Hello people!

As my hobby I did webdesign but now I started having clients. I program in PHP, use Photoshop and Illustrator a lot and of course know HTML and CSS.

Now - I have this small project, a page about a person with 2 photographs and just some small info. I wonder how much should I charge for something like that.

And I guess I should find webhosting and domain name for the client, right? (sorry, never done this before). And then just ask client to pay for them.

It depends: is the site going to have it's own domain name and possibly attract a lot of visitors, or is it more of just a personal website that's being asked for? Whether you should spend the money on good hosting and a domain name, you should probably ask your client his/her preferences.

Thanks!

From what I understand so far it's more like a web version of a business card.

Usually when you are just starting out, you might not want to charge too much. It only takes one website to start bringing in a lot of business for you.

As far as hosting, if you have never dealt with it or done anything, I would highly recommend that you let them choose something. Because if something goes wrong, they will more than likely blame you since you referred that company to them

Well, for such a small site (as i understand it, it's one page with info and two photos) you cannot charge so much. Of course it depends on the specific site but in Sweden i probably should let the client pay between $300 and $700.

And let the client choose web hosting!

As you say this is not a typical site only one static page. So I think reasonable fee for this kind of project would be 100$ to 200$.

I kind of figured on the plan of an hourly rate. About $10 an hour (USD). You don't have to tell the customer it's an hourly rate, but just estimate about how long you think it will take and figure the price.

I would probably agree on a price with the client before beginning work. And don't give him any of your work that he can steal without proper payment on his first site.

And don't give him any of your work that he can steal without proper payment on his first site.

Only if you don't put WATERMARK! You can get your client to pay first or after finish project or pay upfront.

I thought the public discussion of fees was seen as 'price fixing' and as such is illegal?...

:)