NYCPHP Meetup

[Yury Rush]

I've found that *most* of my interactions with small clients has resulted in
blank looks once they were asked about their budgets.. and if they were a
bit larger then a small business they put on their poker face and try to
play me into quoting a price.

It would save me and them much time if we could work around their budget..
but alas few are willing to reveal this taboo issue :(

regards
yury

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-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
[mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Brian Kaney
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:55 AM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Site Quote


It is really hard to tell without reading a specification or proposal.
There is quite a range out there from a $1k to $100k-plus.  Consider if
you need to hire a designer that could cost upward of $5k.  How much
back-end integration and automation is required for instance, etc...but
this brings up a topic we deal with every day.

One thing that drives me crazy about some small/mid business owners is
their cost expectation.  A SMB owner can purchase an entire
office-productivity suite for less than $500.  An accounting system for
$300.  So when they need integrated and custom work, it is a pretty big
leap for them to drop multi-$k for a project.

It really comes down to setting expectations as early as possible (so
you don't waste hours researching and deploying).  In the initial
meeting with the client, I've found just asking for their budget is very
useful.

- Brian


On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 10:34, Joseph Crawford Jr. wrote:
> Guys i have put in a quote for a site similar to
>
> http://www.novica.com/
>
> and the person said the quote was way too much, my quote was $25,000
> for the entire site to be done that is tax free for them, meaning i am
> paying my own taxes.  Thier site included a ton of statistic features
> and quickbooks report integration etc...
>
> Do you guys think i quoted high or low?
>
> Joe Crawford Jr.
>
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