thinking of starting up a website Options

[rickysaurus]

So I've been kind of wanting to start my own website up. Very simple, clients contact me for any illustrative work they want done, and I'll do it for them, at a price.

Only thing holding me back is I don't really have the confidence to do it. Do you guys think I'm qualified to actually provide my services for cash? I'm thinking of charging between 10 to 15 dollars per hour. Be honest. I don't wanna be giving my clients garbage and have unhappy customers.

[JonHMChan]

When it comes to working with clients, I think the one thing I needed to know how to to absolutely well was how to handle someone else telling me what they want. Working for yourself, there are no limits to your creativity - you can do what you want, when you want, for free. However, all this changes when you start working for someone. Usually, a person has deadline, a design vision that is vastly different from yours, and they don't understand the process and work that goes into making something that most people think is very easy and quick to do.

My advice to you when it comes to working for other people is understanding how the client-designer relationship works. I mean, sure, you'll probably get a person that is willing to throw a few bucks at you to do a graphic or even design a small blog, but it's handling their needs and their demands that will be the difficult part (time, design, responses). If you have that down, I think you should be fine - only trying it out will tell.

I've had about a year of experience working for a handful of clients at rather hefty prices (a few hundred to a couple thousand for projects) and they are usually start-up companies that need the whole shebang. If you have any questions about working for people, just shoot. I'd be happy to answer them.