Fees and costs

My Fees

Fee Estimate

After an initial meeting or phone call, I will put together a project proposal, which will include a fee estimate. If the proposal is acceptable, I will ask for an amount up front.

Hourly rate

I charge £60 per hour. I keep a detailed record of my time spent on your project and can produce weekly or monthly time sheets.

Fixed Fee

In certain cases a fixed fee arrangement can be agreed.

No VAT

I am acting in my own name as a sole trader. I am not registered for VAT (as I am not required to given the current thresholds) therefore will not charge VAT on my fees.

Costs

I most commonly design websites using software provided by Squarespace. It creates beautiful websites and is a user-friendly system for clients to use after the website is up and running. There are fixed costs (in addition to my fees) as follows:

Domain Name

If you don’t have one already, you will need a domain name. (This is the actual website address, e.g. www.katieyateswebsitedesign.com). This typically costs in the region of £16/year. Although you often get the first year free when you sign up for a Squarespace plan (below).

Website Subscription

Details of the various Squarespace plans can be found here. They start from £12/month and can be paid month/yearly.

As a Squarespace Circle member, I can get 20% off your first year’s subscription.

Transaction Fees

If you want to sell products/services online there may be transaction fees charged by Squarespace (up to 3%) - though this will vary depending on the plan you choose. Payment processors (such as Stripe or PayPal) also charge fees (usually up to 3% plus a small fee in the region of 30p).

Additional Fees

Depending on what you want your website to do, there may be additional subscriptions needed. For example:

  • If you want to create content behind a paywall, you will need a Membership Area, which is an additional subscription.

  • If you want to have a booking facility you will need to add Scheduling which is an additional subscription.

  • If you want to run email marketing campaigns, you will need Email Campaigns, which is an additional subscription.

Please note:

  1. The above costs are set by third party providers (Squarespace /Wordpress etc) and are subject to change. The above list is indicative and is not exhaustive.

  2. The costs associated with other Content Managment Systems, such as Wordpress / Wix / Shoppify will differ.

  3. All third party costs will be discussed and set out in full at the start of a new project.

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