RisaBB - 5:37 pm on Jan 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hello,

I can understand why clients don't want to pay by the hour. It's too much of an unknown. Except for maintenance work for ongoing clients, I give a lump sum fee.

I charge a fee for the home page (which takes me 20-30 hours to design and includes about 3 drafts) and then a fee for each additional page. I think that is fair.

I had a difficult potential client about 3 years ago. I got so exasperated with her nit-picking and questioning whether I'm worth it (her friend's son could design websites, for much less,.....) that when she called me once again to work out the details of the proposal before she signed it, I said, "I don't think I can work with you, so I'm turning down the job." She couldn't believe it.

She's been a great client ever since. We work great together.

Risa