Comments on: Yes, Websites Cost More Than Fifty Bucks!

By: Haystack – Forcing Freelancers To Pigeonhole Themselves? | fog of eternity | we make great websites

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:35:26 +0000

[...] jobs are astoundingly undervalued in terms of cost and service (as I’ve discussed before in ‘No, Websites Cost More Than Fifty Bucks!’). Here is an index that allows web designers to display their availability while demonstrating [...]

By: Om

Om — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:38:19 +0000

Hi All,

This new trend has started back in the days of hotmail subscription offered for free. I would advice to change the business model to offer the design free with an annual maintenance contract and/or content management on monthly subscription.

I am sure people here may be opposed to my views. I am really not into web design business. However, change is the only thing that is permanent in this universe. Things are changing and we have to change. Necessity is the mother of invention. So, we need to invent new ways and means through Web 2.0 or even 3.0.

Take for example, linkedIn. It is free (basic) and that is how you and me are communicating.

My two cents :)

Thanks,

Om, PMP

By: Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for October 8th - The zeitgeist daily

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:54:53 +0000

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By: gonzales

gonzales — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:44:10 +0000

Highly capable designers whose value is appreciated by many, need not worry.
Those responding to a $30 real-estate site should not be taken seriously.

By: Robin Cannon

Robin Cannon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:43:37 +0000

Yeah, it's the fact that the real estate company actually got some quotes that worries me. They can't get any kind of service for that, so not only are they going to get an inaccurate idea of the price of web design, they'll probably also get a negative image of the industry as a whole. I agree with Stoke's article (here's the link). Being professional, demonstrating in our behaviour and service that we do add value is the only way to prove the relevance and value of our work.