I'm writing an RFP for a website redesign and I need some language saying that we're looking for a new design direction. Any tips on how to word?
How do you write a web design RFP?
Specifically, looking for a new design direction, I would say something like "Desire to effect a new design direction." The best thing to do is elaborate on why the current design is failing and what should be improved - "The new look and feel should more accurately reflect the organizational desire to connect with females in the middle-to-upper-class income bracket."
Friday, July 31, 2009
How much to charge to web design a Ecommerce Site?
I know it's hard question answer and I know everyone says it depends.
Im a freelance web designer and I have built Commercial sites in the past but never a Ecommerce site before.
It is a small gift shop that wants a shopping cart and be able to accept credit cards. Should I give a flat fee for x amount of items to put on the site. Or should I charge per item.
They said there is around 100 - 200 items
I would have to:
-Take a photo of the item
-crop the picture
-upload the picture and put in on the site.
-create the add to shopping cart button for the item
How would I deal with upkeep with the site should I charge for a service contract for 6, 12 months?
How much should I charge for all this. Nothing crazy just html and the shopping cart.
How much to charge to web design a Ecommerce Site?
Use OSCommerce and you have a huge head start on the problem.
http://www.oscommerce.org
Also, ZenCart:
http://www.zencart.com
Reply:I can help you generate revenue form this account on a monthly basis through the credit card acceptance side of the service. We have partnered with many web designers and ecommerce providers to help them find revenue through the credit card processing volume from the merchant and shopping cart costs.
Email me for more info: sales@omnitranz.com
Reply:How do you normally charge? By the hour or by the job?
Let me tell you, I run a small web hosting company (www.cohenwebsvc.com, yes I'll shamelessly plug myself, and yes, my own website is no way near as good as my customers' sites) and it is these "little jobs" that are my biggest problem. For example, I have one customer (pays a flat fee for HOSTING) who always wants me to modify his site -- even after I built pages so that he can modify it himself (I can't dump him, he is both a friend and one of my first customers).
My worry is that you will not charge enough for all of the work you are going to have to do. Setting up the items and taking the pictures is going to take 10-30 minutes each -- and that assumes that the customer has all of the items ready for you to photograph. How long it takes to crop will be a function of how good you are with your toolset.
Suggestion? don't create a button for each item. Rather, use an off the shelf e-commerce product (there are several that are free) or use a database and php or perl to dynamically create the page and the button. This way, you create the pages once. You only have to add/remove records from your db as your customer adds/removes things.
For charging: I would have a fixed fee for the pages and database. Then a per-piece charge for the photos. Good luck
Reply:Ask Audra @
http://www.ecommerce-resources.org/
she knows all about it.
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Im a freelance web designer and I have built Commercial sites in the past but never a Ecommerce site before.
It is a small gift shop that wants a shopping cart and be able to accept credit cards. Should I give a flat fee for x amount of items to put on the site. Or should I charge per item.
They said there is around 100 - 200 items
I would have to:
-Take a photo of the item
-crop the picture
-upload the picture and put in on the site.
-create the add to shopping cart button for the item
How would I deal with upkeep with the site should I charge for a service contract for 6, 12 months?
How much should I charge for all this. Nothing crazy just html and the shopping cart.
How much to charge to web design a Ecommerce Site?
Use OSCommerce and you have a huge head start on the problem.
http://www.oscommerce.org
Also, ZenCart:
http://www.zencart.com
Reply:I can help you generate revenue form this account on a monthly basis through the credit card acceptance side of the service. We have partnered with many web designers and ecommerce providers to help them find revenue through the credit card processing volume from the merchant and shopping cart costs.
Email me for more info: sales@omnitranz.com
Reply:How do you normally charge? By the hour or by the job?
Let me tell you, I run a small web hosting company (www.cohenwebsvc.com, yes I'll shamelessly plug myself, and yes, my own website is no way near as good as my customers' sites) and it is these "little jobs" that are my biggest problem. For example, I have one customer (pays a flat fee for HOSTING) who always wants me to modify his site -- even after I built pages so that he can modify it himself (I can't dump him, he is both a friend and one of my first customers).
My worry is that you will not charge enough for all of the work you are going to have to do. Setting up the items and taking the pictures is going to take 10-30 minutes each -- and that assumes that the customer has all of the items ready for you to photograph. How long it takes to crop will be a function of how good you are with your toolset.
Suggestion? don't create a button for each item. Rather, use an off the shelf e-commerce product (there are several that are free) or use a database and php or perl to dynamically create the page and the button. This way, you create the pages once. You only have to add/remove records from your db as your customer adds/removes things.
For charging: I would have a fixed fee for the pages and database. Then a per-piece charge for the photos. Good luck
Reply:Ask Audra @
http://www.ecommerce-resources.org/
she knows all about it.
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How long does it take to build a web design business?
I want to take some classes to learn about the programming. I dont have a degree and need to change careers rather fast. I would start doing it on the side until I can build up and have my own business. Once I have taken the necessary classes, how long does it take to build a business if you hustle?
