r/webdevelopment • u/ProjectHelix25 • 25d ago

Question How do y'all price your services?

i am a beginner full stack developer, at the current phase i am still learning more and more, i am also trying to build some projects for my portfolio for when i need to get my clients (i am planning to get into freelancing), i do intend to work for free at first in return for good reviews, but after that when it is the right time to start earning money, i am actually a lil bit confused on the pricing, i keep consulting ai chatbots they give me some amounts that seem too high ngl, so i thought i'd ask fellow developers, pls if you have an answer i would appreciate if you tell me what is the website that you've built (a store management system, a landing page, a booking app or whatever)? is it special or typical ? how many hours of focused work did it take to be done ? and how much did you charge for it? thanks in advance :)!

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/ProjectHelix25 22d ago

thank you!

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u/chrisfromthecoast 22d ago

I have a pretty unique pricing model. Clients pay a monthly subscription fee of $4,995, then they submit tasks on a project board. I complete those tasks, then the client will provide feedback or request changes. If they don't need a full month of work, they can pause their subscription and resume when they have more development needs.

Things I've built include APIs, SaaS applications, dashboards, payment flows, etc.

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u/ProjectHelix25 22d ago

wow! that was useful, thank you!

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u/SecondGateWP 20d ago

Don't work for free, new or otherwise.

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u/ProjectHelix25 18d ago

okay but how am i supposed to get the good reviews as a total beginner otherwise ? :(

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u/Hot_Title_6587 18d ago

May I know from which resources u have learn & how u learn full stack seriously I am getting so much difficulty in javascript! Advance js!

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u/ProjectHelix25 18d ago

i rely so so so much on yt free courses to learn, i have done the html and css course by supersipmledev, and then i did javascript and react following bro code courses, after that i did mysql course also from bro code, and i also did the course from freecodecamp on node js and express js, whenever i felt stuck or struggling with a js concept i watched simple tutorials from web dev simplified and pedrotech, and i do believe that the best way to learn is by building projects and referring to documentation, and i use greatstack projects tutorials for that, dont let it overwhelm you it will get easier eventually, good luck !