Of course...just add it to the overall cost of the project. There is always cost involved in getting requirements and putting together a wireframe for the project. I would never do it for free. I also charge for time spent driving to and from the clients site.
Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "J S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:50 PM Subject: Re: Contractors > Thanks again Douglas. Going back to my original post, is it common to bill for time spent putting a bid together for the company? > > JS > Douglas Brown wrote:Well basically you just want something that shows the scope of the project > and let it be known that any additions to the current scope will be billed at > X amount of dollars. There is so many times a client will add something new > to the scope after you have already placed the bid and if nothing is in > writing, you can get yourself in a mess. Another thing to keep in mind is > payment methods, if you have not worked for this company before, and do not > know them, I would place in your contract somewhere that you will get say 30% > up front and the balance upon completion. If you do not do this, you may find > you have worked 80 hours on it and then have them say that the client bailed > nad that they cannot pay you. At least you covered some of your time. > > > > > Douglas Brown > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J S" > To: "CF-Community" > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 5:56 PM > Subject: Re: Contractors > > > > Thanks for the reply. What do you mean by 'cover your ass'? What do I > need to watch out for and besides the things you mentioned below, how can I > make sure I have a good contract? I don't have the time and money to have a > lawyer draw something up right now are there other options? > > Thanks, > > JS > > > > Douglas Brown wrote:A couple of things. > > > > 1. Have a good contract for yourself before you go into this. Cover your > A%^ > > 2. You should charge more than what you would expect as a salaried > employee, > > due to a higher tax bracket. I would say at least $40.00 per hour. > > 3. Break the application into several parts and base your bid for the job > on > > each part, it is too hard to bid a project by just looking at the whole pie > > so to speak. > > 4. Allow yourself some room for client modifications etc...Add say 10% to > > your final bid. > > > > > > > > > > Douglas Brown > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "J S" > > To: "CF-Community" > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:29 PM > > Subject: Contractors > > > > > > > I am doing some contracting work for a small company that has not used > > > contractors before. Since I haven't done contract work before myself I > > > have a lot of questions. I'll start with this one for now, I was asked > > > to give them a quote for a web site that they will give to their > > > client. The job is relatively involved with a shopping cart and > > > interfacing > > > with another web application so the quote will require some research on > > > my part. Is it common to charge the company I'm doing the work for the > > > time I will to do the quote? > > > > > > Any other advice is welcomed too. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > JS > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