How long does it take to build a web design business?
All you need is a proper teams of "Designers/Developers" backing you up any time. You can can find cheap offshore development contractors at : www.cresolpk.com
Cheers...
Reply:i dont know if this is useful but for £5 you get all this:
OVER 15500 WEB TEMPLATES
OVER 30,000 EBOOKS
OVER 800 LOGOS
4 COMPLETELY AUTOMATED BUSINESS SITE SCRIPTS
65202 RINGTONES, GAMES, CELLPHONE ACCESSORIES
14 TUTORIALS
10 WEB TOOLS
92261 GRAPHICS
4559 FONTS
www.web-templates.piczo.com
Reply:Web design is not just about coding or programming. I have met so many so called web designers that have NO design skills.
It's like hiring a magazine editor just because they know how to type. It does not make sense.
First, make sure you have the design skills to design aesthetically pleasing sites. Then, proceed with the programming skills.
The reason is that many small businesses (your market I assume since large companies already have a website or marketing dept.) don't need anything special that might require too much programming.
I am not trying to be critical, but you need to make sure this is something you want and can do before you waste your time with learning new things.
I wish you luck and hope you truely succeed.
FWIW, I use Coldfusion for programming sites that need dynamic interaction. However, I use straight HTML quite often. For jobs I do not have time to do, I use elance and get bids on jobs.
How long does it take to build a web design business?
All you need is a proper teams of "Designers/Developers" backing you up any time. You can can find cheap offshore development contractors at : www.cresolpk.com
Cheers...
Reply:i dont know if this is useful but for £5 you get all this:
OVER 15500 WEB TEMPLATES
OVER 30,000 EBOOKS
OVER 800 LOGOS
4 COMPLETELY AUTOMATED BUSINESS SITE SCRIPTS
65202 RINGTONES, GAMES, CELLPHONE ACCESSORIES
14 TUTORIALS
10 WEB TOOLS
92261 GRAPHICS
4559 FONTS
www.web-templates.piczo.com
Reply:Web design is not just about coding or programming. I have met so many so called web designers that have NO design skills.
It's like hiring a magazine editor just because they know how to type. It does not make sense.
First, make sure you have the design skills to design aesthetically pleasing sites. Then, proceed with the programming skills.
The reason is that many small businesses (your market I assume since large companies already have a website or marketing dept.) don't need anything special that might require too much programming.
I am not trying to be critical, but you need to make sure this is something you want and can do before you waste your time with learning new things.
I wish you luck and hope you truely succeed.
FWIW, I use Coldfusion for programming sites that need dynamic interaction. However, I use straight HTML quite often. For jobs I do not have time to do, I use elance and get bids on jobs.
What is the best way to advertise a web design agency?
I have been in business for more than 10 years now and I need to grow my customer portfolio. I was thinking to do some magazine advertisement in specific nitches like aviation, medicine and construction. Business opportunity magazines might be another good shot. Does anybody have a similar experience, and where do you think I should advertise? How about online...yes but where? Any statistics or case study? Thanx a lot!
What is the best way to advertise a web design agency?
ummmm...on the web!
Reply:I am concern that a web design agency doesn't know what vehicle to use to advertise. I would want a web design agency to know how to create eye catching displays and how to put me out there.
What is the best way to advertise a web design agency?
ummmm...on the web!
Reply:I am concern that a web design agency doesn't know what vehicle to use to advertise. I would want a web design agency to know how to create eye catching displays and how to put me out there.
What is the best web design school in the Chicago-land area?
Looking for a school but some I've heard of promise you things and don't fufill those promises, i just want a legit school that I can get a good education and earn a degree/certificate in 2 years or less.
What is the best web design school in the Chicago-land area?
I don't know for sure. However, i think that you can get a really good foundation at a Community College. (if you don't know too much about web design). The rest of your learning, especially Web design will come with the effort you are willing to read books, experiment, take on pro-bono jobs, and on the job experience.
Hope this helps.
What is the best web design school in the Chicago-land area?
I don't know for sure. However, i think that you can get a really good foundation at a Community College. (if you don't know too much about web design). The rest of your learning, especially Web design will come with the effort you are willing to read books, experiment, take on pro-bono jobs, and on the job experience.
Hope this helps.
I want to start a home based web design business but I am renting a home can I do this?
What are the tax implications for myself and the homeowner?
I want to start a home based web design business but I am renting a home can I do this?
You most certainly can start a business. You will pay taxes as a self employed individual, which means no taxes will be taken out on a W2 form. But you will pay on what your business earns. Weather you rent or not, has no bearing on your tax situation, except for the fact that you cannot write off the houses expenses such as electric, phone, utilities, etc. because you are not paying them.
Other than that you should feel free to start a home based business... and best of luck to you!!!
As far as I know there are no tax implications for the home owner.
Reply:according to h %26amp; r Block, to claim your home business and get credits on your taxes, etc, your home office must be in a room all it's own and that room must not be used for anything else. There should be no tax implications for your landlord. You should be able to do just fine. If you have any questions, you can always go to the irs web site and search through their many documents for your answers. Another thing, if you plan to have an accountant and attorney (on an as needed basis), you can always ask them. Hope I made sense, lol.
