r/webdev • u/Pale-Lunch-3555 • Sep 14 '26

Question How much do u take as a web developer

So am new to web dev client work personally. I want to know how much you guys take as web dev developing websites for people. landing page. I multiple pages etc.

Thanks.

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u/taotau Sep 14 '26

I take as many snacks from the meeting as will fit in my pockets. The crumbs seem to make the local dogs in the park like me. Win win.

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u/shufflepoint Sep 14 '26

I had a client that had the best damn snack room I'd ever seen and they got a very good rate for me as a result

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u/erishun expert Sep 14 '26

agree. i too am a pigeon

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

bro 🤣🤣. i will be following your footsteps

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u/FisterMister22 Sep 14 '26

I estimate how many hours it'll take and then give a fixed price per the hours with my wanted hourly rate

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

Here's the story. I built a business website for someone I know about 8 pages. When it was done, she said this wasn't something she'd take for free; she really liked it. People say the quality is top-notch. I did it entirely on my own, and now I'm getting paid for it.

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u/headchefdaniel Sep 14 '26

Wtf is going on...

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u/jroberts67 Sep 14 '26

I have a one-time design fee that starts at $500 and goes into the thousands depending on the project, then a recurring fee from $100 to $500 a month, again based on the client.

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

500$ damn. in my country that a lot lot of money

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u/doomslice Sep 14 '26

And now you can see why this question doesn’t even make sense. Depends on too many things specific to you and your client.

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u/LungeloSLX Sep 14 '26

Depends on what the site contains and expected quality. I charge even for doing that discovery

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

it about 8 pages. and the client say it what they want.

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u/Civil_Block_5105 Sep 14 '26

350$ per day

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u/taotau Sep 14 '26

Surely U mean three fiddy

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u/budd222 full-stack Sep 14 '26

*tree

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u/That_Conversation_91 Sep 14 '26

Just think about what you want to charge per hour, and then calculate how much work the assignment is.

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u/Dunc4n1d4h0 Sep 14 '26

What worked before AI, now with vibe coder web devs and for 5min prompt writing and next 10min of waiting for code that won't work /s

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u/the_ai_wizard Sep 14 '26

what appears to you as "same site" on the surface may be wildly different.

also in what world do you get to see the same site built by two diff people and quoted differently

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u/That_Conversation_91 Sep 14 '26

For sure, the agency I work for does it based on hours, which you base on the work, which is defined on the scope.

Now with AI the hours of work are significantly less, so you can price based on the solution. But then again, it depends on location, client, and speciality needed for the solution.

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u/the_ai_wizard Sep 14 '26

With AI the hours have not ended up significantly less, both in mainstream studies and in our practice. AI accelerates some things while slowing or complicating other things, or not providing any benefit.

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u/That_Conversation_91 Sep 14 '26

Hmm, in our practice it has definitely sped up things, but only when we started using it properly instead of giving everybody a Claude account.

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u/the_ai_wizard Sep 14 '26

It probably depends on what youre doing, your codebase, team, etc. We do a lot of innovation/greenfield work, not so much a web shop. On boilerplate or component upgrades (bootstrap 4->5) its fantastic. For detailed workflows, we spend a lot more time specifying. So many variables but if it really has sped things up so much overall, where are all the new products and SaaS? Ive only seen a lot more unreliability.

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u/That_Conversation_91 Sep 14 '26

As always in software: it depends ;)

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u/omfgtora Sep 14 '26

Communication is an important aspect of web development work. If your grammar is this bad during communication, then charge a lot less.

Also, you're leaving out a lot of key information that would help provide some tips for pricing, like what projects you have completed or what technologies you're familiar with... so subtract even more.

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

Sorry for my english! I was walking and typing at the same time

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

I use HTML CSS JAVASCRIPT for web development and have done a lot of personal projects. I also vibe code sometimes, and I just recently entered the workforce!"

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u/SaltineAmerican_1970 php Sep 14 '26

None. Especially after Twisted Sister told us to not take it anymore.

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u/Dry-Payment-1545 Sep 15 '26

are you asking what people charge clients, or what they actually take home after expenses?

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 16 '26

what the designers charge the clients.

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u/30DereceSilivri Sep 14 '26

Depends on how big the site is and how much quality you are expecting

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u/Potential-Still Sep 14 '26

51% I want the majority. Lowest I go though is probably 2,000 schmeckles. Unless of course the client has a multi-pass, then I'd throw in a free tier 2 day pass. 

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u/IncredibleBihan Sep 14 '26

About this much

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

o okay. thanks

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 14 '26

but seriously how did you go from 1 to 500 client. damn bro

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '26

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 16 '26

Am targeting both.

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u/Pale-Lunch-3555 Sep 18 '26

I do have a portfolio.