Even in a low cost of living country, there are businesses that would pay more than $100 for a website. You probably can't charge $50k for a website where you are, but I'd bet that there are individual developers in your country that are charging companies $1000.It's very hard to raise my prices because I live in a poor country with very cheap labor. If I don't price competitively then someone else will.
Web design pays part of my bills right now and that's good enough for me. I'm not gonna rely on this in the long term.
Here in the US, there are US-based developers that charge $500 for a website. Probably more typical is someone that charges $1000 for a low-end, 5-page website. There are also developers that charge $10,000. There are agencies that charge $50-100K, and agencies that charge millions.
To apply that to your country, take out a zero. That still means that there is a wide range of fees in your country.
Here's the kind of client that you are more likely to get when you price so low:
- They're typically fairly demanding
- They're more likely to be ungrateful for what you do.
- They want you to include a bunch of extra freebies. I paid you $100 and you're trying to charge me extra for these extra features I'm requesting? (why yes, indeed I am ... that's how a professional relationship works!)
- They'll want free support for it later on if things break.
- People in this price range are like this because they're stressed. They NEED this website to work in order to put food on their table, and they can't afford more than $100. Any small problems with the site are a threat to their existence.
Here's the kind of client you'll get when you price higher:
- They're grateful for everything you do
- They're easy to work with, very accomodating.
- They're respectful of your time
- They're open to your feedback
- They're like this because they know what it takes to be successful. They value someone who is really good at what they do. They're also not stressed to the breaking point.
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