Comments on: Why I can’t build a website for £500…..

By: David Harris

David Harris — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:15:02 +0000

Nowadays, you must be super creative to have a good business idea that works.,`:

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Porque no podemos hacer webs por 500 euros | Consultor de Marketing Online — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:10:15 +0000

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By: Bright Sky

Bright Sky — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:38:34 +0000

My experience is that people underestimate webdesign/-development a lot. When I tell them it’ll be around € 500 for a flash website ( which is cheap ). They usually look at me in disbelief, thinking I must be feeling way to good about myself. It’s because I’m a student and I need those small assignments to build my portfolio. Whenever I get a new assignment, money is definitely the hardest thing to think about. If I charge to high, they’ll just go away, if I charge to low, I feel like a poor underpayed Indian

By: Ronny

Ronny — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:36:45 +0000

Srah, this is a great post. Love your way of thinking and writing. I would love to see more posts, of any nature

By: karl bowers

karl bowers — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:06:02 +0000

If I had a pound for every time I heard “Budget upto £500.00″ lol! Its part of the process educating clients on the values of our profession, but you do get “the head in the sand” types! lol!

By: Samoo

Samoo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:42:32 +0000

It’s kind of relief reading your post. I’ve always thought things like these can happen only here in Italy…but (unfortunately) you proved me wrong.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:46:32 +0000

i actually got a nice site build for $130. thealchemistlab.com I really wish the designer charged more. he did an excellent job. like excellent. but he didnt want more than that.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:18:17 +0000

Great post, I think most professional web designers can relate to this post.
I completely agree with you about explaining the process and what’s involved.

Quite often the potential client is unaware of what’s involved in creating a website and if you can explain it to them then they have the opportunity to increase their budget or discuss a more affordable downsized version of the site.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:18:03 +0000

The problem is there will be bedroom hacks or noobs who will take this on for £500. i probably would have 8 years ago. But you always get what you pay for so. if its a real complicated one the developer either wont be able to make it or bail out when they realise the scale of the project. Next comes the dreaded “we’ll cut you in on the business” conversation. Which normally means can you spend 4months knocking your pipe out for my weak business idea. I just work with software houses these days, its soooo much more straight forward.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:01:40 +0000

There is one simple reason for why this happens – saturation. The web industry is saturated by freelancers and agencies, but also tainted by, and this is not a racial slur, foreigners bidding ridiculously low costs on massive projects on sites like elance.

this coupled with the fact that web design is not considered a “real” job and the fundamental lack of understanding on the clients part, the general consensus is that clients can budget their work at VASTLY less than what is actually required to do the job.