Thanks for the input. David, I agree. I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek when I said I didn't want the short end of the deal. The fact is that I have no idea what web development is worth these days, what web devs make, what projects like this might be specified at, nor what people are willing to pay. I'm just looking for a little guidance, and so far I've gotten some great ideas and pointers. I was looking for a place to start and figured this was a good forum for that.
-Adam On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Allan Irving <[email protected] > wrote: > Another solution (which I'm sure one exists on there) would be browsing > through Themeforest and or Codecanyon. Can't remember which has these sorts > of websites, but they have a mass of different client portals and project > management suites that I am sure one will fit your needs. The licenses are > cheap enough and then you have most of the work done apart from editing > files and adding and removing what you do and don't need. I tend to utilise > such a method when doing things for friends and family etc. as they can see > what they're getting on the theme pages themselves and then state what they > want changed. Unfortunately, if I start from scratch it seems to take > forever and they always change their minds. This should also help keep > costs down as it is far less consuming as starting from scratch. If they > want something bespoke, then ignore what I have said! > > > *This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is > privileged, confidential, copyrighted and exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, > copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately > by return email and delete the message and any attachments. * > > > On 15 May 2014 06:23, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 14 May 2014, Adam Levin wrote: >> >> I'm trying to figure out if I'm getting stuck with the short end of the >>> deal. :) >>> >> >> this is the wrong way to be thinking. >> >> <soapbox> >> >> It's worth thinking in a few different ways, but "who gets the short end >> of the deal" is just about always wrong. >> >> It's valid to price based on how you value your time (including benefits >> that you get from them being grateful, feeling good about helping the >> community, etc) >> >> It's valid to price based on the benefit that they get from it >> >> And it's abaolutly valid to price so that they think they are getting >> something worthwhile, even if you would be willing to do the work for less >> (people are funny that way) >> >> But in any good deal, both sides are going to feel that they got more >> than they had to give up, or at least that they value what they got more >> than they value what they had to give up. >> >> anything where either side feels that they 'got the short end of the >> stick' is not a good deal to enter into. Even if you are not on the short >> end of the deal, the bad feelings that are generated from deals like this >> have a way of influencing other interactions with people (and your >> reputation) >> >> It's also not unusual for a bad deal to end up where both sides feel that >> they got the short end of the stick. >> >> David Lang >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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