@Francis, don't be too optimistic but I've heard guys clocking those figures on a project. The issue has always been justifying the man-hours i.e. why 100 and not 80. Most of the time whether you do 8 or 16 does not matter to the client. You can plan time based on 8 but you know you''ll do 16 and deliver before time and spend rest of the month in Malindi.

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Francis Mwangi Chege <francis.mwangi.chege@gmail.com> wrote:

Does that mean as a freelance developer working just 8 hrs a day for 25 days a month can earn a cool (20 - 25)USD/h * 8hrs * 25 days * Ksh. 98 = 392K - 490K per month?, and if i stretch myself and work 16 hrs a day I can earn almost an million...

Who are the clients pay such? I seem to be looking for work from the wrong clients...

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Kennedy Kairu Kariuki <kkairu@gmail.com> wrote:

In the Kenyan market it's around USD 20-25 for web and mobile apps

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Francis Mwangi Chege via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

@Muendo,

$35/hour? In Kenyan market? I doubt if that is competitive price

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:32 AM, James Muendo via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Hi, 

From my experience, Budget about $35/hour for the job. As for number of hours, what Ndungi said provides a good platform top operate. 

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On 23 June 2015 at 00:30, Ndungi Kyalo via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Correction,

4000/8hours ~= 500 KES per hr.

You cant work 24 hrs a day :-)

You're welcome.

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On 22 June 2015 at 19:08, Gekone Gekone <geroshing@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Kyalo for your advise , i appreciate, let me now do the calculation.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Ndungi Kyalo via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Hi Gekone,

My take : How much are you earning right now per hour or per day? For example, if your monthly salary is say 120,000 KES. That means you earn 120000/30 = 4000KES per day or 4000/24hrs ~= 167KES per hour.

Now, how many hours are you likely to take on the project? To answer this question satisfactorily, you should be detailed. Development time, server set up time, debugging, changes from client, those changes where the client begins "the site is fine i only want to add 'one small change' ", training, travel time and costs, time taken up in meetings with client etc

Once you have some up with the time it will take (in days or in hours) then multiply by how much you are earning right now and you have your figure.

I wonder how other listers approach this..

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On 22 June 2015 at 15:33, Gekone Gekone via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Hi guys,

I want to develope a website for one of the lodges in North eastern region.

Anyone with information how i should charge or estimate the cost? - kindly advise coz am new on this.

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