Reasonable Rate Of Pay

[simply-kids.co.uk]

hello all form the new fella in the forum

I have had someone spending some time on helping me to get a website in place

On his suggestion I have gone down the Joomla route as he is comfortable with this (Although by his own admission is not an expert) He will be honing his skills while working on my site

I have no idea how to do the things I need to develop my own site Full time job and part time business. So my friend will be putting things in place, dealing with web host and dealing with niggles in Joomla etc.

I need to know what you would see as a reasonable rate of pay for him, I dont want free, that s not fair, But I dont want to pay a fortune (New business)

I was thinking of £12 - £15 an hour

Any help would be good here

Thanks

[GreatSEO]

Sounds very fair to me there are freelancers that i know that charge an even lesser rate

If your looking for a good quick website though www.60minutewebsites.co.uk are very good and only £99-00 each

Regards

Dave

[awebapart.com]

It depends on whether the initial recommendation for Joomla is a good fit for your requirements. If it is, then your rate is OK (professional company rates are usually a lot more for development).

If Joomla is not a good fit for your requirments, e.g. if your main requirement is an advanced online shop, or a very simple website, then you might be venturing on a route that will be costly in either time, effort, money, lost business, or lost friendship.

It also sounds like you want to make this a bit more business like. When embarking on such projects there are other client-supplier terms you should put in writing in a contract (e.g. make it work for hire so you get ownership of the final system, when will payment be made after certain milestones, get a quote and description of work so work is done at a fixed price and manageable cost etc). These projects can start off on the friendliest of terms and with the best of intentions, but they can sometimes end up getting messy, e.g.:
www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=28686 (http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=28686)

[fastfences]

Hi there,

Offer £10 or £12.00 per hour with the prospect of a bonus if finished on time and to your satisfaction.

Cheers, Nigel

[awebapart.com]

"finished on time and to your satisfaction"

This is the usually the most difficult thing to define for such projects, but it is worth spending the time and getting it down on paper exactly what this means, i.e. what the system must be able to do, what it must work like, look like, etc and get both parties to agree to it. Only then can you know when it is finished and whether it is done to your requirements.

Try to get a fixed quote if possible, payable at the end on results, otherwise an hourly rate can be an open-ended drain on your money.