Some things to think about when quoting clients for web development services.

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  10. 1. Know what you're quoting
    2. Experience is a huge factor
    3. Don't sell yourself short. But make sure you're worth it
    4. Be organised and consistent
    5. Hourly vs custom quote
    6. Be careful offering other services

  11. I watched the freelancer guide of freecodecamp.org, I liked when Luke said, allways care with the highest paying jobs or works.Of course we have to quoting and priceing our skills and works.
    You are in a higher price level if you know a framework, and more higher if you have server side knowledge.

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  22. Brad, Do you ask for half down and half upon completion on quoted projects for new clients? I would like to hear your thoughts on that. I've found this is the best way to make sure you get paid by new clients. Something I learned the hard way. Also not being scared to ask for what you're worth. Throw out that large number, you can always negotiate down, it's hard to go back up.

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  30. Here is my advice Brad missed some Very important steps.
    1) Discuss with a Lawyer the laws of your area and review your contract with him.
    2) Never Ever Charge minimum salary for your first work. This is a mistake many beginners make. Remember that you working in contact with no benefit that an employer would get.
    Charge x3 minimum Wage per hour in your first project and this is MINIMUM, in fact, I advise to start at x4 minimum wage. Remember that the client may ask you to make future projects and is going to reference your other clients and if you keep charging minimum wage They will take advantage of you. Web Developer is VERY HARD and if you are charging minimum wage you are an idiot(Some tough love!!) because it will be same as charging HALF minimum wage.
    It's idiotic that a Walmart Employee makes more than you do without having a Degree or having a skill. Consulting Work = x2 WAGE because you going to work around 1000 hours a Year instead of 1900 that an average employee will. As Freelancer, you will spend half the time Unpaid searching for new customers. So if you charge minimum wage got get a job at Walmart seriously you will end up better. A person who has no skill will laughably make twice as you do and that is ridiculous.
    3) Don't follow the advice of charging per Project please this is Terrible advice when you are a beginner. Never charge without having Actual evidence. Charge Per hour when you are starting and Document It well every step you did and time track your work and Send it to the Client Weekly by email and document all your conversations with them. Why? This will protect you when you get sued. You will have shitty clients sooner or later and it doesn't matter if they are wrong and been abusive. The Judge knows nothing about web development and will side with the client and you going to lose the case if you don't have Hard Document Proof of your work. I repeat never do a Per Project when starting out. Only do Per Project when you have actually completed the project before in hourly rate and will have solid backed proof of how long it will take you. Then you charge them per project and use past project as a template and complete project at half the time or 1/3 and charge the same.

    4) Charge per Project when you already have a template of what you going to do. For example, you made a Real estate site before that is almost the same as what client is asking you.
    Then charge them Per Hour for Extra Features especially if those features are complex. A feature that you think would take you a week to complete may actually take you an entire month! So never do a feature you have never done before especially if it one related to transactions and complex.

    5) Seriously GET a Lawyer or else client may sue you and this happens a lot when a LOT of money is involved they going to ask you to pay back all they pay you, pay their legal fees and yours and Pay them extra for "Business Damage you caused" just because you didn't deliver what they actually wanted. Some clients going to ask you to build them a real estate site with a budget of $2,000 USD but they actually expected you to make them a fully Zillow Clone that would take a team 4 months to produce and budget of over 25,000$!
    6) This is why you have to be VERY clear and never Overpromise. Make wireframe and attach it to the contract and make them sign it. What you going to build is there and nothing else.
    If they want more make it very clear to them that any extra feature WILL not be made unless is on the contract make sure to write this properly on the contact or else they going to take advantage of you and will force you to work for free or else you going to get Sued.
    7) Never ever give them the code till final payment. This will save you and is your insurance.

    This info is based on past experience and what I discussed with a Lawyer. It's quite common to get threatened to be sued in this industry especially if you live in the states. I know many other experienced developers that had this experience as well. Later on register your business to protect your name Assets. There are very shitty people out there and 10% to 20% of your clients will be a pain to deal with.

  32. Bro how about the making a contract to sign for convinience and invoicing the clients? 🙂 Maybe a follow up with a simple app tut video having them accepting the rules and pay before you doing any work? I am working on my Freelancing website and also covering with an mobile ap, since want to offer mobile app as aditional service. And yeah the SEO…its just an fancy buzz word, that clients missunderstand it and have wrong expectations about it real possitbilities.

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