I just completed a web site for someone as a gift. I really respect this person and wanted to make a nice website. I would like to know how much in US dollars you would have charged for this website?
Please send me a private message and honestly tell me how much you would have charged. I want to know how to gauge my future projects.
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A CMS (or Content Manament System) allows registered users of the website to change it contents. For example most blogs are CMSs, because users can add posts to it.
It would be more expensive, because you would have had more work, i.e., implementing the CMS
Although it might mean less work in the long term. If you have maintenance in the contract and you find yourself constantly updating content for them you may wish you gave them the CMS so they could do it themselves.
That’s exactly the reason I don’t create website without a CMS. I don’t want to become a drone that only updates other peoples websites.
Although letting users manage their own content can also be tricky, for example users that think you can convert a BMP to a JPEG by changing the extension of the file …
I would calculate the amount of hours I spent on the task and then multiply it by the hourly rate I change, thereby coming out with a good number to work from (if negotiation is required). If you want something based on a fixed rate though, I would go with what others have said (possibly in the $2500 range).