What do you charge?

The all important question! But, alas, I will not answer that here. Although I do have an affordable hourly rate, I prefer to be contacted directly to give it out. Also, I am willing to work with a client if I feel like I can lower my rate for your project. But, I am affordable. As well, I do not charge different prices for different tasks. If you want database design, custom CGI programming, website redesign or software installed you will pay the same hourly fee. I don't believe that my time is magically worth more based on the task.

Do you do flat fees?

I take that on a case to case basis. However, I tend to like hourly pay rather than a flat fee for medium to large projects. Need a simple form for your users to send you feedback? I could likely do a reasonable flat rate. If you want a custom Control Panel designed with 20 different features, I'd prefer hourly.

Why? Because I have found that when using hourly rates there is less of a chance of myself or the client ending up in a bad situation. When a programmer accepts a flat rate for a large project, and the client changes the entire spec in the middle of the job it can create an odd situation. On the other hand, when it is hourly a client can change their minds all they want! As well, being hourly allows me to be more flexible and actually undercharge. Imagine that! Getting 15 hours of work and only paying for 12! Hmmm.. I'm not sure that I should advertise that I sometimes do that. But, sometimes I do like to test a few extra times, or make code more efficient. As I said, I'm ethical and reasonable.

You can contact me with your project, and we could then discuss what we both feel comfortable with.

How do I pay you?

I accept checks (or cheques, if you are across the pond), money orders and PayPal.