$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

[aznpridfoo]

crazyss i been threw something like that back then,

[phoenixpyre]

I think if I tried to charge someone that much they would laugh at me...

[z3nn1]

^--- 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

Haha, yeah dude. Totally agree, people sometimes feel disadvantage that they don't understand coding- BEFORE they even try it.

I never understood style sheets, until I sat down one day and thought "Let me try first".. and now I am able to modify the layouts to my preferences i.e. fonts, colours, profile information, moving the myspace music player around, etc.

:) Thanks to you guys! CB rules . I just wished more people knew about it

But that $250 for that girl's profile is MAD CRAZY, someone needs to tell her she got ripped off.

[clarity]

woah that doesn't even look worth 250.

i've gotten offered 50.

i started cracking up, and i told him no i don't want his money.

but he insisted.

but i didn't end up doing it because i didn't have time for the deadline. lol.

[z3nn1]

woah that doesn't even look worth 250.

i've gotten offered 50.

i started cracking up, and i told him no i don't want his money.

but he insisted.

but i didn't end up doing it because i didn't have time for the deadline. lol.

I think its cool that most of you guys here do not charge people, or take up the offer.. plus everyone has other things to do i.e. school, college, you know life lol. You guys do all the layouts in your free time, and I am thinking as a hobbie right? So deadlines won't help bring out that creativity- I have always come across that.. when you're on a deadline.. I think inspiration is lost.. correct me if I am wrong.

[clarity]

^Well first I wouldn't take money cause I do this for fun, and its not my job. Although I do want to become a pro. web designer once I'm older, and that I will charge for since it WILL be my job. lol And second, I can't charge money cause they would need my address to send it to me and I'm not allowed to give personal info. online no matter what.

And yeah, I think deadlines DO get in the way of inspiration.

[*The Markster*]

Yeah, someone offered to pay me a buttload of money, but I told him I don't deal with money at all. He kept bugging me to make a Myspace layout for Block Party radio or something. After I told him that he was really irritating me (I said it in a polite way), he started saying that I was rude, soon tried to cuss me out, then I just blocked him. He threatened to shut down my site, lmfao. I hate them peoples.

And yeah, I think deadlines DO get in the way of inspiration.

Same. -__-

[Dwdrums1111]

some guy wanted to pay for me to come to america and work for him. I thought he either wants to rape me or hes CRAZY!!! my layouts arn't even that good. lol

[clarity]

Yeah, someone offered to pay me a buttload of money, but I told him I don't deal with money at all. He kept bugging me to make a Myspace layout for Block Party radio or something. After I told him that he was really irritating me (I said it in a polite way), he started saying that I was rude, soon tried to cuss me out, then I just blocked him. He threatened to shut down my site, lmfao. I hate them peoples.
Same. -__-

THAT WAS THE SAME GUY THAT WANTED ME TO DO IT!
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[*The Markster*]

THAT WAS THE SAME GUY THAT WANTED ME TO DO IT!
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LOL.
I say we hunt him down!

[*StanleyThePanda*]

Dang, I freaking hate people like that. This one guy IMed me and just wouldn't take no for an answer!
He never told me what KIND of layout he wanted, but I was just like "No, I don't take requests".

[clarity]

^ Kara, by any chance do you remember his sn? I think the same thing happened to me.

LOL.
I say we hunt him down!

Much Agreed! [/spam]

[Lanochka]

I think it depends on the circumstances. I can understand a company paying $500 for a well-designed myspace layout. But I don't think personal myspaces should be charged that much. A person using a personal myspace layout for themselves shouldn't have to pay $500 for a myspace layout. I know many designers mis-price their work.

[*StanleyThePanda*]

^ Kara, by any chance do you remember his sn? I think the same thing happened to me.

Gosh, I dont. But thank God for Adiums Chat Transcripts.
hahaha it was Madvillain.

[*[2]Nekked*]

I think it depends on the circumstances. I can understand a company paying $500 for a well-designed myspace layout. But I don't think personal myspaces should be charged that much. A person using a personal myspace layout for themselves shouldn't have to pay $500 for a myspace layout. I know many designers mis-price their work.

but she's in the entertainment business. She's on BET. So it makes sense to me that she would pay $250 for a design.


Its like... you can pay $15 for a pair of knockoff shoes. Or you can pay $250 for the real thing. If you're trying to be famous, you cant be paying $15 for anything, you HAVE to pay for the expensive things because then people know you can afford it.

[empyrean102]

Somebody got hustled! :D
>< but $250? that's kinda shameless...

[Alk3]

To be honest, I think $250 is pretty reasonable when you think about how many hours are put into making such a layout ;x I was paid $150 to make a simple myspace layout & $100 to code one. I really wouldn't ask for anything less than that.

[*The Markster*]

To be honest, I think $250 is pretty reasonable when you think about how many hours are put into making such a layout ;x I was paid $150 to make a simple myspace layout & $100 to code one. I really wouldn't ask for anything less than that.

Wow. Think of all the money I could make . .

[TDCokefiend]

Oh gosh? Are you serious?
I've seen better layouts on CreateBlog.
I wouldn't have paid more than $50.00, if
even that much.
Wow, that person got seriously ripped off.

[flaymzofice]

^ Originality and being unique isn't an issue if the layout actually looked good and it's difficult for anyone here, no matter how experienced a cB'er, to say that Myspace is well designed. Like people have said, there are better layouts out there, and customising for a tailor made look needn't cost that much more. Also, no one is going to know that Myspace COST that journalist $250 because it doesn't look like it was.

However, I'm neither nor when it comes to what price is right. It really is completely dependent on the layout itself. If I had the money, I'd pay way more than $250 for Trish's work because I know she'll deliver. Same goes for a lot of other designers here. You can't name a flat rate appliable to all designers because everyone has different skills and different execution of ideas and concepts and will always come out differently.

So specific to the layout this specific thread is concerned with, no way, $250 is a rip off. But other than that, I can't say how much is too much/little.