fewj:

No offense but am pretty sure you still live with your parents eating free food and you don't pay rents for your home or office, you may not even have an office, if yes, for how long can you sustain this? The chances are if you charged those same people or client 40k each, they'll most likely still pay! All the OP is saying is don't be cheap. If I make 60k monthly, I'll go bankrupt!

fewj:

It's good to see you used the word MIGHT and you placed it in capital letters, if web design is your full time Job, and you're into it for the long hull, you wouldn't charge 20k for websites. If you design a site for 20k, how do you support such a site/client. Clients that you cajoled with cheap prize would never really use such a site, the chances are after one year, domain and hosting is not renewed because such a site was never valued so it wasn't used, and so it didn't provide any benefit for the client and of course it was deemed as irrelevant or a waste.

I am not saying you must charge high prizes, am just saying you can make more money easily, like I said, the chances are that a person/client/organization paying 20k for a website if cajoled could also pay 40k. Seriously how much is a pair of shoes?

Ycbgroup: exactly, bt web developer and some Nigerians find that hard to do

kaboninc:

But why is that here in Nigeria we form any kind of association? Tomorrow you'll find 'beggars association of Nigeria'. This union thing sef.....I believe its killing us. I/ mean the way and manner its set up.

antontech: Although am still new at this,i still use joomla nd wordpress but currently reading so hard and on a course to become a professional,i think the price should not be fixed.let your portfolio talk for you,so the designer or developer sgould charge any price he or she desiress because all goods might be d same but cannot be sold at the same price.

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V.Ladipo:
Thank God for PHP/MySQL.

Its a no-go area for riff-raffs.

I intend specializing in dynamic websites and websites that drive online databases.

*solid*:
Happy New Year peep.

In d past year, we all have witnessed how ridiculous amount charged by non professionals and newbies have had negative impact on us the professionals and the Website Design & Development Profession.

Personally on several occassions, I have been seen as a person who charge exorbitantly or "just to expensive" with clients siting exampls of other website designer who charge just 10-25k for a website (but we all know what they get at d end-frustration). This actually made me loose some jobs or in some cases, I've had to just consider and do jobs at give away price. But on a particular occassion, I literally walked away due to the clients manner of approach.

If we intend to have good stories to tell at the end of 2013, then, we all must agree to charge a basic/standard fee of not less than 50k for a 5 page website. Cos if we charge less, how much will your service charge be? I charge 20k for yearly hosting and domain name.

I believe we want to live above average life. Lemme hold it here for now.

databoy247:
I totally agree with you. But its gonna be difficult to implement.
Suggestion? Like i said in some post last two years, We need to set up a registered association, and compel all web developers to register with said association. This association or union is gonna serve as a regulatory body for web developers providing a fixed "minimum" charge for jobs. The general public is going to be aware of it. SO if you give your job to non-registered developer, na u sabi.

Its gonna promote professionalism and give web developers their long due respect in the society. Atleast street barbers do have a union how much more web developers.

My 2 cents.

chiefkpokp:

That is your business, i recently did a job for 20k, and i gathered like 3 of the jobs which pays me 60k, u like stay there and wait for client that will pay your 100k, na u sabi, i don gooooooooooooo!!! Next?

Slyr0x:

Not surprised at your kinda mentality. .

What do we expect from a designer whose portfolio website osamediasolutions.com expired since 2012-12-19.

Says so much about you. .

SMH

texazzpete:
Your comment says a lot about your level of intellectual poverty, to be honest.

Everyone must use what works for them. If your skills and work output are so much better than his own, focus your energies on showing your clients just how much more they'd gain by going with you.

If his 20k website met his client's needs, why the frag does it bother you?

I swear, this is just as inane as someone at SLOT complaining about people buying 5k Dual SIM 'china' handsets.

Slyr0x:

A smart developer would rather budget for 1 site a month (Or 2 at most), charge high for that 1 site(relax 1 week of the month) than do 10 low-priced sites and never have time for himself.

If after going to school to do what you are doing, paid school fees, paid for office accommodation, pay for fuel and you feel 20k/site is YOUR WORTH, then I have absolutely NOTHING against you.