Veerle rips a new one!

Veerle Pieters is one of my favorite web designers who writes a fantastic blog. I was excited to see that I’m not the only one who suffers from crappy treatment from potential clients.

In her post, she completely rips clients who think web designers should give their work away for free. And why the hell should we? There’s no such thing as free; mockups, RFP’s, designs, layouts, even color scheme selection takes time and thought. There’s nothing wrong with charging a pre-design or consultation fee. Unless your a web designer, and I use that term loosely, who cranks out 10 designs a day - maybe a free consultation is worth it. The cost for the consultation is made up in selling quantity. But, if your a designer such as myself, who cranks out a site every 1-3 months (depending on complexity of course), You can’t possibly make up the time tomorrow by selling another design. What we sell is time, and time is limited.

Check it out her post!