Am I being lowballed?
I had a friend of a family friend reach out say they need a website with the below requirements built by Friday for 250$. I've never really done a gig for someone but my feeling in they are lowballing me. ChatGPT says I should be charge multiple times that amount. I rejected their offer- justified or not?
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask I will delete
Yeah
It’s a fucked asking
Both on time and on payment
Fast
Cheap
Reliable
You can only pick two of the three
He asked for all three
:theowat: :theowat: :theowat:
How much would you normally charge for a project like this?
if you don't mind
Depends if you plan on doing support after
Without support and if they don’t have any resource on, 10k
With resources, 7~8k
😲
With support after, you can low the costs from above and get a monthly payment after
Ok so I was 100% being scammed
It’s a complex system
And for 250 you are getting super fucked if accepted
You probably can ask more, depends on the client and what you want to do with it
the client was so rude tbh
Yeah
I even built out a prototype (all the content and functionality no theming)
and he was treating me like shit
The time to delivery is insane
Ya he prob thinks he can get a cheap price cause I'm a student
Two/three days to do all of that
I had most of it done from Sunday- now
If you plan on doing that sort of job
Always get a written contract
Don’t trust messages or in person talks
sure
thanks btw
thats worse than what someone on upwork would pay you
ya that's what I thought
for some context I'm still in highschool
he was saying I should do it for free initially
doesnt make the product less valuable to them
doesnt matter who you are
product matters
true
thank you for ya'll's insights
will def go back with a much bigger counter offer or back out
Def lowball. Just say you're too busy with school at the moment, and don't work with them. They don't value you or your time.
Asking to do it for free is absolutely insane.
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was coming here expecting to be like "it's not that bad".. but nevermind
Yup that's what I did
Thank you all for your advice
They blocked me lol
Good riddance. You did the right thing.