$45 per hour - Standard Rate.
$75 per hour - If the client wants to view site as being built.
$110 per hour - If the client wants to manage project.
$150 per hour - If the client wants to help.

If the client has personality issues, it's priceless....

Check your e-mail Kendrick.

There's advertising your business and then there's a lot of BS out there. I do use contracts with most clients(I got burnt not too long ago), but developing trust with the client is important...and most of what happens after the initial site is just verbal... but I see it all the time on the web... people do well and then think they are a God or something then they fall hard... and showing dignity and respect for your peers, and *helping them*,... the only ones I distance myself from are generally scammers,... but when it comes to work...know what you know...

I always do non-profits like churches, for free (greatest advertising value that I've found).

My standard per hour charges are:
$125 p/hr for coding
$165 p/hr for consulting, support, & frivolous meetings

What I prefer to hourly rates, is to sit-down with the customer and determine what they want and then give them a quote for each independent component a la carte. The big drawback to this method is early on you will burn yourself by under-estimating the projects complexity and/or overestimating your own ability. Don't give-up and don't go back to the client asking for more money, eat the loss and chalk it up to tuition expense.

Never apologize for your prices. The mechanic down the street doesn't apologize for charging those exact same hourly rates, why should I? If you always deliver what you have promised on time your customers will be glad to pay for your services.

I agree with Tom get to know and play nice with your competition. I subcontract work out to several of my competitors when I'm busy. They're always happy to return the favor when things are slow.

Sharing leads when you have too much work is always a good thing too-- if it's reciprocal.

Kendrick here is one model you can consider:

http://sprucepinedesign.com/packages.html

and

http://sprucepinedesign.com/add-ons.html

and these prices are mostly based on services you can provide using CC products!

Remember this, you aren't just getting paid for the time it takes you to complete a job, you are getting paid for the KNOWLEDGE required. Even if you make a change for a client that only takes 10 minutes, how long did it take you to learn HOW to make that 10 minute change? How long would it take THEM if they had to sit down and figure it all out from scratch, as you did?

Thanks Scott lol i checked it too late tho :p but like i said i appreciate it lol.

hahahah lord, compared to yalls prices i feel like a baby :p but of course i know very very little coding.

Does anybody charge for custom graphics? I usually end up creating custom headers in Photoshop for my clients but I don't charge them for it. I feel I am cutting myself short, although I do enjoy the challenge and the creativity -- plus I learn a lot with each one I do.

For my websites, I charge a base rate of $100 per page, $25/hr. for maintenance and for other things like a form or video, I charge a flat rate of $50. Since I am just starting out (only doing this 3 years), I figure I can't charge what some of the other professionals are charging. However, I do continue to improve my skills (took a web design class recently) and am always looking for new things to offer my clients.

Can anyone offer me any ideas about how you go about charging for custom stuff like headers and other graphics or add ons? (Do you charge extra if they want a lot of photos on their pages -- I give them 4 per page with no extra charge)

Thanks.

Having come from the print world, I charge my hourly rate for graphic design work. So if it took me 2 hours to do a custom graphic/illustration of some sort, it would be:
$100 for basic page, plus 2 hrs @ $xx for the custom design. If you're going to have to organize, re-size, adjust and optimise a bunch of photos - yes, charge for it! I know some designers charge the same rate for everything, but I consider photo processing to be less demanding than custom design, so charge a lower rate for it. Whatever you do, the client should be paying something for your time and expertise.

Have a look on this site:
http://salary.com/mysalary.asp
to get an idea what the range of designer's/developer's salaries are in your area, then figure where you fit in based on skills and experience.