brochure style website wanted

[Fernhurst Solutions Ltd]

Hi, I'm looking for a brochure style website for my business. We provide accountancy, bookkeeping, company formation, payroll and self assessment services. I have an idea of how I want the site to look, with text, pictures, contact form, google map, etc.

 

[florenceij]

Hi Andrew can you send me the details via pm and I will respond with a customized quote.

 

[AlisaSYMPHO]

Hello dear Andrew.

I would like to develop this site for you. We are web development company with wide range of experience in programming (more 5 years) Please contact me to discuss the detail.

 

[bigberrydigital]

Hi Andrew,

We’re Bigberry Digital, an agency whose speciality is providing web design and build with incorporated Content Management Systems so you have full control of all the content within your site.

Please take a look at our site, bigberrydigital.com, we’d love to discuss your requirements further and see how we can help you move your business online.

Please PM to drop me a line.

Many Thanks

Tim

 

[cloudweb]

Hi

I run a freelance studio in rural Somerset, check out our work at www.cloudwebsolutions.com

I can provide you with a fully content management website (which means you can change content whenever you want) custom design and great service. Most people charge extra for this, we do it as standard.

I also do a lot of search engine optimisation work if getting your website good rankings on Google are important to you.

I can do the site for you for £495. Just take a look at my portfolio.

Any questions just give me a call.

 

[Vision2]

How can you quote a price without a spec?

Andrew, if you post a full spec, people can give you a quote.

 

[Faevilangel]

How can you quote a price without a spec?

Andrew, if you post a full spec, people can give you a quote.

Exactly I want a new car but won't tell you what type, what features it needs and what colour.

 

[cloudweb]

The spec is clear, a brochure style website is required. Web design doesn't have to complicated.

 

[Faevilangel]

The spec is clear, a brochure style website is required. Web design doesn't have to complicated.

What if he wants a specific feature, youtube integration? Twitter feeds? RSS feeds?

Web design doesn't have to be complicated, but quoting someone a price, then having to change it, will piss the client off.

I could do a website for £150, and quote that, but is it what the client wants? You need to talk to the client and then make a judgement based on their needs.

 

[cloudweb]

In my experience most people have an idea of what they want but are not certain and are open to suggestions.

I take a clients idea and provide a design, 9 times of out ten they are happy with it first time, it's just a case of tweaking to perfection and coding up.

I know nothing about cars, so if you came to me and said what car would you like with what features, I would say... umm one that works? - that same concepts apply in design.

That's not without its expections, some people have a really clear idea of what they want in terms of design, but more often or not it's the designer how does the designing.

In terms of specific features why would you charge more for youtube, twitter feeds etc?? These sort of things piss clients off.

 

[bigberrydigital]

Hmm i think i have to disagree there.

I dont want to wade into any deep discussions.

However, here's how we work...

we first listen to the client, listen to what they do, what their goals are, what they want the site to achieve before drawing up any quotes. We may be able to advise additional features, or even reduce the spec if we dont feel something is appropriate for our client.

There's certainly more to it than suggested...

 

[Vision2]

That's just madness, talk to the client, get a full spec before you quote any price. by all means you can give a guestimated 'range' price, but don't quote an exact price that 'fits all'.

You completly missed the car analogy. Just because you know nothing about cars, it doesn't mean to say that you would pick any of them blindfolded with no information beyond it being a car.

Sorry to original poster, this thread is going to turn into another thread of breadline webdev'ers flood in to offer their Pound Land wares.

 

[Faevilangel]

That's just madness, talk to the client, get a full spec before you quote any price. by all means you can give a guestimated 'range' price, but don't quote an exact price that 'fits all'.

You completly missed the car analogy. Just because you know nothing about cars, it doesn't mean to say that you would pick any of them blindfolded with no information beyond it being a car.

Sorry to original poster, this thread is going to turn into another thread of breadline webdev'ers flood in to offer their Pound Land wares.

Yup The usual drivel unfortunately. They will probably be templates from moster as well

 

I find posts like these very interesting, Reason being why i notice no one every asks the thread creator Whats your budget? What do you want your site to do?

Everyday i get calls from people who wants things like ecommerce stores but have a budget of £200, When people are looking for websites in my opinion 9 times out of 10 they actually have no idea of what the cost could be and whats involved.

