IMO there's no such thing as STANDARD pricing.

M'sian web design companies have a usual price range, but their offerings and pricing vary so much that you couldn't even consider it as any standard.

all in all, there's so many factors involved in web-design that it's really impossible to quantify.

the involvement of graphics, flash display, HTML codes, scripts (PHP / JS / Others) and most of all, the time and effort taken to come up with preliminary designs..........sheesh.

the one that kills the market i find, are those that put their services like RM 40 - 60 per page on newspaper. i had a client asking me this before. for all i know, they could either be good designers desperate for deals or they could just be n00bie 'thought i'm good' webdesigners that does everything on MS Publisher or something.

in short - what i'm saying is that there's more to price-per-page when it comes to web-design charges.

no fixed price man.......... each designer will offer you different things. their skill and delivery time and even quality will be different.

then you have to set an agreement - once they FINALIZED the details, that's it. any subsequent changes will be charged.

however for me, i usually close-1-eye on this matter. even till this date, my customer still ask me to add / remove stuff for them. i do it for free.

the design part is the toughest i find. crack your head like silly just to find what the customer likes, especially those that have no idea of what they like in the first place.

yes i would do that too, just that some of them really don't have anything to show.

so normally i would prefer to ask "do you have any company brochure, pamphlet, profile, or whatever printed materials?"

cos really, what they like is one thing but the design must also match with the already established company design / feel.

that's how i go about la, but some times their printed material also barely enough to get inspiration. so end up browsing coolhomepages.com

ok hehe, just to illustrate that pricing for web-design is more than just RM xx per page. it involves a lot of blood and sweat, and of course the occasional late night snacks.

much time is taken to consider the company, the choice of color and design to respresent the company, the layout for ease of reading / access, and of course the creative aspects, then there's also the dirty work.

some of these things is up to us to educate the customer.