Re:Am I charging too high for design?
by notahacker on Friday March 04, 2011 @01:33PM
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9 out of 10 people are just window shopping and will contact several other web designers with the same brief.
Additionally, you have the problem of people expecting you to be cheap because one of the few things your site tells me about you (other than showing me some sound enough finished work) is that you're based in a low income country and know how to use the right tools.
People that want a cheap offshore guy that knows their way around Photoshop go straight to the enquiry form. People that are prepared to pay more care about whether your design goes through multiple iterations before the final version, whether you'll work with them to make it reflect their company image, whether you understand usability, whether you've worked with the same clients over a number of years etc. - they'll probably skip your site altogether in favour of the next one with more marketing fluff.
Additionally, you have the problem of people expecting you to be cheap because one of the few things your site tells me about you (other than showing me some sound enough finished work) is that you're based in a low income country and know how to use the right tools.
People that want a cheap offshore guy that knows their way around Photoshop go straight to the enquiry form. People that are prepared to pay more care about whether your design goes through multiple iterations before the final version, whether you'll work with them to make it reflect their company image, whether you understand usability, whether you've worked with the same clients over a number of years etc. - they'll probably skip your site altogether in favour of the next one with more marketing fluff.