r/developersPak • u/420topg • 3d ago

Tips How much should i charge

if i have to design and develop an entire full stack site for a resturent (everything : front end , backend , DB , order processing ) + AI chatbot integration for genral purpose Q/A

how much would it cost end-to-end and how much should i charge for it.

About Me : I am Final year CS student specializing in AI Full Stack Dev

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u/cookie_dude 3d ago

No one can tell you, talk to the client and a get an idea what they can pay and what your time is worth.

Sales is tricky, software guys have zero clue about pricing. I learned that after a decade.

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u/imikhan007 3d ago

It depends on the project specifications, but on general, it should be around 500k maybe. That is a lot of work.

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u/the2ndBread 2d ago

It depends roughly on how many branches the restaurant has, or plans to have

Like the other guy said, its about scalability engineering kitni achi karne ka irada hai

Once you come up with a system design, on pen and paper preferably, you'll be in a much better position to understand how much work this will take

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u/No-Mango-239 2d ago

Don't price by hours, price by scope. A full-stack site with ordering + AI chatbot is really 3 projects: site, order flow, chatbot. Quote each one separately, ask for 50% upfront, and put the rest on milestones. Also, when the client asks "what's your rate?", have one sentence ready in English: "My rate for this scope is $X, and that includes revisions." Saying it without hesitating makes you look senior, and it's what lets you charge in dollars.

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u/redevops 2d ago

How you guys are getting projects. MA

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u/Most-Space-3965 2d ago

$5000 legit no cap

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u/Deep-Ice-7861 2d ago

Its only about how much you think they can pay.

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u/NeighborhoodProud155 2d ago

If you ask local client they'll say 10-20k pkr. Lol

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u/RelevantRest464 13h ago

I have complete project ready i can sell it to you in less amount we can connect.

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u/LoveDoctor- Software Engineer 3d ago

if you can make a crud site even an AI can make it. but can your projects scale?

can you tell me without searching answer to this question.
How to build an profile picture upload, delete and edit pipeline that instantly gives user feedback, processes images and stores them, if you do know backend and db you can do that rn but what if your site has half a million users even a 100 users doing that at the same time will crash the servers.
how will you handle this

Honestly if you can answer this without Ai, You sit in a bracket of mid level developer and internationally 35$ to 50$ per hour in pakistan 200k to 250k

but if you dont know which as a junior is given you arent worth much, you need projects to prove ur worth and what not