Well, more power to you then since all the potential clients would flock to Netobjects Fusion users like you. I supposed it's the same reasons people pay psychiatrist to just 'listen', programmers to just type, photographers to just snap a few pictures. Maybe labourers should be paid millions because they seem to do the most work of all. While you're at it, why don't you ask the reason people are paying RM2000 for royalty free images?

Dynamic sites for RM1000? Bullshit.
Pay peanuts, get monkeys.

And so therefore you found a person who overestimates his worth? Nobody is forcing you to pay for an expensive service. You CHOOSE to pay them. Same goes for web designers. If you prefer to get a RM200 design work, so be it. Paying for a RM2000 work that is lousier than a RM200 work is the result of your own failure in recognizing your designer's capabilities.

To be fair, there is no fixed standard. How people choose to charge is their choice and that choice is based on many factors such as marketing, sales, SEO, programming, scripting, designing, licensing, etc.

Or did you just think web designers pop up photoshop, load a downloaded template, slice, save as html and get paid?

general rule of thumb, pay peanuts, get monkeys
though you might be lucky enough to get a smart monkey, good for you.

This post has been edited by wantanseller: Jun 16 2006, 05:07 PM

Problem is that a lot of people think of web design as a garage company thingy where web designers don't have liabilities and assets. Worse still, their work is percieved as of little value as demonstrate by our dear thread starter. They get one fella who churns out average design for RM200 and expects everyone else to do the same. I'm sorry but did it occur to you that web design is a business? You know... earn money?

It's like we went back to the dark ages again... this isn't a web design issue, a lot of these people are seriously lacking the the economics department and much less in business.


EDIT: to etsuko for his patience

This post has been edited by wantanseller: Jun 17 2006, 02:20 AM