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Hi guys, been a while since I posted last, basically since my last post I started a web development company.
Long story short in a month I have a few clients now which are mostly just friends and family. I finished up with a clients website and I'm looking to get him to put me on a retainer for things such as website upkeep, marketing, SEO, social media etc.
What would be a fair price to charge for this? I was thinking in the ball park of about 250-500 (aud). It would be great to get some feedback. Please take into consideration this is my girlfriends fathers business haha.
Can you provide more details?
70 pages is a lot. I have done like 12 max I think.
Most companies will not need that many unless they are listing product items or its ecommerce - I try to stay clear of both of these areas.
If the site is very large and you are unsure of what is involved I would just do it by the hour. These sort of jobs aren't really profitable anyway so it is much better to have a safer structure that is very clear to both parties. Trying to guess how long 70 pages will take is very difficult.
Moving forwards I would adjust your focus - try do smaller sites for bigger businesses. There is more leverage and the rewards are bigger.
I am trying to think of an analogy - maybe the difference between doing one cool painting (creative and high value) and painting 70 walls the same color (tedious manual work). You want to be adding value through what results you got, not how much you work did.