I am building a site that will be an affiliate site for others to make money with my site. it will have the site name with a hub=then affiliate id at the end. How much will this end up costing me a rough estimate?
Well this is pretty basic PHP. I'd say $20 max for coding but more if you want the site to be designed and look purty.
Who says he charges $120/hr? Depends on how it all works. If you be more detailed on how it'd work you'll get more accurate figures. I assume skateme is talking about just the www.site.com/?hub=45 part of it.
lol yes I am. If Erik was also talking about splitting up the revenue and stuff like that, then no, $20 is way too low. Gary man chill. No need to be rude
Rude? No. Sarcastic? Yes. By any reasonable accounting rule of thumb, it takes a revenue stream 2½ × the hourly pay of an employee, in order to afford that employee (even if that employee is you). That $120/hr billing lets you pay your coder $28/hr for billable hours. gary
That doesn't apply in the freelance world. Someone like me working from the home office has a revenue->profit ratio of like 95%, and many others would have a similar figure (depending on how much they claim as a 'business expense'). If I pay someone $100 for a job it only costs me $100. I don't have to pay for their computer, internet, office, superannuation, and whatever else that still 'costs' even though it's not literally their hourly rate. If he charges $28/hr for freelance work he only costs people $28/hr, not $120/hr. Saying that, he doesn't make $28/hr profit as all these other costs are his to pay, and not whoever is hiring.
Rochow, you're talking about contract expense. You bill them cost plus, anyway. As to the self employed, the same rule of thumb applies. You must consider the the cost of your space, the electricity, phone and other expenses of providing a workspace. Further, there is depreciation on the equipment, phone and car expenses. All go toward the (self-)employee's necessities for conducting business. Now figure in the costs of insurance (business liability, health. etc.), taxes, holiday pay and vacation time. If you follow sound accounting practice, you will have allowed for these costs (whether you write checks for them or not) in order to have a true picture of the condition of your business. Not true. There is an implicit incremental cost of working from home. The space you use either preempts other use, or you have gotten a larger space than what you would have otherwise required; an additional bedroom in your apartment for the office space, e.g.. There is at least a share of the utilities and phone, even if not separated from the household cost. cheers, gary
And this work wouldn't be contracted out? I have hosting, internet, computer + software - that's it. All setup in a pre-existing free area, so it doesn't cost anything in that regard.
ok here is a little more detail since I am getting different quotes all over once the customers pay the money for my marketing guide then they would become an affiliate with there own site exactly the same as mine. just with the /?hub=48576 part at the end my website designer said he cant figure this out he has laid out the site pretty good so far and can do the rest but he is more of a graphic artist making it pretty for me. can anyone do just the coding part for me? I understand all you have to do is buy the code from a coding site then do the coding since I do not know how to do that can someone here do this and give a quote? Thanks