[SVTCobraLTD]

I have no clue about pricing to work on websites however this a quote I got from someone I just did business with on another project. My site is up and running fine in FireFox and IE but maybe not in other browsers as I have not checked it. He says there are a number of errors on the site and this would fix it. Below is his email.

On the fixes of your website:
I would recommend fixing at least 2 pages: the main page and the shopping (store) page.

We also need to fix the CSS code for those pages. There are some errors there. Pages will not show good in some browsers.

On the store page, we have to make assure that the shopping cart code is working correctly for each product.

My service on the store page would be to clean up the code, make sure it shows good in most browsers, work out the shopping cart code, and have the entire code for that page W3C validated. I will charge $200 for that page.

My service for the main page would be the same, however that page does not contain the shopping cart code, therefore I would charge $150 for that page.

If you order both pages at the same time, I would remove the CSS code from these two pages to work from a separate file. The pages should load faster that way. I will then make sure the page is also W3C validated. As a bonus, I will revise the keywords for these 2 pages and eventually, as appropriate, apply some small SEO tricks to improve search engine indexation.

For an extra $50, I will prepare a XLM sitemap readable by Google and other search engines. The sitemap I’m talking about is not the sitemap used as an index for the website. It’s a sitemap used by the search engines’ spider robots to craw websites for indexation. These sitemaps are designed based on some rules or the robots will not read it.

Add to it more $50, for a one-time job, and I will prepare a code to measure the several statistics on your site, and as an extra bonus, I will submit the main page to a number of search engines.

Please note, I’m not proposing or including any changes to the website design or appearance. It will still look the same. However, if we fix the code, your website will work lighter, and browser friendlier.

These prices sound ok or what?

[midders]

If his coding is as good as his command of the English language then I would look elsewhere.

[SVTCobraLTD]

Aside from that, what about the pricing?

[midders]

Get quotes for the same work from several competitors to see if the pricing is right. Google is your friend.

[SVTCobraLTD]

I wouldn't even know where to begin to find someone besides companies that do it. This guy does it as a company but does not have the overhead of a business. Not sure if that is good or bad.

[MMJ]

Way overpriced for what he's going to go do.

You could find someone real good for that much.

I suggest you look around for an SEO pro, take a look at his blog / portfolio.

Even if you go to a contracting company (not just any freelancer) you shouldn't be paying more that that.

If you do want to go with him, get him to write out exactly what he's going to do and how long it will take. Then pay him like $30-$50 an hour.

[skyhigh007]

do you mind if you can share your website link with us ?

[SVTCobraLTD]

www.PennMustangs.com

[SVTCobraLTD]

Any thoughts??


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[jlhaslip]

Sounds steep to me.
Is the site a CMS? I notice a bunch of "php" links.

Try odesk.com for another price.

[SVTCobraLTD]

He contacted me back and said $200 for it all minus site map and submitting to the search engines.

I signed up on the above website and I am waiting for some reply backs. Thank you.