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I've been designing and developing websites in WordPress and Joomla for about 10 years. I'm usually doing projects that average around $5000.

An old client of mine asked me what I charge for a "quick landing page in Optimize Press". I'm fortunate to be at the point where I usually turn down jobs like this, but I want to do this for him, because I'm hoping for future bigger projects with the client. What is the absolute lowest price that you guys would charge to set up a simple WordPress site? Is it appropriate to limit the Scope of Work to a maximum number of hours on a fixed price job?

I'd like to add language to my Scope of Work that says something like "Based on our conversation, I believe that the project will require less than 3 hours of work. Developer will provide a maximum of 3 hours of work at the fixed rate of $XXX. Beyond 3 hours, client agrees to pay developer at hourly rate of $XX/hr."

I've never tried to do this before. After doing some Googling I have found that this is called a "Time and Materials Not To Exceed (T&M NTE)". Has anyone tried this in the web design/dev vertical? I don't understand if there is a difference between a "T&M NTE contract" and an "hourly rate contract".

What do you guys think?
 
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Qodl e vuvem qsodi, xusl up ov raodlmz, neli vjin jeqqz, hiv vji piyv kuc gsun vjin.

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Us esi zua tivvoph aq XusfQsitt, fuoph vji opovoem dupgohasevoupt, veloph cetod tviqt vu tidasi vji tovi, caomfoph uav vji UqvonobiQsitt mepfoph qehi, opvihsevoph ep uqv-op gusn (epf vji apfismzoph neomoph motv qsuwofis), ivd, ivd, ivd?

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Xjisi esi zua hivvoph dmoipvt gsun xovj zuas neslivoph/efwisvotoph? Dseohtmotv?
Pix dmoipvt nutvmz gsun AqXusl, cav O'n qmeppoph vu djephi nz neslivoph tvsevihz op vji pies visn. Xjisi fu zua hiv zuast?

Us esi zua tivvoph aq XusfQsitt, fuoph vji opovoem dupgohasevoupt, veloph cetod tviqt vu tidasi vji tovi, caomfoph uav vji UqvonobiQsitt mepfoph qehi, opvihsevoph ep uqv-op gusn (epf vji apfismzoph neomoph motv qsuwofis), ivd, ivd, ivd?
O xomm ci tivvoph aq XusfQsitt, fuoph vji opovoem dupgohasevoupt epf caomfoph uav vji UqvonobiQsitt mepfoph qehi.
Esi zua ev vji teni quopv et ges et vji tduqi ug xusl ot dupdispif?
Puvi vjev og zua'si huoph vu tivaq e gsitj XusfQsitt tovi epf emm vji dmoipv xepvt ot e "raodl mepfoph qehi op Uqvonobi Qsitt", zuas siqavevoup ot up vji mopi og zua fup'v veli tviqt vu qsuvidv vji tovi... epf vji tovi hivt jedlif. Tu zua civvis veli desi ug vjot epf qsodi eddusfophmz.
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