You went too far, leave the hosting on a side. Find client on freelancer sites, ask for an hourly contract. Find how much others are asking per hour and do the same, or just start with some small amount like 4-5 dollars. It’s important to build your profile with good reviews.
Student from Germany who fell in love with coding and the tech industry after pivoting from a traditional career in banking. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's in CompSci.
I'm not really with you at that point because I think you should have a personal limit as a freelancer. I would go for a moderately priced strategy. Had my first client meeting earlier this day and we agreed upon something around 10-20€/h, based on the task. I'm not only building the web project for them but also providing a strategic framework including marketing measures, SEO and the initial setup of social media business accounts.
I think freelancing websites are way to crowded and therefore full of dumping prices. A simple approach to find valuable projects and fair payments is to simply look up the sites of small businesses in your area. At least that's what worked for me. Shoot them an email or visit their stores and tell them what their site is lacking of and why they need it. Be kind and cheerful - tell them that you're new to this, but very dedicated to deliver top-quality products. It worked for me - mostly the projects are rather easy to build (blogs, landing pages) and agreeing on a price that's okay for both sides shouldn't be that hard if the customer likes what he sees.
Student from Germany who fell in love with coding and the tech industry after pivoting from a traditional career in banking. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's in CompSci.
You went too far, leave the hosting on a side. Find client on freelancer sites, ask for an hourly contract. Find how much others are asking per hour and do the same, or just start with some small amount like 4-5 dollars. It’s important to build your profile with good reviews.
I'm not really with you at that point because I think you should have a personal limit as a freelancer. I would go for a moderately priced strategy. Had my first client meeting earlier this day and we agreed upon something around 10-20€/h, based on the task. I'm not only building the web project for them but also providing a strategic framework including marketing measures, SEO and the initial setup of social media business accounts.
I think freelancing websites are way to crowded and therefore full of dumping prices. A simple approach to find valuable projects and fair payments is to simply look up the sites of small businesses in your area. At least that's what worked for me. Shoot them an email or visit their stores and tell them what their site is lacking of and why they need it. Be kind and cheerful - tell them that you're new to this, but very dedicated to deliver top-quality products. It worked for me - mostly the projects are rather easy to build (blogs, landing pages) and agreeing on a price that's okay for both sides shouldn't be that hard if the customer likes what he sees.
I don’t get it, you were asking for advice, now you are replying that you know how much to ask...
The pricing question wasn't explicitly meant to aim on hourly rates but more on how to charge for hosting. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.
Not offended, just confused 😀