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Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:47:27 +0000

[...] this price is a LOT less than most charge for custom install, according to a poll recently run in Weblog Tools. And it comes with a lot more than just [...]

By: Sherif Elsisi

Sherif Elsisi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:19:33 +0000

Thanks for this info.
I usually don’t charge anything for the installation of software and plugins to customers who buy hosting from me.
Regards.

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Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:37:53 +0000

[...] this price is a LOT less than most charge for custom install, according to a poll recently run in Weblog Tools. And it comes with a lot more than just [...]

By: Servaas

Servaas — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:28:35 +0000

Some people are doing business other than installing stuff on the net. These people need others do sort it out for them, and there is nothing wrong with that. It is pretty shortsighted to claim a wordpress install is 5 minutes only, as we all know that after installing there’s about 30 minutes minimum of tweaking and installing plugins. Throw in the choice and adaptions of a theme and it’s clearly a paid job. And so on.

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:53:33 +0000

i think this may be a matter of semantics. there’s a huge difference between going to dreamhost and using their one-click install (although if something goes wrong, it can still take up to an hour) and doing the whole blog setup, starting from choosing a blog name, choosing a host etc. to choosing, configuring and testing every silly little plugin.

it’s quite possible that those who charge high fees aren’t really talking about one-click or 5-minute installs, they’re talking about the whole setup, which, as we all know, can require endless back and forth. e.g. if i’d have hired someone at a reasonable hourly rate of $50-$70 for the problems i had with my permalinks alone, i’d easily have spent $300 just on that.

i like the comparison with the oil change.

By: Takuya

Takuya — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:01:13 +0000

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By: dui - design under the influence

dui - design under the influence — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:30:50 +0000

[...] That to me is a major problem and a considerable fault in the Wordpress community. A theme is a site design - and not everyone seems to realize that. With any Wordpress theme, you’re indeed getting a site design, the only difference is it has been stripped of its full originality. Still, there are free and premium themes out there that could easily cost hundreds or thousands of dollars if they were only sold off once, so how anyone could complain about the under $100 fee most premium themes have is a little ridiculous - especially when there are people out there paying a couple thousand to have Wordpress just installed. [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:12:32 +0000

Wow.. that could make me rich…:P wordpress standard instalation from €550 to €1500 (Euros). :O

Does anyone wanna pay for it???

By: David

David — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:14:02 +0000

Hey, it’s a free market. If someone wants to charge $10k for a cheese sandwich and someone will pay it, fine. And because it’s a free market, the fact someone charges $10k means there will be ample room for anyone who wants to charge less…or more…or free…or use “free” as a basis for upsells and add-ons. Remember too that installation and configuration is the basis of all that follows. Some companies may wish to cover the responsibility of that within their fee.

By: Handy

Handy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:35:09 +0000

I agree with your statement that installing a not-built-by-your-own-hands cms especially like wordpress costs no more than 50 bucks, or even less. It’s like when you ride a cab in foreign town, the driver notices and cheats as he goes round-and-round to raise the taxi-meter.

Modifying the CMS should be way cheaper than a CMS which is built from scratch, and it should stay that way.

By: Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » What I Did on My Weekend

Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » What I Did on My Weekend — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:16:53 +0000

[...] note from elsewhere that people are paying between €550 to €1500 to have WordPress sites built for them. [...]

By: Roni

Roni — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:11:06 +0000

May be they don’t know that it just took 5 minutes installing wordpress. they just to read the readme. It’s a robbery I guess, sorry to say…

By: bubazoo

bubazoo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:37:22 +0000

like right now I have lightbox installed as a plugin, but its not 2.5 ready, and there are a couple other things (like my sidebar for instance) that was hand coded in using a plugin that could be done better with functions already built into WP, similar to how to admin panel is already setup, but I just don’t understand how to code all that stuff by hand into the theme like that so my theme is 2.5 ready.

By: bubazoo

bubazoo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:32:53 +0000

It depends on how much the supply/demand was. If I had a regular business of installing WP for people, I wouldn’t mind charging them only $20 or so, but if I have just one person a year ask me, then I’d have to charge more. Another thing to keep in mind, is alot of web hosting providers have wordpress built into the control panel, so installing and upgrading wordpress via Fantastico makes the process a simple one-click installation, which is what I would do if I were a reseller. Having said all that, I can install wordpress from scratch fairly easily, but what I can’t do, which I wouldn’t mind some help on, is having someone help me with my theme. The theme I have on my website now I like, I modified it from an old theme back from the 1.5 days, but the problem is its not WP 2.5 ready, and I’d like to add things like widget support, and just some general optimizations so its more 2.5 ready, because right now I’m afraid to upgrade to 2.5 because my theme, and not all my plugins, are 2.5 ready, but I just don’t know how to get them there is my problem.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:01:37 +0000

For basic default WP I wouldn’t charge more than $25 USD. The price would go up depending on what else they wanted. I can’t believe the prices people are charging and that people are paying for it.

By: Lodro

Lodro — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:24:05 +0000

We’ve had cases where we did extensive customizing and design for commercial clients, essentially building a one-off wordpress CMS. These guys then wouldn’t pay us, because “wordpress is for free”.

By: Damian

Damian — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:46:54 +0000

Wow, I see there big prices. I was afraid that I’m charging too much… Last time I charged 140usd for WP+modules install, theme customisation and 5h training.

By: Pin

Pin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:35:08 +0000

I would charge for theme design. Other than this, the web hosting. The installation, bundled. From a point of web developer.

By: Marti Abernathey

Marti Abernathey — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:22:45 +0000

I always charge 60usd for a linux server and 80 for a windows server (because they’re always a PITA). I don’t have an issue with charging that since I offer free tech support for the life of the blog. My clients don’t seem to mind either.

Marti

By: Darrin

Darrin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:19:21 +0000

For a Basic Install of Wordpress, the cost should be 100% Free.
Either a vendor can provide two options:
1. Install it with no questions asked.
2. Provide the directions on how to install.

To Install Wordpress with an un-customized theme, the cost should be 100% Free.
Why? Not only you can build good will with a potential client, and gain their trust & loyalty, but you can also provide advice, which can be a consulting service.

For a installation of wordpress with a Custom Theme that takes activating & configuring plugins, this price depends on the “TIME” that it takes to perform the maintenance, or a price that is a fixed price not over $30. Why $30?
1. Building loyalty to a potential client.
2. You can provide future consulting service.
3. One satisfied client builds great word-of-mouth.

Overall, Wordpress is about the Extension & functionality. If you are not doing anything with extension and functionality, you should be doing it 100% free. But hey, no one else would speak the truth on this. I’m not only a programmer myself, but also have been a client.