours, you made $25 per hour...

If you misjudged how complicated a project would
be or how much time you'd have to spend talking
with the client.

Or if they wanted to make more changes than you
planned for, you might end up putting 70 hours
into the project - and you wouldn't have even made
minimum wage.

Now that $500 doesn't seem so sweet.

That's why you must keep track of your time.

Once you have completed a time log for your web
design project, you'll be able to see how much
time it really took you to complete the project
and how much you're making per hour.

Then, you can use the data to decide how much to
charge on your next web design project.

Right now, take the first step to having a
profitable business as a web designer: keep
track of your time.

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All the best,

Conrad Feagin
LearnWebDevelopment.com - Learn. Soar. Get Ahead.

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