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Subject:Re: Price Range for User Manual Summary From:Candie McKee <cmckee -at- AIG -dot- VIALINK -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:21:29 -0500
I agree Linda. I made the mistake of saying a per page rate just
recently. I lost a lot of time and money that way. Hourly also covers
your organization time. And if you do it per page, you loose that time.
> I would quote an hourly rate and let it go at that. If they ask how
> many pages
> you can do an hour, you can quote 5-7 rough. But don't get into a page
>
> counting-based payment system. What if pages are deleted? You really
> don't
> want to do this. I've been a contract programmer for ten years and a
> contract
> tech writer for 9 and I always go on an hourly rate. Then they can
> change
> their minds and it won't cost you work or money.
>
> Lin
> linlaurie -at- msn -dot- com
> www.winpro-press.com
>
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> > Shoot for $100 dollars per page. Expect $25-$30
> >
> > Estimate quote at 5-7 hours per page.
> > ex. 100 (pages) * 7 (hours/page) * $35/hour (wage)
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > $24,500
>
> Oh dear - is that what we're supposed to quote?
> Has anyone ever quoted that high and been accepted?
> If so, my prices are going up PRONTO!
>
> JoAnne
>
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