My Belief: I believe in fair pay for quality work.

On the other hand, I shouldn't be underpaid because some people may undervalue my profession or think it is a job anybody who knows about computers can do. I am not making a Word document and then putting it online, there is an 80-100 point checklist (depending on the site build) that I follow with every website I create, plus 20 years of experience & knowledge in an ever-changing profession. I do this job full time for 40-50 hours a week, 5-6 days a week 50 weeks a year, so I'm pretty good at it.

My Customers: You shouldn't be overcharged or taken advantage of because you don't know the web design industry. Unfortunately, I have seen this too many times, and it's not even the case that the other developer was intentionally trying to rip people off. It's more of a case that both parties were inexperienced with the website design & structuring process.

I can only estimate how long it will take to build your site. I allot 20-30 hours for a base build/standard site, so in theory your site could be completed within 20-30 hours. Naturally this is unrealistic as I am a freelance developer and my work time is divided up with other client's requests and standard hour workdays.

These are common things that slow a website build time:

1. My workload.
2. Your workload.
3. Other client emergencies (e.g. eCommerce store errors that need to be fixed immediately by me).
4. Slow supply of content (e.g. images, videos, copy text, artwork etc.)
5. Slow email or call replies on both sides, this falls under and is usually caused by workload. It is great to say this won't happen, but we live in the real world with real time limits.

See: An Average Timeline on Our Process for a timeline guide.

Unfortunately, I can not work on a "we'll see" (provisional) basis, meaning I mock something up, then if you like it the project goes ahead. I have a constant to high workload, so I have to prioritise full paying clients. Unless the mock-up is paid for at the hourly rate. My rate is $110 p/hr (this includes GST).

I'm confident in the work I produce, but If you don't feel as though I can deliver, or you have any hesitations, please source another developer.

I can make any website design layout requested. If you request a website design or structure that has common website practice flaws in it, and continue with that layout after my suggestions, then I am not responsible for low ranking or redesign of that site when it fails to provide your desired results. You are hiring me for my experience in design, coding and web design best practice knowledge & skills, please make use of this and be open to all my input, after all this is why you're hiring me.

You can purchase support packages and pre-pay as you go, saving you money. All packages are purchased in advance.