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RE: Do you make your own templates? - Krantz - 12-09-2013
(12-09-2013, 03:59 AM)semata Wrote:(12-08-2013, 07:03 AM)Krantz Wrote: I actually do both. I let my customers decide. If they are willing to pay for special design, I'm willing to do the programming.
(12-08-2013, 09:49 AM)Brad123 Wrote:(12-07-2013, 11:56 PM)shiloh Wrote:(12-07-2013, 11:11 AM)Andrea29 Wrote: Very often a bougth template can be customized so much that it does not look like andoter version of the same template at another site :-) And a lot of them are seriously professional in design as well as functionallity. It is amazing what you can buy for $70!!
(12-07-2013, 09:44 AM)Brad123 Wrote: I sadly buy my own since i never really have time to create one, and since i am at college and am currently working on a blog of my own.
70$? and I thought 30$ was expensive, I would never pay 70$ for a template.
Agreed, i only normally spend about $35 - 45 on a template never $70.
How much you will charge for a single site. I want to start a web design service next month, but i don't have idea about the pricing.
Pricing is hard the first few times. People are afraid to lose the customer if the price is to high. A very simple website with no nothing, customer uploads text and images. I install WP, plugins, template and do a little setup... No less than $2K! Most 'normal' sites I will make for something like $5K and if it is a webshop de luxe... I wont even mention the price .-)
RE: Do you make your own templates? - Affinity - 12-09-2013
Same for me. I started charging $500 for a site that took months because the owner changed her mind over and over again... Gradually I raised the price and I guess Ill charge nearly the same as Krantz.
RE: Do you make your own templates? - shiloh - 12-10-2013
(12-09-2013, 06:07 AM)Krantz Wrote: Pricing is hard the first few times. People are afraid to lose the customer if the price is to high. A very simple website with no nothing, customer uploads text and images. I install WP, plugins, template and do a little setup... No less than $2K! Most 'normal' sites I will make for something like $5K and if it is a webshop de luxe... I wont even mention the price .-)
Do you mind sharing some of your work? I might be interested in buying one, also what kind of websites that you make? Do you make templates for website that holds files for users to download? And if you don't mind, why do you think people should pay you 1000$ for templates.
Thanks
RE: Do you make your own templates? - Krantz - 12-11-2013
(12-10-2013, 03:00 PM)shiloh Wrote:(12-09-2013, 06:07 AM)Krantz Wrote: Pricing is hard the first few times. People are afraid to lose the customer if the price is to high. A very simple website with no nothing, customer uploads text and images. I install WP, plugins, template and do a little setup... No less than $2K! Most 'normal' sites I will make for something like $5K and if it is a webshop de luxe... I wont even mention the price .-)
Do you mind sharing some of your work? I might be interested in buying one, also what kind of websites that you make? Do you make templates for website that holds files for users to download? And if you don't mind, why do you think people should pay you 1000$ for templates.
Thanks
Here is one: http://alliancevin.dk/
If a template should be programmed from start to finish it would be pretty expensive. If we buy a template for $50-$70 there is a lot of work included in customizing it. Not just the normal setup but often a lot of extra css work.
When I set a price on a website I have to think about:
Taxes
My pension
Who is financing my vacation - cant make money in those weeks
Computer equipment
Rent
My education - can't make money while learning new products
What if I get sick
Transportation (to and from customers)
Hiring external designers etc.
Just to mention a few...
RE: Do you make your own templates? - dan213 - 12-12-2013
I don't make my own themes entirely, but I do tweak themes that allow tweaking. Sometimes changing the background or some other minor tweaks can make all the difference and improve the the theme a bunch!
RE: Do you make your own templates? - Christine - 02-22-2014
Themes can cost quite a bit. I have made a few of my own themes, some that weren't that great, while others I really fell in love with. I like buying premium themes once in a while, but I don't like to overdo it. I don't always buy premium.