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Posted By: Jennie In Response To: Question about potential web design partnership... (Dave Mauder (eDave))
Thursday, 17 February 2005, at 6:38 p.m.
> Hi All:
> One of the guys I work with is a VERY talented web designer and graphics
> artist. However, he's not very good at dealing face to face with people
> and has no clue how to drum up new business. Not to mention, he hates
> these activities.
> Anyhoo, he approached me today and asked if I would be interested in
> helping him promote his services in exchange for a piece of the pie. I
> guess it would be an official partnership of sorts, and I could even share
> more directly in the revenues if I do some of the technical work. I can't
> do some design (just don't have the eye like he does), but I can certainly
> do basic HTML layouts, CSS, hosting, SSL, integration with shopping carts,
> etc. I think between the two of us, we could turn out some pretty nice
> stuff.
> My problem is, I have no idea how we could stucture such a partnership.
> Would we charge by the hour or the project, and how would I price my
> "sales & marketing" services to be fair to Mark. He would
> clearly be doing the most work and putting the most hours into creative
> design. Would it be fair for me to tell him I want 10 or 15% of every job.
> Here are a couple of sites Mark did recently. The first one is his own,
> and the second is a project he's finishing up for a health care company.
> Design Wise by Mark
> ABC Healthcare
> I'm tellin' ya, the guy has SKILLS!
For the sales/marketing piece a commission would be advisable. You would want to discuss who pays for the collateral material (i.e., print pieces, mailings, ads, etc.) as that will impact what a fair commssion rate would be.
For the techie piece hourly we would, or you might consider a "standard" fee chart for common tasks like adding or migrating content (charge by page), hosting, purchasing SSL certificates, etc. This way if you accidently make a mistake when ordering a certificate and it takes two days longer he is not paying for the extra time and it alleviates headaches down the road.
Work that is custom or outside the norm would be a good place for an hourly rate.
> Dave
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