mcjohnson - 9:11 pm on Oct 19, 2007 (gmt 0)

Do you have an "FAQ" or something similar on your web design company's site that alludes to your pricing?

I am not talking about the "$499 for 5 pages" menu crap. I am talking about giving an accurate idea about possible costs of a hand coded site built from scratch.

I think many people, business owners included, live in a delusion that a full-blown website still costs "Eight Hunnerd Bucks"

So many potential clients come in wanting the moon, and then are blown out of the water when they get my proposal. They want a fully developed site with an all-new design, CMS to manage it all, an HTML e-newsletter, photo galleries, a little flash, secure forms, multiple layers of security, on and on, and then SHRIEK at the price.

I recently had a young lady show me a really nice flash portfolio website that she wanted to recreate to highlight her graphic design portfolio, and wanted to spend between $150 and $500.

I am at the point, career-wise, where I would like to entertain serious inquiries only - corporate ad managers who realize that you have to spend money to have a professionally designed functional site. OTOH, I don't want to scare anyone off.

Has anyone done so, on their site? I.e. "professionally designed sites can be costly - prices can run anywhere from $X,#*$!.00 to $XX,#*$!.00 depending on your needs".

Thoughts?