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I've fooled around with various types of programming for my own amusement, but I've never done any freelance work for anyone else before and I have no idea what would be appropriate to charge. Someone wants me to build an Access form that can generate reports at the click of a button, do advanced searches, and print mailing labels based on queries. I'm thinking $100.00 but I just pulled that number out of my ass. Any thoughts?
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Guest_Jordan_*
Posted 21 April 2009 - 04:41 AM
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$100 seems a bit low. How much time will it take you to develop? I'd charge no less than $80 an hour. How important is this product to the person? Do you know them or are they a stranger? Single person or a business?
I know of one local company that paid $40,000 for an access database development. I heard it from a third-person so it may be here say but a lot of it depends on the person and the buyer.
I know of one local company that paid $40,000 for an access database development. I heard it from a third-person so it may be here say but a lot of it depends on the person and the buyer.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 06:18 AM
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The worst thing you can do is underbid yourself. Do they have some of the database already configured, or will you have to do everything? Do you have a specification of what you will be responsible for? Your description sounds pretty vague, and could end up burning you.
One of the things I have to deal with regularly is creating statements of work. The statement of work protects both me and my customer. It protects me from having the project balloon beyond my expectations, resulting in free labor. It protects my customer from not receiving what they expected.
Regardless of who it is, a statement of work helps make sure they get what they expected, and that you can accurately estimate the time it will take and charge accordingly.
One of the things I have to deal with regularly is creating statements of work. The statement of work protects both me and my customer. It protects me from having the project balloon beyond my expectations, resulting in free labor. It protects my customer from not receiving what they expected.
Regardless of who it is, a statement of work helps make sure they get what they expected, and that you can accurately estimate the time it will take and charge accordingly.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 06:32 AM
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It's for a friend of a friend who needs it for a business. But I haven't used Access in 10 years. I've never done any work with VBA before so I have to learn it as I go along. I don't feel quite right about charging an hourly rate because of that. I was hoping to start off with one-time fees until I become more fluent with VBA and then start charging by the hour. I don't expect it to take more than a day or two to complete.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 06:59 AM
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You don't have to charge by the hour, but you should certainly charge enough to be worth your time. The question becomes, how long would it take if you were comfortable with VBA?
