I'm not new to webdesign/design but I am new on what to charge clients. I recently got two new jobs besides my Euphoria one.

One of the jobs is to update someones page and add products to their website (about 15) and update the PayPal information, he runs a small business.

What should I be charging for that? It's no images just straight code and adding in some information into PayPal.

How much should I charge for that? I was thinking about 20-30$ depending on how much data I gotta put in?

The other job I don't have specifics yet but you know.

I charge $60 an hour for updates (I'm thinking of increasing that). Thats pretty much the standard around where I live.

For projects, estimate the number of hours it will take you to design the site, double that to include all of the crap that goes along with working for yourself, and come upwith a figure that you want to get paid for that number of hours.

DO NOT charge $500 because you think thats all it's worth. It's bad for the industry, and If they wanted to do it themselves, they'd have to buy dreamweaver, which is $300. You are worth more than $200, right? You are creating a tool that your clients will be using to make money, you should be making money too.

A good way to get a feeling for what your clients are willing to pay, is to come up with prices for different parts of the site that can be removed. For example, charge extra to put a form on their "Contact Us" page, and if the price is too much, you can take away the form (something they probably don't need anyhow) and lower the price.

My current freelance rate is $65 an hour, less if it's a good friend or a family member. I estimate the hours it will take me, factoring in some of the things that Arch Stanton pointed out in the previous post, multiply that by 65, and that's my one time flat rate.

If it takes me less time to complete the task, then I make out, if I go beyond my estimated hours, then the client makes out. It balances out and everyone's usually happy.

My advice is to not sell yourself short. Shure there are people out there that may under-bid you, but your clients are smart enough to understand the old adage: "you get what you pay for". :)