Hello, This keeps bothering me all the time as to who is the cheapest(as in price) when it comes to phpld directory template coding ? Well lets start with myself i have coded directory at cheapest price of $15 only. Overall my price range would be 15$-80$ and for really big big big project like www.h-log.com i would charge usually 180$. So which coder have you hired and whats their charging fee
$15? wow thats really cheap. argg if i knew it before... i would have asked you. but ya next directory i make i will hire you so be ready
Each to their own regarding price me I have no money, so I can only afford the best Always had no money, no money to buy a car so I bought a Jaguar and boy am I pleased I did as when I ran out of money again, I sold it and made a profit So it still applies today I can only afford to pay for quality but that is not always the cheapest and not always the most expensive either However if I was marketing a product I would market it as quality and affordable Cheap is not a good marketing term Back to the topic question build a reputation and build a track record and the fees will follow And at the same time put the term cheap in the bin
Oh trust me i can write article and articles about the word and usage and context of "Cheap" , but since my English sucks will avoid that. But bottom line is cheap is always not bad. So no coder here to post their average price ranges ?
First its Xhtml valid took me nearly 3 hrs for that, every icon and images i had to pick, took almost 8 hrs for just picking icons for each category, the original was a "Flash" template and not psd, so had to work with that, it did have psd, but what it looks like is not what it looks like on PSD. PSD was a website template not a directory template, so slicing etc and making is suitable was pain, took almost 5 days for just getting basic html code. I think i might have actually understated the price, as more than continuous 7 days can be said to have been put into that website. Its just not a directory its one of my best and personal favorite directory. If i gave you original psd, lets see how much you will charge and how many hrs you will take to code the website, sorry will not provide icons, as that i do select and search out of like maybe thousands of icons, its not easy mate.
Why do we have to relate "cheap" to a "poor quality" and expensive to "high quality? Cheap or expensive doesn't mean quality. As far as I know Free is the best business model. Businesses/Institutions are built on this basic principle.
Haa "Free" does not exists mate, there is always something to gain from everything. Even air costs money mate.
I understand your point. But, since philosophy is one my favorite topics- let me ask you: If free doesn't exist - Does LOVE, hate, emotions, or LIFE exist? We can certainly argue over and over again, but my point is the same. Probably we have a different meaning for the same word. Regardless of its meaning its a word we use to communicate between us.
Yup emotions exists, otherwise there will be difference between you,me and the poor pc we are currently working on and probably running it for hours. Does life exists? Well define death for me and than i can comment on life. Anyways philosophy might not be my stronger side, but everyone had always called me "cunning" wonder what that means
Alright will do that, is that a fixed price ? Or do u do as i do ? Charge according to complexity of template?
15$ is something I don't want to turn on my computer for. After fees I can drink 3 beers for that money and it's just not worthed. I avoid coding other people designs and accept coding jobs very rare, but price for coding part would be $250.For that price I code all pages of phpld(homepage, listings page, details page, submit page, contact page) to valid tableless html and css and html of my work has max 5% match with default template code. Honestly, I consider default template to be coded very poor. I know some people code phpld templates for $40 or so, but with that price you will get default template wrapped into few background images and different colors. What you pay is what you get, so I consider "how much for phpld coding" question very relative. If someone try to compete with others by lowering price here on DP where people are just to get things dirt cheap he will be working for free very soon. Hope this helps.
I agree, I was tought the same thing in college, the word 'cheap' should be avoided. But I guess this is a new era on the web and if you have good serp for words 'cheap hosting' or something then you are probably gonna do really well. Many would argue that you pay a steep price for all those things. Prices, that someone charge comes down to how much they want to earn. If it takes a full day to code a phpld template and you are lookingn to make an extra $50 in your spare time or if that is the amount you are happy enough earning then you charge it. If you make $200 a day at your job then you probably won't waste your free time coding for $50 - unless you really need the cash.
$15 is very cheap and i like what you did to www.h-log.com But i think prices depend on where you live and standard of living. In London, Uk, i don't expect people to work for less than £10 (around $18) an hour, so unless you can code a PSD template in an hour, then $15 is way too cheap
That is the beauty of the WWW! You can hire someone from across the planet to do a bang-up-job for half the price (or less).
I am very sorry to say this that people like you is what brings a good market down. I like you paidhosting but you have to understand that FREE is not always an option in life. People are working hard here and paying bills. Be AVERAGE in my opinion. Just my 2 cents.
Hmmm nope, ive just checked, you should come over to the UK, its totally free over here... you come over, nick some and take it back to where ever you live and sell it on at a profit!!!