No. Leave it to those with technical knowledge (or learn how to do it – it’s a great revenue stream)
Depends on the complexity of the site, what does this “maintenance” look like?
Definitely a no! If you can handle it, you should be compensated separately for that.
Some customers don’t understand the need for maintenance. When the site gets a problem, they ask the developer to fix it and of course he won’t if he’s not being paid, then he gets a bad name.
Its a feature of free WordPress, free themes and free plugins – customers expect free maintenance.
The people that dont manage the maintenance and charge for it, will have trouble scaling theor business
If you’re managing web maintenance you’re no longer (just) a designer.
Like you said, it’s money up for grabs. The moment you take on that responsibility, you take on that responsibility.
We charge $150/mo for basic hosting, maintenance, and support.
Send them to me if you don’t want to do it.
It’s not about if you’re a designer or not.
If you have the technical capability do it.
I don’t know any designers who have the technical capability though. The designers who do it come to me, a web developer, when it’s over their head.
I don’t do design for example because I’m crap at it.
Only if they want to
You should simply quote the work done with breakdown with the maintenance as a recurring annual fixed fee or as an hourly rate. You may include a 1-3 month maintenance as part of the design fee for only fixing issues.
That’s my entire business model. Managing after completion is steady income!
No. Leave it to those with technical knowledge (or learn how to do it – it’s a great revenue stream)
Depends on the complexity of the site, what does this “maintenance” look like?
Definitely a no! If you can handle it, you should be compensated separately for that.
Some customers don’t understand the need for maintenance. When the site gets a problem, they ask the developer to fix it and of course he won’t if he’s not being paid, then he gets a bad name.
Its a feature of free WordPress, free themes and free plugins – customers expect free maintenance.
The people that dont manage the maintenance and charge for it, will have trouble scaling theor business
If you’re managing web maintenance you’re no longer (just) a designer.
Like you said, it’s money up for grabs. The moment you take on that responsibility, you take on that responsibility.
We charge $150/mo for basic hosting, maintenance, and support.
Send them to me if you don’t want to do it.
It’s not about if you’re a designer or not.
If you have the technical capability do it.
I don’t know any designers who have the technical capability though. The designers who do it come to me, a web developer, when it’s over their head.
I don’t do design for example because I’m crap at it.
Only if they want to
You should simply quote the work done with breakdown with the maintenance as a recurring annual fixed fee or as an hourly rate. You may include a 1-3 month maintenance as part of the design fee for only fixing issues.
That’s my entire business model. Managing after completion is steady income!