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UntouchableOne
27-03-2008, 01:17 PM
Yea. I'm still alive. Havn't had much time for anything lately. Varsity has been petty hectic. I have a question not related to game development but to applications development.
I am currently on the final stages of a database that a business has asked me to develop. It's a database that holds all their stock and another Wedding Registry database. The applications have functions that you would expect from any database application and is custom made for that particular business. I would like to pose a question to the experienced members of the forum. What price range could I look at giving the clients for these applications. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks
kurtkz
27-03-2008, 01:57 PM
Ideally, you should have set an hourly rate beforehand and drawn up a project time line for them. Throw in some documentation that they sign off on and weekly/monthly milestones and voila, you're a contractor :P
FuzzYspo0N
27-03-2008, 09:28 PM
yea you need preset ideas for contractual based time based stuff, but
Take the time you have worked on it, and take the industry rates minus a fair amount... and you should be fine.
between 100 and 150 and hour entry level, and 150 - 300 for high paid developers. If its per project such as these you can just value it for yourself based on time and complexity.
So :
Timeline : i say 2 weeks, ill tell client 1 month to develop.
Costing : 100 x 21 days in 1 month of work days
additional, : unpronounced feature additions within reason,
after completion additions etc cost 150 an hour cos its additional and unplanned.
Start with a design, and a time line.
:)
those kinda things u mentioned, hit CNA< pick and pay etc kinda shops and look at the rates, check online rates etc for complete packages, and adjust it. get quotes from companies that exist and adjust it all in finding your price :)
dont undervalue yourself, by saying too little. and dont say too much to scare them off,. its a tough game :)
UntouchableOne
28-03-2008, 12:39 PM
Well I know now that I should have arranged a method of pricing before development actually started but unfortunately I did not.
Thanks fuzzy. I think I'll try find some quotes and hopefully come up with a reasonable price. I appreciate your help.
FuzzYspo0N
28-03-2008, 12:44 PM
no worries. my latest endeavours have got me working on a pretty arge project involving a few big ideas, using mxit as one of the bases of work. so after signing an NDA with mxit i cant say too much but i can say that it was tricky to decide what to cost on and what not. but within reason its trial and error.
The most important thing to a solution : communication.
iF they think 100, and u thinking 200, but dont MIND 100, u cud lose the job. ask what clients "expect" to pay, what they have looked for. cos most ppl have looked into it, others who havent, showing them 2 quotes of 2000 and saying ill charge 1500 guarantees your track record. even if u getting less now, u stand out far more later on.
like word of mouth gets u a lot more credit then a pretty magazine ad :)
also : i am kinda rambling but its like, if their view of 100 is unrealistic , dont be afraid to challenge it. if they turn u down, and go elsewhere, they will most likely return to you anyway.
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