Hi there,
More and more I see people (on this sub) offering zero deposit, monthly priced websites. Often with unlimited edits. As a freelancer managing plenty of websites it seems like an interesting way to get a more stable cashflow going. I do have a lot of questions about the logistics of it, perhaps some of you can chime in with your experience.
* Do you work with default templates, or create something custom for each customer?
* If it’s custom, are there limits to the extend of it? Are you outlining a ‘basic brochure site’, or do you add monthly costs for additional options like forms, blog etc.?
* How do you deal with big clients that might expect *a lot* of work/edits?
* Do you limit edits to text/img/video, or do you allow the creation of new pages etc.?
* Do you have a minimal contract length?
* Do you have a min/max timeframe for the edits customers ask of you?
* How manageable is it for a freelancer? Or: is there a rough rule of thumb that you’ll need 1 FTE per X amount of websites?
* What’s the relation in flat fee vs subscription? Like a 2, 5 or 10k flat fee, how would you translate that to a monthly fee?
* If you have enough data; how long do clients generally ‘stay’ for?
* Do you offer them a one-time-payment down the line if they wish to switch away from the subscription?
Hopefully some of you can answer at least some of this, curious to hear from you!
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> More and more I see people (on this sub) offering zero deposit, monthly priced websites.
Thats against the rules here so not sure how you are seeing more and more of these.
Either way – it’s always low quality devs who offer these cheap services because they live overseas and have different costs of living. Typically from India. They are task masters. Meaning they don’t do any creative. They need to be told specifically what to do. They will not think about US business or best practices and never think “outside the box.”
They don’t get big clients. They make like a few hundred dollars per month…. Definitely not 2, 5, or 10k fees. They don’t use contracts. They don’t guarantee the quality of their work.
In a nutshell… its bottom of the barrel, beginner level work and you should avoid going down that path unless that sounds like it’s up your ally in terms of the quality you will provide.