[b]This subject is becoming an issue when it comes to web development projects at the moment.

We now have web designers offering their services for prices as low at 10k which i wouldn't blame them for.

It is only due the the harsh economic realities of our time.

However, a Webmaster who knows his onions wouldn't charge that low, because he would want to pay more

attention to the quality of service he is offering.

Due to the ugly trend, i have decided to stop bidding for Jobs prospective clients come to post here.

I now focus my attention on foreign projects from freelance websites. These are well paid jobs that

offer as much as $15 dollar per hour, depending on the amount of time/complexity of the Job.



So my question now goes to Nigerian webmasters and clients alike, which one would you pay more attention to?

High quality Jobs with reasonable charges or the other way round i.e low quality jobs with unreasonable charges.



Mod's should please take this to the front page for maximum participation.


Your contributions are welcome.
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High quality Jobs with reasonable charges

moty4all: High quality Jobs with reasonable charges

But i also noticed a lot of webmasters bid for Jobs they cannot and attract prospective clients with unreasonably low prices only to deliver websites that are shoddy and unsatisfactory.

Charging low for a job doesn't always mean poor quality. I, for instance, will charge depending on how much I can get out of you. If it is lower than I am expecting, what I will tell the person is that any extra features they needed will be reduced, but not quality. Why? That site isn't only for that person but for other potential clients to see. In other words, when I direct potential clients to a list of sites I've done, I have no control over which site they choose to investigate...same applies to people looking to do a website based on the one they have visited. So to me, quality is always the same, regardless of price.

As for bidding, I stopped pursuing jobs both here and on the "freelancer" type sites. The latter is the most annoying where everyone seems to be bidding down and offering to code the next facebook for $200. For the former, my perception is that people think this place is filled with "small boys" in the game and so one should be lucky to have the "honor" to do a site for them.

In conclusion, for me, quality and long term business relationship are more important to me than price. As they say, it takes years to build a steady customer but seconds to lose them.

well said @yewatid..quality job will help you more..bring in more client than you can imagine..it seems to be the backbone of service businesses..i cannot count the number of jobs i have lost due to poor service but i ve always seen the results of quality jobs.

bara pistis: well said @yewatid..quality job will help you more..bring in more client than you can imagine..it seems to be the backbone of service businesses..i cannot count the number of jobs i have lost due to poor service but i ve always seen the results of quality jobs.

But is that enough reason to make sacrifices in terms of reward for your effort?