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Wow, I must be a complete idiot with this stuff because I can't get people to give me even 150 bucks for a full website right now. How do you actually get these

Wow, I must be a complete idiot with this stuff because I can't get people to give me even 150 bucks for a full website right now. How do you actually get these 150/hr clients? Please don't tell me I need to work in Silicon Valley for some years and get the "contacts", cause I don't want to live in the US anymore. Tell you what, here's my site: https://www.andeswebdesign.com https://www.andeswebdesign.com, if you like it, just send me all your work and I'll do the whole site for you for an hour of your pay. I also have a PhD in computational and applied mathematics if you want to put some real deal data science pipeline in it! I've never made a cent off of that PhD either, so maybe you're the guy who breaks it all open for me.

6DM 6y ago
I think your contact form is broken, or I just sent you like 8 messages trying this in a few different browsers.
- erdos4d 6y ago
  I don't doubt it, we just redid everything last night. Please give it a shot later, I'll go fix it. EDIT: it's redeploying right now. Please send me a email at erdos4d at gmail if you are actually trying to get in touch with me for business and not just testing the form. Thanks.
- techbio 6y ago
  No pain, no gain, they told me.
chrischattin 6y ago
Probably because websites are commodities at this point. I'd never charge people to build a website. Just point them to Wordpress/Squarespace/etc. You definitely don't need to work in Silicon Valley.
paublyrne 6y ago
I think you don't want the kind of client who wants a website for $150. Good clients will be turned off by the low price. I'd try going for a less bargain basement look and pricing structure.
- erdos4d 6y ago
  I live with my wife and son in Ecuador and 150 is actually pretty competitive here. Our main competition charges 200 I think. But I agree with you that it is very low for the US/EU market.
  - paublyrne 6y ago
    I assumed you might be looking for clients in the US. If that's the case I do think it pays to price yourself up rather than down.

6DM 6y ago

I think your contact form is broken, or I just sent you like 8 messages trying this in a few different browsers.

erdos4d 6y ago
I don't doubt it, we just redid everything last night. Please give it a shot later, I'll go fix it. EDIT: it's redeploying right now. Please send me a email at erdos4d at gmail if you are actually trying to get in touch with me for business and not just testing the form. Thanks.
techbio 6y ago
No pain, no gain, they told me.

chrischattin 6y ago

Probably because websites are commodities at this point. I'd never charge people to build a website. Just point them to Wordpress/Squarespace/etc. You definitely don't need to work in Silicon Valley.

paublyrne 6y ago

I think you don't want the kind of client who wants a website for $150. Good clients will be turned off by the low price. I'd try going for a less bargain basement look and pricing structure.

erdos4d 6y ago
I live with my wife and son in Ecuador and 150 is actually pretty competitive here. Our main competition charges 200 I think. But I agree with you that it is very low for the US/EU market.
- paublyrne 6y ago
  I assumed you might be looking for clients in the US. If that's the case I do think it pays to price yourself up rather than down.