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Originally Posted by cerulean
Even $1500 seems a little light for a custom website, depending on how you define "custom". In the mainstream, a non-interactive landing page comes in around $2000 minimum. That might seem like a lot, but not really. Let's say it takes anywhere between 5-15 hours to do. You might spend 50% of that time on actual coding, graphic design, etc. and 50% doing email/video consults and touch-ups or adjustments. All of it is time spent, though.
On a good day, you might make $400/hr and on a bad day, you make $130/hr. That sure sounds like a lot! But after taxes, you're taking home like 70% of that--and then if you're freelance, you're paying 3% up-front with Stripe, PayPal, etc., then you have to pay for your own healthcare, retirement, banking fees, professional fees (marketing, accounting, legal), etc. You might still be taking home $60/day after everything is said and done. These are mainstream numbers by the way--do we not value adult at a better rate? It requires a niche skill set and you want someone trustworthy to work on your business.
$300? Yeah, I don't think I could afford to take that job either. If it took you 5 days to put together a website like that, at $300, you would be looking at $15k/yr. That's the federal poverty level in the U.S.
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A recent request was from someone who offers games. When I say custom, it's not just a plug and play template. Let's just say, semi-custom, non-interactive site, 15 - 20 pages, profiles for each game, reviews, customer testimonials, contact form +map, about, careers page, frequently asked, teams page, expanded/drop down menu, and a few others can't remember off hand. Did not indicate if needed any sort of cms or just wants static html, either way, no difference. 5 days includes all time spent, plus revisions. I mean, can probably bang one out quicker with everything in place, but, more or less, I'm spending 5 days (maybe not full days) on it. So, yeah ... to do something like that for $300 is a stretch to say the least.