Re: [PHP] Getting a contract

2005-04-14 Thread Brent Baisley
For larger projects, I always charged a contingency fee, maybe $100-$500, depending on the scope. This money basically pays you to write up a project document. After all, you are spending your valuable time on something for them. If they accept your proposal to write the application, the money

Re: [PHP] Getting a contract

2005-04-14 Thread Miles Thompson
Keep this in mind - I'll repeat it: WE ARE DOING INTELLECTUAL WORK, not painting walls. The simplest request can have unknown ramifications. I was lucky - in hindsight - got burned that way after I'd been in business about 6 weeks. Wrote up one of those beautiful proposals which outline exactl

[PHP] Getting a contract

2005-04-14 Thread Ryan A
Hey, There was some discussion before this on how much to charge to make a site / set of scripts, which also turned into advise from the more experienced members of this list...good advise I might add. Note: This thread is not directly a php thread but related in a big way to what most of us do,