Topic: Pricing for updating a website (Page 1 of 1)

I'm going to be working with a graphic designer to revamp a website for a company and they've asked us to quote them a rate. They would prefer that we give them a set cost, not an hourly rate. I haven't done much freelance before and neither has she so I was wondering if any of you knew of a website or two that has good guidelines on doing this?

Basically all of the content is already there, she's going to give it a facelift and I'm going to do the coding. They don't want anything too fancy, no Flash or database driven content, they're just wanting to update an out of date site. Without really counting, I would say the site consists of about 40-50 pages due to a lot of product descriptions. (I know, I know, but they have no interest in a database driven site...)

Any suggestions on reference materials or what you might charge for this?

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This is what I've used in past. Guesstimate how much time it will take you to do the project, then add 25% to the figure you come up with. This seems to take care of the little odds and ends that always pop-up.
Like so;

60 hours @ $35.00 + 25% = $2,415.00

If it's someone I've worked with in the past and the PIA factor should be low, I'll drop it to 15%.

As always YMMV

no matter if they're on Windows or *nix there's probably be a way to do some kind of includes for the constant stuff, if there is constant stuff. Would be a bit tedious doing every page wouldn't it?

Charge what you wanna and don't worry about the hours, you'll likely not hit your target if you don't have experience so just have fun.