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I want to start a home based web design business but I am renting a home can I do this?
You most certainly can start a business. You will pay taxes as a self employed individual, which means no taxes will be taken out on a W2 form. But you will pay on what your business earns. Weather you rent or not, has no bearing on your tax situation, except for the fact that you cannot write off the houses expenses such as electric, phone, utilities, etc. because you are not paying them.
Other than that you should feel free to start a home based business... and best of luck to you!!!
As far as I know there are no tax implications for the home owner.
Reply:according to h %26amp; r Block, to claim your home business and get credits on your taxes, etc, your home office must be in a room all it's own and that room must not be used for anything else. There should be no tax implications for your landlord. You should be able to do just fine. If you have any questions, you can always go to the irs web site and search through their many documents for your answers. Another thing, if you plan to have an accountant and attorney (on an as needed basis), you can always ask them. Hope I made sense, lol.
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What does IT desktop support do? Is it less work than web design?
what does IT desktop support do? Is it less work than web design?
What is their typical role within a corporation? What type of corporations hire these professionals?
What does IT desktop support do? Is it less work than web design?
Neither one is "less work" - both deal with customers - the people you're supporting, or the people deciding on what should go on the web site.
Desktop support includes fixing computer problems, helping people with applications like Word and Excel and, sometimes it includes some network support (like familiarity with Exchange server, VLans, etc.)
All sorts of companies hire support people these days - the company I work for has about 50 computers and 3 tech support people (in house - and a consulting company for "heavy lifting"). The company my wife works for has a network with about 50 servers and over 1,000 computers. Their tech support department has about 25 people in it, ranging from network people to teachers who teach new hires how to use MS Office the way the company needs it to be used.
Web design also ranges all over the place. You don't want to be near my office when someone has promised a customer that a new function will go live on the web tomorrow, and I haven't even gotten the spec for the function yet. (I do some of my best work after 3 days of working at home with no time to blink, let alone glance toward the bedroom.)
If you're looking for easy work, don't look at a computer-related job. :)
Reply:I was going to take a job doing this before I got my current job. I'm not sure if your job would be the same as the one I was offered, but I was basically the person who would answer the phone and answer any problems people would be having with their computers/programs, etc. I would then walk to their offices or wherever they were located and try to fix the problems for them. This job was for a hospital. But I know that schools and other corporations need an IT person as well.
Reply:Desktop support deal with PC -related problems over the phone or in person.
They help users with PC issues, as opposed to server or network-infrastructure problems.
They'll help users with errors, hardware failure, network connectivity, printing, applications that are running on their work PC, and will visit the PC in person to fix the problem.
Often, they use remote-control tools like VNC to fix problems by taking control of the user's PC.
Also, they 'log' problems that are reported to them to keep track of the kinds of problems that are happening.
Corporations of all sizes and in all areas of business typically rely on PCs, so they'll have some kind of desktop support. Some desktop support staff are on the company payroll, and some will work for an outsourced IT company.
What is their typical role within a corporation? What type of corporations hire these professionals?
What does IT desktop support do? Is it less work than web design?
Neither one is "less work" - both deal with customers - the people you're supporting, or the people deciding on what should go on the web site.
Desktop support includes fixing computer problems, helping people with applications like Word and Excel and, sometimes it includes some network support (like familiarity with Exchange server, VLans, etc.)
All sorts of companies hire support people these days - the company I work for has about 50 computers and 3 tech support people (in house - and a consulting company for "heavy lifting"). The company my wife works for has a network with about 50 servers and over 1,000 computers. Their tech support department has about 25 people in it, ranging from network people to teachers who teach new hires how to use MS Office the way the company needs it to be used.
Web design also ranges all over the place. You don't want to be near my office when someone has promised a customer that a new function will go live on the web tomorrow, and I haven't even gotten the spec for the function yet. (I do some of my best work after 3 days of working at home with no time to blink, let alone glance toward the bedroom.)
If you're looking for easy work, don't look at a computer-related job. :)
Reply:I was going to take a job doing this before I got my current job. I'm not sure if your job would be the same as the one I was offered, but I was basically the person who would answer the phone and answer any problems people would be having with their computers/programs, etc. I would then walk to their offices or wherever they were located and try to fix the problems for them. This job was for a hospital. But I know that schools and other corporations need an IT person as well.
Reply:Desktop support deal with PC -related problems over the phone or in person.
They help users with PC issues, as opposed to server or network-infrastructure problems.
They'll help users with errors, hardware failure, network connectivity, printing, applications that are running on their work PC, and will visit the PC in person to fix the problem.
Often, they use remote-control tools like VNC to fix problems by taking control of the user's PC.
Also, they 'log' problems that are reported to them to keep track of the kinds of problems that are happening.
Corporations of all sizes and in all areas of business typically rely on PCs, so they'll have some kind of desktop support. Some desktop support staff are on the company payroll, and some will work for an outsourced IT company.
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