Time & Materials: more flexible
in case of changes in plan or financial constraints,
creating happier customers.
Visions, like people, change over time. Working on
an hourly rate means the client can still change their
mind on how they want the site to look, or have a bit of
technical fine tuning done without difficulty.
Most of my business comes from word of mouth. In order
for people to be willing to refer me to their friends,
they must be happy with the web site I've created for
them. Even something as simple as knowing their site
looks good and works well now, yet will still grow
easily in the future, can make a huge difference in
client satisfaction.
Occasionally I have clients with financial
constraints. I am happy to accommodate my clients'
needs, and this is easy to do while working Time &
Materials. We simply arrange how many hours they'd like
me to work in any fixed time period, in order to suit
their budget. They know their site will look good and
work properly once it's done, and they can spread out
payment accordingly, to match their financial needs.
I want to do the best work I can, both for my clients
and for my personal desire to create quality work. A
fixed bidder wants to do good work too, of course, but
it's in their best interests to do the job as hastily
as possible. This can result in web sites that aren't
quite what the client wanted, or which work well only
under one particular browser, or are nothing more than
yet another template.
Working Time & Materials means we can create
the interactive and dynamic site you want, one that
showcases what is unique about you and your business.
Furthermore, should you desire some change to improve
your original site conception, or wish to add more
functionality to your site, there's no wrangling over
contracts or site definitions. The change is simply done
to your satisfaction.
I am a consultant; I am not my clients' employee. In
the United States this is a clearly established
relationship between client and consultant, for both
legal and tax purposes. The client will not have to pay
health insurance or taxes on the contractor's wages,
and both clients and contractors are responsible for
maintaining this relationship. The IRS has a standard
it maintains to determine whether business relationships
are contractual or employment. I do several things from
that list specifically to maintain my contractor status,
and one of them is working Time & Materials.
These are the reasons I work on an hourly rate:
I want my clients to be so happy with their web sites
that they refer me to their friends.
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