Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

I thought I would share some links to articles on pricing Web projects and creating contracts, and forms. Before you meet with a client you need to determine how you will charge (by the hour or per project) and have all of your contracts and other forms ready.

These projects vary in scope, but should give you some food for thought. Some of these prices may be in another currency, so here is a link to a currency converter. Some of these articles may be older, but they give a formula for calculating current costs or outline how to determine your own costs.

Calculating Web Development Costs

• How Much Should a Web Design Cost?
• Pricing Web Work – What Should You Charge?
• Pricing A Project
• How Much Should a Web Site Cost?
• How to Set a Price for Web Design Work
• How much does a web site cost?
• How to Estimate a Web Site Project
• How to Charge a Client
• Website Pricing… How Much Should I Charge?
• Nine Factors to Consider When Determining Your Price
• How Much Does a Web Page Cost?
• Web Design Cost Estimate Wizard
• Design and Development Prices
• Logoworks Pricing
• CAD Web Site Design Pricing
• Chromatic Sites How Much Will It Cost?
• Web Design Price Estimate – use this to see what features you might offer your clients.
• Website Price and Cost of Web Design – Rates
• Website Design Price Estimate – Get It Instantly!

New Addition 5/28/09 – Project Scheduling – 14 Designers Share Their Advice

Contracts and Other Forms

Before you begin to negotiate pricing be sure that you have a solid contract prepared

• Graphic Designer Contracts Agreements Forms & Web Designers Contracts
• Website Design Contract
• Website Planning Worksheet
• Website Content Worksheet
• Bulletproof Web Design Contracts
• Web Site Design Contract
• Web/Graphic Designers Contracts, Agreements, and Forms
• Web Design Contracts: Why Bother
• Graphic Designer Contracts Agreements Forms and Web Designers Contracts
• Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services – Links to PDF Download
• Web Design Contract in Word Format
• The Web Design Contract Podcast. Check out the rest of Killersites Magazine for more information on developing sites and your business.
• Contracts are Crucial
• The Legal Side of Web Design Business and Web Site Ownership
• Sample Contract and other papers
• Freelance Design Contracts & Templates Pricing, Invoices, SEO and more
• Yahoo Small Business Center

Edit 1/13/09 – Web Development Project Estimator – The Web Development Project Estimator is a simple tool that allows web designers and site developers to quickly and thoroughly estimate the time and materials required for a proposed web project.

Edit 2/6/09 – Simple process to estimate times and costs in a web project

Edit 2/16/09 – 46 Questions for a Web Design Project

Edit 2/16/09 – 14 Invaluable Tools To Check The Real Worth of Your Design Work

Edit 6/11/09 – Effective Strategy To Estimate Time For Your Design Projects

Edit 6/17/09 – Pricing Like You’re Worth It

Edit 6/17/09 – Charging Project Pricing Versus Hourly Rates

Edit 6/17/09 – Pricing Bootcamp

Edit 6/29/09 – 45 Incredibly Useful Web Design Checklists and Questionnaires

Edit 7/05/09 – The Rules of Pricing your Design Services

Edit 7/09/09 – Pricing Skills and Services as a Freelancer: Part 2, Tips and Quotes

Edit 7/14/09 – Quality-Price-Ratio in Web Design (Pricing Design Work)

Edit 7/19/09 – Fast, Good, Cheap: Pricing Freelance Work

Edit 7/21/09 – What to Include In Your Design Contracts

Edit 7/26/09 – 12 Tips on Pricing your Web Work

Edit 7/28/09 – The ‘Hows’ of Pricing Your Design Work

Edit 9/15/09 – Tools to Help you Estimate Price for your Web Work

Edit 9/16/09 – 5 Tips for Charging Clients for Services

Edit 10/6/09 – Freelance Contracts: Do’s And Don’ts