Help becoming a web designer please?

Question

Hi I've done a few websites for friends using WIX etc and now I'm getting requests from other people who like my eye for design and want me I do one for them.So my question is I'd love to do this as a side business , is it possible using template sites (I can't wright code) and if so how do you o it? Do I Just do it through my account and charge a small management fee? And how much should you charge to do a website?

Answer 1

Well if you are seriousness about doing it and it is going to be a small solid business then you will deffianately need to learn code, start by learning python because that is probally the easiest for beginers, you can fing many good tutorials for it on you-tube, then learn C++.

If however this is just going to something for people as and when they need your help then I wouldn't bother with coddling, you only REALY need to learn it if your thinking of taking we design on as a carea because for the the amount of time it take to learn code it i so not worth the effort.

I would sujest you carry on ussing the same soft-ware you are doing if you feel comfortable with it and think it has enough tools for the job. Just a quick tip, make sure you know the software inside out, get to know every single detail no matter how insignificant te tool may be.

As for cost and fee whenever I do this I always have my baseline fee and then let them sujest a fee and barter to get as close to your baseline fee as possible. For example if your baseline fee was £100 and then you ask them to sujest a price and they say £70 then keep bartering untill you get them to at least £90 or so, however if they go over your baseline then keep it !!!

Move your baseline around a little to suit the custermer though, like if it is a big corporation then make it higher and viserversur.

I think that Ansers all you questions but if you have anymore just edit :)

Hope this helped

Answer 2

It is illegal to charge others for material copyrighted by another organisation. Therefore, you are legally required to advertise and self yourself as someone who sets up a template, and not as a web designer. You must ensure that all your clients know what it is you actually do, and that all the materials on their website are otherwise copyright-free (no Google Images).

Another legal requirement is to pay tax. You should check your local government to see if you would be elligible for income tax and pay it accordingly. You may also need to apply to become a company in order to trade.



Of course, you could disregard the law, but make sure you understand what could happen if you get 'caught'. I started web design at a young age, designing casually for friends. However, I could write basic HTML and CSS, and I used Wordpress. £200 ($350-ish) is a good amount to charge at this level for a pretty simple web design, but seeing as you're not actually desiging anything yourself, it would be immoral to charge this. My first rule in business is never to rip anyone off. I have friends who charge £20,000 for a web design - I will charge no more than £1000, as a full web design from scratch, because I just don't think websites are worth that much.



Just stick to £30/$50 and see how it goes. Don't over-charge; it's immoral and clients will only be disappointed when they end up with a Wix-branded website and a template that they could have set up in the first place. This is an industry that can work, but rarely does, and Wix is not made for resale - it's a very basic and unattractive product and your end-user will not be able to justify having spent a large sum of money on it.



Also, the idea that designers can't be good at coding and vice versa is simply not true. The best web designers will be able to come up with a great website on their own, but a better website with others. This game is way too competitive for you to be good at 'one thing'; you can only get ahead if you have any eye for design and can write at least intermediate level PHP (static websites are very undesirable nowadays; you want as much dynamic content as you can get your hands on).

Answer 3

If people like your designs, there is no need to change what you are doing.



Most web designers use web platforms such as Wordpress, Joomla, Opencart and Magento (for e-commerce websites).

The charge is up to you really.



I normally go with how much work is being done, for example; If I create a website in Opencart and the client wants the website to look how they want it, I will charge a bit more than usual. I normally create templates and allow the client to choose the template they'd like, at a cheaper price as well.

Answer 4

there is no rule that says you can't use WIX, squarespace, wordpress or any other templates.



a good basic way to do this is find an hourly rate you find is fair..for example lets say $20/hour



if someone asks you to build a website get as much details as possible and estimate in your head how long it would take you...lets say you estimate 10 hours.



then you can say " I can build a good site for you on the WIX platform, I would charge $200 to set it up"



This way the client knows his site will be built on a template and you are charging for your time.

Answer 5

It is very hard to find good business continuity plan template these days. But I am sure, if u visit this link https://bccatalyst.com/templates then you will find out more about your need. I could find the best solution here.

Answer 6

If you are good at DESIGN, sick to it, and don't bother to learn coding! Good designers are crap at coding, and good coders are crap at designing...

A successful website is built with a team of THREE people, each with his own skill: a designer, a coder and a marketing adviser.

Any other approach leads to "half-way" websites.



But, unfortunately, 99.9% of people don't understand that.

Answer 7

If it works for you keep doing what you are doing. Learn the fundamentals on the side of html, css, etc, and how to use Photoshop etc to create layouts.