How much should you charge for a website?💎

So this is one of the questions I get dmd a lot , and there can’t be one definite price for all websites and there will be a lot of factors that might make it swing in different directions, ill talk about them below in no particular order.

🤝How big the client is - It is important to take into account the financial status of your client, you can’t charge a startup that’s barely made any profit and a company that’s been in business for 10 years the same so try and find out more about the company / client to know what their capabilities financially.

🤝How much time it will take you to make - Clients will ask you to make anything from a simple landing page that can be done in one sitting to a full management website that will run their entire company, some projects might take hours meanwhile some may take weeks and months so properly analyze the time estimate without being blinded by ego.

🤝Where the client is from - Its no secret that money doesn’t have equal value in every country and of course you’re not going to charge a local client and an international client the same rates.

🤝How unemployed you are - if you have a couple projects you’re already working on and this is an add on , you should charge higher than if there is no other project at hand because if there is no other project on your hand, its better to work for cheap than not work at all.

🤝How much value both the project and the client will bring to your portfolio - if the project is going to be a simple crud app that won’t add any value to you except for the money you get paid for it , then you should charge higher because there are no other benefits that come with it, but if the project is going to be portfolio worthy or the client is big enough that it looks impressive for your resume, you should be willing to take on the client even at a lower cost.

🤝Look for other benefits that aren’t monetary - if the client is a startup, Maybe ask to have some ownership in the company, or if they sell products and services, create a deal that benefits you, for example, I made a landing page for a gym for a relatively low price but with the added benefit of free membership , which would have amounted to more than what they would have paid me even if I had requested double the payment in the long term, and clients are usually happy to come to this kind of arrangement because its not direct money out of their pocket.

fair😂