How To Offer Web-design Services need help

hi!sorry if the topic is not in the rigth place, but really need help! I have a situation like this: I have a website, where I offer web-design services and stuff like this...so when a client want to order a website to be developed, what is the best way for payment?I have credit card, but I think if i'll give the credit card it can be used by others on internet!am I rigth? And how to make that the client will be sure about the payment, and I won't trick him!Are there any services thru what are making transfers and for ensurance of the client?and how to demand first?a 25% of the price of the service, then when the site is done the rest of money?suggest me smth good, plz!!!thanks!

i think using PayPal is a good choice. but i m not sure how to extract the money back

hi!

sorry if the topic is not in the rigth place, but really need help!

I have a situation like this: I have a website, where I offer web-design services and stuff like this...so when a client want to order a website to be developed, what is the best way for payment?

 

I have credit card, but I think if i'll give the credit card it can be used by others on internet!am I rigth? And how to make that the client will be sure about the payment, and I won't trick him!Are there any services thru what are making transfers and for ensurance of the client?

 

and how to demand first?a 25% of the price of the service, then when the site is done the rest of money?suggest me smth good, plz!!!

thanks!

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You can use paypal or some of the other online credit card sites. Iv'e received $2,000 in one shot through paypay before.

I charge a 50% deposit, but I build site locally, not across the net. There is plenty of business in your back yard. To get started I cold called out of the phone book to get leads. It only took a few hours to get a couple of good leads, then word of mouth took over.

I saw you post in the designers topic about what to charge. That depends on what you can offer. As time goes by and you learn more you can charge more. I built my first commercial site for $450

http://aplusshuttle.com/

Today I would charge a minimum if at least $800 and would easily get it and it would only take me a day or two providing the customer provided me with all of the information I needed to construct the site.

pete

to be honsest pbolduc , I would talk $450 of you to build me a site like this this is not WEBSITE DESIGN at all !

to be honsest pbolduc ,

 

I would talk $450 of you to build me a site like this

 

this is not WEBSITE DESIGN at all !

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We wouldn't talk very long. Not that the site is great, after all it was my first one. but because where I live, NM, USA I can get more for my time.

The truth of the matter is I don't even like the site... never did! They did and thats what matters. It has been effectively hanging on the internet, unchanged for 5 years now. I used it as an example for the newbie trying to get established in the business.

How much do they get for a site in Egypt anyways? Was there back in 1979.

pete

There was no Internet by 1979 not that i KNow of there was only some types of ARPANET and the idea of Ethernet Began in the 80s So i don't know what re you talking about , unless of course you mean 1999 which makes since ( 2004 - 5 ) in 1999 making a website and hosting it in Egypt would require a fortune , The Dialup Internet services started for PUBLIC usage between late 95 and 96 I think .so in 3 years time there wasn't really much ISPs or Internet Based careers , except for a few DOMINATING companies which didn't left any space for freelancers or self employed ppl , anyways to make say a 5 pages website for a company and host it online that would have costed you 800 to 1500 $ according to the currency nowadays ... to actualy develop a website something like a portal or so , that would rise to $6000 or even more .Nowadays I could make a complete website from scratch and charge something about $100 .hope I helped that if course if you are asking for knowledge not for fun or making fun .

Nowadays I could make a complete website from scratch and charge something about $100 .

 

hope I helped that if course if you are asking for knowledge not for fun or making fun .

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No, I wasn't kidding. It is interesting to find out what web design is worth in different parts of the world.

pete

For $450 US were payed extremely paid well considering the basic technicallity and design you used for that site.Not that I am a designer but in my region (NZ) you would probably only pay $50 US for a site of that design and technicallity. You had an extremely good start to your web designing courier

How long ago did you make that site? Because with today's abilities and such, the worst sites around look about as good as that. I hope you've improved... what do recent sites look like?

eh...as long as a site does it's job and presents it's material in an orderly fashion, it can be considered good. Anyways, I've considered designing sites for others, but i'm sorry to say i'm a bit too lazy to meet a deadline and will most likely procrastinate =P