bang bang photo wrote:
What do you consider a "reasonable price?"

cheap. she says so in the title.

NellySecret wrote:
It seems like nobody wants to build a web page 4 a reasonable price.

I'll do it for $10.00 as long as it doesn’t involve a computer

NellySecret wrote:
It seems like nobody wants to build a web page 4 a reasonable price.

I'm located in Minneapolis, and my rates for webapges is VERY reasonable. give me a call. I'll PM you with my number.

Jeff Cohn::X-Pose.net:: wrote:
$600-1500 is reasonable and average. If you find one for less than that, you're dealing with an amature that has no idea what their doing or is using a template they found on some site.

I'm always amazed when people make flat, factual statements like this, as though they are truth handed down on stone tablets from god, and there is simply no possibility of any other outcome. Sheesh. Sometimes the "spin" around here makes me dizzy.

Merlinstouch wrote:
I work at a graphics company and that 650-1500 is reasonable. It gets stupid when ppl have no clue what they want for content and have to bug a programmer or designer all the time with "What should I put here?" We charge more when we have to go in and fix someones site because some kid in school did it for a favor. Good luck finding some help on that.

Yeah -- that's a nicer way to put it. I would say that there are inherent risks in using non-professionals, along with some potential benefits. There are inherent advantages to using a professional with much lower risks, although risk is still present.

"SPIN" happens when people pretend that there is only one answer to a question, and all other possible solutions other than their own are dangerous, preposterous, ill-conceived, damaging to the moral fibre and financial fabric of our society, and a total waste of time. Generally, the people making these statements have a large financial interest in getting other people to do things their way, which in my mind, significantly undermines the credibility of the advice.

Not that I mind people pointing out the advantages of their business model, and the risks of another's -- it's just when it's done with such religious fervor and bald self-interest, I get dizzy from the spin. . ..

webdesigndave wrote:
Basically you're going to get what you pay for.

If you stick someone $100 it's going to show that that's all you paid. Ask plenty of questions about their skills and knowledge and remember that the site needs to be usable, accessible and comply with Section 508

The site only needs to comply to section 508 if shes part of the federal government. Its nice to do for ppl but not required.

Joshua Griffing wrote:
Jalbum...free software that is AMAZING for website stuff, it only is for pictures nothing else, but check out my site, www.photosbyklipp.com i used that program and all that took me 10min?

Hey Josh.....your web site doesn't come up!! Maybe you should've spent the money?

Joshua Griffing wrote:
Jalbum...free software that is AMAZING for website stuff, it only is for pictures nothing else, but check out my site, www.photosbyklipp.com i used that program and all that took me 10min?

I agree with you Josh! Very nice stuff there, its only for pictures but awesome I would say.

Rohit Seth wrote:
Post a requirement on Craigslist.... you'll get tons of responses.

Make sure you check out their past work, though.

Also mention that you'll give all the pizza, soda, candy they can inhale, lol.
OHH, that' s  soooo 90's, LOL

Merlinstouch wrote:
The site only needs to comply to section 508 if shes part of the federal government. Its nice to do for ppl but not required.

My mistake - I'm in the UK where the Disability Discrimination Act makes it a legal requirement.

A website that is put together in a standards compliant, semantic and accessible way will be open to a much wider audience.

Merlinstouch wrote:
I work at a graphics company and that 650-1500 is reasonable. It gets stupid when ppl have no clue what they want for content and have to bug a programmer or designer all the time with "What should I put here?" We charge more when we have to go in and fix someones site because some kid in school did it for a favor. Good luck finding some help on that.

I do websites for a living and I would have to say in most cases $650-1500 is UNreasonable. A lot web designers feed off the fact that most people don't realize how simple it really is, and I've had client after client come in with a quote for anther company that was clearly a rip off.

We start out at $300, and a basic model portfolio, assuming she didn't want anything crazy, would probably be around $400-$500. If she wanted to enter the content herself if would even be cheaper. And we have very user friendly software that allows clients to do this.

Template or no (yes we do base most of our sites on templates, however, I said *base* meaning we go in and move things around and customize them completely so they don't look like any other site. All a template does is set up the basic structure of the site and save us from hand coding all the generic crap.) a site can basically be put up in a couple days assuming the content is all on hand. It always amazes me how little the general public knows about websites, and that they will constantly assume that to be *good* a site must cost a lot of money.

S T O N E  H O R S E wrote:
I do websites for a living and I would have to say in most cases $650-1500 is UNreasonable. A lot web designers feed off the fact that most people don't realize how simple it really is, and I've had client after client come in with a quote for anther company that was clearly a rip off.

We start out at $300, and a basic model portfolio, assuming she didn't want anything crazy, would probably be around $400-$500. If she wanted to enter the content herself if would even be cheaper. And we have very user friendly software that allows clients to do this.

Template or no (yes we do base most of our sites on templates, however, I said *base* meaning we go in and move things around and customize them completely so they don't look like any other site. All a template does is set up the basic structure of the site and save us from hand coding all the generic crap.) a site can basically be put up in a couple days assuming the content is all on hand. It always amazes me how little the general public knows about websites, and that they will constantly assume that to be *good* a site must cost a lot of money.

Hey you go ahead and do template based sites. Not trying to start fights. If someone wants a generic looking site that was based of a template hell I'll do it for 300 bucks too.

And the point is you get what you pay for. Most templates are coded horrible and Google and other search engines dont crawl them well.

Find your budget, decide what you want from it then ask alot of questions.