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xenigo · 11-26-2004, 05:33 AM

I'm a webmaster for a mainstream client. For the most part I really hate doing the work, but I do it because I'm friends with the guy who runs the store and I kind of feel obligated because he's friends with my family.

He's asked me to re-do the entire site for e-commerce and build a shopping cart system, setup the merchant account and such, and build the product database, SEO, and traffic purchases.

I have a couple buddies that run a pool and spa parts store and it took their 2 man crew 3 months to enter all the products into the database. They think it will take me longer for this project, being a 1 man crew.

How much would you invoice a project like this? I'm thinking $3k a month would be fair, I don't want to over-bill them for the time. But of course, I don't want to under-bill them and feel like I'm wasting my time. In reality I'll probably feel like I'm spinning my wheels either way because I make that much in about two days of shooting content. Ugh...

11-26-2004, 05:33 AM
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	mainstream project, how much would you charge?? I'm a webmaster for a mainstream client. For the most part I really hate doing the work, but I do it because I'm friends with the guy who runs the store and I kind of feel obligated because he's friends with my family. He's asked me to re-do the entire site for e-commerce and build a shopping cart system, setup the merchant account and such, and build the product database, SEO, and traffic purchases. I have a couple buddies that run a pool and spa parts store and it took their 2 man crew 3 months to enter all the products into the database. They think it will take me longer for this project, being a 1 man crew. How much would you invoice a project like this? I'm thinking $3k a month would be fair, I don't want to over-bill them for the time. But of course, I don't want to under-bill them and feel like I'm wasting my time. In reality I'll probably feel like I'm spinning my wheels either way because I make that much in about two days of shooting content. Ugh...