Pricing
Rates
Hourly Design Rate: $50/hour
Programming: $50-75/hour
Websites
$700-$1100: A basic website consisting of a creative template and up to 4-5 linked pages, with minor dynamic elements (ie: rollover link buttons, flash buttons, a creative touch)
$1100-$2500: Getting more creative with the design and concept, more linked pages (6-10), more complex content and photos or graphics, flash graphics, etc. Most sites fall into this range.
$2500-$5000: The most creative design - the Cadilac with even more linked pages (11-15), more add-ons such as shopping carts and products, galleries of products, forms, surveys, etc.
$5000 and up: Interactive sites that involve a lot of programming, on top of a great creative design, and can go up to the sky's the limit.
Maintenance: Changes are billed at $50 per hour with a 15 minute minimum.
Print Projects
Hot Designs handles almost anything in print.
Logos
Logos are the most difficult to estimate. A logo says everything at once with a symbol or look. It should leave a positive, lasting impression. A great logo will withstand time, and leave the impression that you are professional and here to stay.
The minimum cost for the most basic, or even temporary logo (a one-time event logo for instance) will start at $120. The price goes up with the amount of original ideas you want to be shown, the level of creativity, concepts and graphics needed, research, revisions, etc. Logos from Hot Designs are somewhere between $400-1500 usually where research is kept to a minimum.
You can help streamline the process – Collect samples of logos you like and don't like to use as a talking point. Provide the designer with as much information as you have about: your company, what your company makes, sells, wants to market, your competition, target audience, goals, tastes, expectations, budget, etc. If these things are communicated, the process can go more smoothly and efficiently. The more prepared you are, the less time the designer or agency has to spend in this research stage. If budget is key for you, these are things you can get a jump start on to speed up the process.