These posts pop up all the time and generally result with everyone puffing their chests and a battle of opinions.

[FONT=arial,sans-serif][/FONT]Faevilangel said to me a few posts ago KISS (keep it simple stupid) (best bit of advice iv had by the way) Lets keep it simple lets help people but do it the right way, Find out what they want and what they can afford.

I reply to these posts generally telling people i can do sites from £199 + vat, But always ask the question what do you want? and how much have you got? Without that info your offer is pointless, Sorry to be so blunt.

What im gettin at here is everyone is very quick to chuck a price out there and justify their price i seen a thread the other day "Simple Website Required" people were coming back quoting £1500 others quoting £800. How are these prices for a simple website for a new venture.

But no one asks the questions, Whats your budget? What do you want from your site

Were here to help each other so lets help each other rather than turn threads into debates.

 

[cloudweb]

I find posts like these very interesting, Reason being why i notice no one every asks the thread creator Whats your budget? What do you want your site to do?

Everyday i get calls from people who wants things like ecommerce stores but have a budget of £200, When people are looking for websites in my opinion 9 times out of 10 they actually have no idea of what the cost could be and whats involved.

These posts pop up all the time and generally result with everyone puffing their chests and a battle of opinions.

Faevilangel said to me a few posts ago KISS (keep it simple stupid) (best bit of advice iv had by the way) Lets keep it simple lets help people but do it the right way, Find out what they want and what they can afford.

I reply to these posts generally telling people i can do sites from £199 + vat, But always ask the question what do you want? and how much have you got? Without that info your offer is pointless, Sorry to be so blunt.

What im gettin at here is everyone is very quick to chuck a price out there and justify their price i seen a thread the other day "Simple Website Required" people were coming back quoting £1500 others quoting £800. How are these prices for a simple website for a new venture.

But no one asks the questions, Whats your budget? What do you want from your site

Were here to help each other so lets help each other rather than turn threads into debates.

Well said Greg

 

[Faevilangel]

Faevilangel said to me a few posts ago KISS (keep it simple stupid) (best bit of advice iv had by the way) Lets keep it simple lets help people but do it the right way, Find out what they want and what they can afford.

Best bit of advice I can give, is don't ask for a budget You will always try and fit into it and end up having to do a quick job.

Tell them what you would quote, what they would get for their money and let them decide if they can afford it.
If they say "you're took expensive for me, as my cousins son can do it for £50" then walk away.

If they don't want to pay your going rate, then it's not worth working with them A client that will pay your rate, will be the better client, as they will know good work costs money

 

Best bit of advice I can give, is don't ask for a budget You will always try and fit into it and end up having to do a quick job.

Tell them what you would quote, what they would get for their money and let them decide if they can afford it.
If they say "you're took expensive for me, as my cousins son can do it for £50" then walk away.

If they don't want to pay your going rate, then it's not worth working with them A client that will pay your rate, will be the better client, as they will know good work costs money

Lol, Hey i had to go wrong somewhere in that post.

I guess i ask for a budget first because with ecommerce for example we do these bespoke, If someone has a budget of £1000 I cant help them and dont want to waste their time tryin to convince them to spend more than they have.

One thing i would like to see more of on this forum is people recommending each other, Everyone has their own areas of expertees, I cant do template ecommerce sites but if i get someone wanting one ill refer them on.

Guys iv said my bit. Its now time for my feet to go up and the cold cans to come out the fridge. Have a good weekend all.

 

[Faevilangel]

One thing i would like to see more of on this forum is people recommending each other, Everyone has their own areas of expertees, I cant do template ecommerce sites but if i get someone wanting one ill refer them on.

There is some recommending going on, I have had a couple, and a few of the seo's get them. It's down to 99% of clients won't come from here, so recommendations are scarce.
Pick a developer based on their previous work. I have done a little templating with prestashop and zencart...

The reasons I say never ask a budget, as it makes you then think "I have upto £1000 to get out of them, so lets do this". Where if you don't know the budget, you will offer them your best product for their needs.

 

[Fernhurst Solutions Ltd]

thanks very much people for all the posts and PM's ... I'll be going through them all over the weekend, and will get back to everybody