$250 for a myspace page Options

[k33zy]

wow... well i just met this new person on myspace and we were discussing myspace layouts... and he said that someone paid $250 for a layout. The layout I have posted below. It seriously blew my mind. I've never heard of anyone even charge anymore than $10. Have you came across anyone who paid a ridiculous amount of money for a myspace page? I figured with that amount of money, they could have a full flash websites made and hosted.

$250 layout

[*StanleyThePanda*]

Hmm.. That layout isnt even that good. I don't understand why people will pay so much for something like that. It's so silly...

Anyways, I was offered $200 to make this guy a layout. He was suppose to send me a sketch of what he wanted, and then a month went by and I was like wtc?
He decided he didn't want it.

[k33zy]

Hmm.. That layout isnt even that good. I don't understand why people will pay so much for something like that. It's so silly...

Anyways, I was offered $200 to make this guy a layout. He was suppose to send me a sketch of what he wanted, and then a month went by and I was like wtc?
He decided he didn't want it.

im only a beginner and been offered $50 for a simple div.. but i only charged them the regular $5. but thats what i was looking at with her layout, i would expect some flash type stuff on there. i've seen better on CB.

[*IVIike*]

i have been offered 200$ before but i turned it down they wanted so much done and they kept changing their mind. i didn't have the time or the patience \

that layout isn't that great seriously it would have taken that person like 2 hours tops i think

[Lanochka]

I've had $50, $100, $200 offered as well. But Don't charge people that much. I think that's exploiting the person. But hey, it's a good deal.

[Blaqheartedstar]

250 for that? its ugly..lmfao
been offered...but i always tell them no... i use other resources for my layouts... and the few times i make people some they always change their mind... as for more stuff... have trouble with it... the works... its very annoying

[k33zy]

Seeing that just really blew my mind. There is even some people like models paying $50-$60 for banners. I suppose some of them have money to just throw away like that...but for @$250 i'd be upset with myself for not delivering more than just that.

[freeflow]

I refuse to charge people, but thats just me. I try not to do stuff (well do it completely for them) anymore because of how many of them end up driving me nuts.

I seriously think that taking the $250 was too much, but that is that guys own preference.

[*[2]Nekked*]

heh i dont work for under $400 anymore (freelance). At work, we dont do websites under $3000.

I guess it depends on what you think your work is worth.

[phoenixpyre]

hahahaha its not even aligned right in FF!

[Relentless]

Well, they got money. >.<

I mean wow, $250 is a lot. I've been offered but not that much, even though I turn them down. It's just that I don't have the time or I don't want to be paid since I know I'm not THAT good.

[michellerrific]

Wow..that's quite a bit. The layout isn't even that appealing. I've seen other people charge about 1/15 of that and they're much much more creative. I'm not one to work with DIV's but it looks extremely simple too, and I think I could do that myself, no bragging intended.

But she says she's a news reporter, so I guess she has the money to do so.

[*WHIMSICAL 0NE*]

I've seen people posting Bulletins saying that they'll make layouts. Honestly, they're just really simple layouts. I've seen better layouts offered here for free than what some people will charge people to make. I think it's stupid. Those people who pay all that money for simple myspace layouts would kick themselves in the butt if they knew cb existed and how easy it really is to learn to make their own layouts.

What's your source saying she paid 250?

[teanut]

thats freaken retarded

[Detective]

Bandspaces charges a fee of 500$ for a decent music page. I think thats too high of a price for just a webpage.

[k33zy]

I've seen people posting Bulletins saying that they'll make layouts. Honestly, they're just really simple layouts. I've seen better layouts offered here for free than what some people will charge people to make. I think it's stupid. Those people who pay all that money for simple myspace layouts would kick themselves in the butt if they knew cb existed and how easy it really is to learn to make their own layouts.

What's your source saying she paid 250?

the guy who created it. he bumped into me on myspace and we started to converse via yahoo and he showed me things he have done.


i've had people by $4-$5 layouts by me with their face on them or something thats not common on layout sites... even with me being a beginner at this. most of my customers know about cb. but i agree alot of people have no idea of this site.

[*[2]Nekked*]

Bandspaces charges a fee of 500$ for a decent music page. I think thats too high of a price for just a webpage.

i dunno. when you think about the big picture... their website is a marketting tool. They market themselves with it. Meaning it needs to be good enough to market them with. Meaning if it IS good enough, they would gain sales from it. Meaning if you charged them 10 bucks for the layout, you'd feel pretty ripped off in two years when they're making BANK and you only got 10 bucks out of them while they're STILL making money off the layout you made them.


someone from eminem's Shady Records contacted me to do a myspace layout for one of their new/upcoming artists on the label, but they said they wouldnt pay me for it and all i would get is a tiny ass by-line in the corner of the page. I think they thought i was some geeky myspace kid, and didnt realize i was a professional. I turned them down. I figure Shady Records is friggin huge. They can afford to pay me SOMETHING for a damned layout. I just dont work for free anymore. A girl's gotta live, yknow?

My friend is paying me $250 just to do a COMP (mockup, if you prefer that term instead) for one of his clients. (he's agreed to give him two comps but he only has the motivation to make one.) Since he's going to be doing all the buildout/coding, I agreed to just take $250 for the comp.


Also, bigger companies/clients will WANT to pay a minimum of like $400 for a website because they'll be able to count on the quality of the work, plus they have to have a certain standard, and self-respect for themselves. If they're bigger, they're sort of expected to pay a lot for a website. Otherwise, people will just think they're cheap and cant afford one, and their customers/audience wont have much faith in their products/service.

[*IVIike*]

^--- i can fully understand that kind of price for a website but a myspace page? i mean come one people are too lazy to learn how to do it themselves i guess

[*[2]Nekked*]

i would actually charge more for a myspace in some cases. it limits what i can do, and it makes me work twice as much to find workarounds. Plus I have to incorporate the myspace functionality into the design, which is a pain in the ass too.

[*Kathleen*]

Well, they got money. >.<

I mean wow, $250 is a lot. I've been offered but not that much, even though I turn them down. It's just that I don't have the time or I don't want to be paid since I know I'm not THAT good.

Yeaaah. Also, as someone else said, I wouldn't want to take chances by pulling from others' resources.. incorporating them into my layout. I'd feel guilty.

[k33zy]

it would really suck if the page was accidentally deleted or something.

[cathylawlzz]

wow, i've never heard of anything like that at all...

[*[2]Nekked*]

lol i guess im the only one that thinks 250 is reasonable (for the DESIGNER!)

250 is pushing it for me. i'd go a little higher in most cases.

[*mona lisa*]

^But at least you can create original and very high quality layouts. I don't browse MySpace any longer but I've come across a few paid ones that really look terrible.

[LOWinSKANK]

why would you pay that
much for a simple layout
on a social networking
website? lame!
it really isn`t anything
special, either.