I regret my website redesign

Re:I regret my website redesign by y42 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @10:49AM (#32180060)

I worked as a freelancing web designer a long ago and I always earned around 1k Euro for a whole project including everything or 500 Euro for little programming stuff, of course usually business projects. At one point I was beginning to hate those jobs.

Everytime I read those stories, and that happens from time to time, I just ask myself: what did I wrong?

(answer is easy: I'm a good technician but the worst salesman)

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Re:I regret my website redesign by NomadicDev on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:03PM (#32182656)

The trail of scorned developers is littered the sad understandings of "Oh, I could've easily made way more money if I was just a little more unethical".

Pesky morals.

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Re:I regret my website redesign by frankzander on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:00AM (#32180200)

you didn't want much. It's not about sales it's about "I want that and if you cant afford that you are not the right customer for me". Thing is that for 1k€ I wouldn't even think about a website. But thank you that you did give up ... gives some other webdesigners the opportunity to say "hey go fy with you 1k€ ... I want 5k" (no offense)

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Re:I regret my website redesign by mynameishere on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:02AM (#32180216)

Sounds about right. OP could have gotten someone at his beck and call to design his site for 15 dollars an hour. Instead he got some well-reviewed shyster. "Our other clients pay 40k a month." GTFOOH.

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