[nica]

Quoting Flash Job

I need some help quoting a job for a customer please give me your reasonable opinion.

Job:
Customer has a photography book with 25 panoramic images + intro pages. He wants to have a Flash movie in his web site that shows the book in an interactive and creative way.

Transitions from image to image maybe thumbnail menu when clicked on images appear or slide show mode or basic back forward navigation.

The main goal is to show the book in a creative way and not have the user load page after page to see all the images. Just download the Flash movie and see all the book in a creative way.


Work:
-Customer will supply images and text
-Transitions for images 25 images
-Pre loader while the viewer waits for flash movie to download (simple animation)
-Intro page in 3 languages in the Flash movie
-Navigation for images (slideshow, thumbnails, back and forward)
-Prepare page for Flash content
-Upload to hosting server
-Test on Mac an Pc browsers 5.0+
-One revision

Customer:
Customer is an International photographer makes his living from workshops to photography students.
Customer has published 3 books this is #4


Quote:
How much would you quote for the work above $?

Thank you for your help.

[Simon Mundy]

I charge on a daily rate ( = Hourly rate x 7hours).

I reckon you'd be looking at anything between 1-2 days for flat concept designs, 1 day for design development, 3-4 days for the site build and another 1-2 for testing.

...but can he/she afford it???

[nica]

Thank you for very much Simon this helps me.

Anybody else? Common people I need some help here.

[Carp]

Originally posted by nica:
Quoting Flash Job

Quote:
How much would you quote for the work above $?

Thank you for your help.

e-mail to me privately jens@paper.ee for more information.

[gskinner]

nica

First, establish an hourly rate based on your experience and ability - don't undersell yourself.

Next, break the project into it's component parts... how long will it take to design the interface, how long will it take to create an image transition script, how much time will be taken in meetings and administrative functions, etc.

Estimate the time you think it will take you to complete each part, and multiply by a number between 1.5 and 2 (depending on your experience estimating thses things - in your case, it sounds like 2 is the number to use) - that will roughly equal the time it will really take you to get things done.

Now, multiply the number of hours by the hourly rate, and you have your estimate.

Also, I have a free (for non-commercial use) fla on my site [ http://gskinner.com/ - in lab:source code:flas ] that does automatic preloading, cropping and fade transitions for images based on an external XML file. It might be useful for your project.

Cheers,
Grant Skinner.

[nica]

Thank you gskinner

These helps me immensely. I do agree that you have to
add time to the original amount of time you think it takes you
do something + functions like meetings for talking to the customer
after all these is time you should charge for.

I just need to figure out my hourly rate now.

Thank you again.

[Carp]

Originally posted by nica:
Thank you gskinner

I just need to figure out my hourly rate now.

Thank you again.

This is easy, think how much would like to earn (no, for real) in month and then share it with 168 (it's average working hours per month). Then multiply with 1.33 (profit + riskes, you can put here some other number if you feel other way). Last number depends on how much you can sold yourself out. I myself normally work on 90-94% load. If i make work faster than I say to clients, I have more free time, if it takes longer, I have to be here all nights