Excellent post Brent!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Helms Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ColdFusion Freelance Charges I typically stay around 50/hr because CF work for me is on the side, not my primary business, and its something I am ok with. While 50/hr is cheap in my opinion, there are some people in the US charging 35-40/hr (at least thats the going rate from some agencies looking for a contractor), but on the other end of the spectrum the company I work for charges a flat 150/hour for all development. I think it boils down to: What can you provide your customer with? While some customers look for the cheapest price, I think a smart customer looks at the price, the programmer to have a good understanding of the project, proof of work (showoff some work); and if all of this looks good: price becomes less of a priority. I've been playing around with rentacoder.com. I placed a good bid on a project for $1800, which I felt was a really good price, and someone wins the bid for 80 bucks! On another note, it looks like I have scored a project for 7k, when all other bids were averaging 1500, and the maximum bid was supposed to be 3k. I accomplished this by created a detailed statement of work for the potential client, and by showing him what we offer to all of our clients, and by providing examples of our work. So IMHO, it boils down to "How Smart is your client", and what can you show them to make the sell. Sometimes it is simply the bottom dollar, but then you have to ask, do you want your clients to have the mentality of paying the smallest price for the core of their business? Sometimes these clients are not worth the work in the long run. I'm rambling. Needed a code break :) Regards, Brent On 8/21/05, Justin Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is something I'd be curious to know as well, because alot of times I > seem to get clients who are not willing to pay a decent amount so it makes > me think that maybe I'm overcharging. So if someone out there would give > some ranges as to what they normally charge or others they know of charge, > it'd be much appreciated. > Justin > > Ryan Everhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > If this is not appropriate please let me know. I'm bidding on a job > and I'm wondering what other people are charging per hour? I work for > a large company doing Intranet work and it's been a while since I've > done any work on the Internet. A range would be fine, I'm just > trying to get an idea. > > Ryan > > -- > Ryan Everhart > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
