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Originally posted by railz
I've been asked for quotes in the past few weeks and people have been throwing out all kinds of wierd things. One guy wanted a full webmaster site done, and wasn't willing to pay more than $50 for it, and wouldn't pay until the design was uploaded to his server.
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A standard ICQ conversation would go something like this:
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Him: "You design me nice site yes?"
cdsmith: "could be. You want a whole site done do you?"
Him: "Yes"
cdsmith: "What are you offering as payment?"
Him: "I pay you fifty dollah"
cdsmith: "So you want a two-page site with no graphics?"
Him: [confused] "No, I want full site, tour, nice logo and banner too, many page"
cdsmith: "If you're joking, I'm not laughing"
Him: "no joke. You make site yes?"
cdsmith: "No site, but I make joke now. ha ha"
Him: "???"
cdsmith: "buddy, you're a cheap ass eye-twitching retard. Time for you to eat a dick"
---- end of discussion ----
For you designers that are a bit newer to the industry, listen up ---- don't sell your work CHEAP. I fucking HATE it when I see the word "cheap" in a designer's advertising. If your work is worth industry standard then CHARGE IT, stop raping yourself and every other designer with you. A good designer should be getting $20 to $40 per hour for basic work and $50 to $100 per hour for scripting and high-end graphics work. You are professionals, it's time you started running your businesses as such... and that means charging enough for what you are worth, and making sure at least partial payment is secured before starting any work for all but the most trusted clients.