I do think some blog designers charge a ridiculous amount for their services. I know that it’s hard to code and to come up with a design, especially if you are the one doing it from scratch and not just buying vectors from iStockphoto and similar sites. But to charge a $100 design fee for a simple layout and a mediocre header design??? That’s just too much!
I saw this site WAHM Designs (I won’t put the link because I don’t want this designer to get new clients!) charging an exorbitant fee for a not-so-good looking customized WordPress themes. Ridiculous rates, I tell you! This is a sample design of hers…
Don’t you just feel like it’s not even polished?
Check out this iStockphoto vector designer named Chihhang. You pay for a lot if you have a vector in your header similar to his. Check out Sasha-says.com which has his vector on its header. That customized WordPress theme was done by SimplyWP. And it’s not even ridiculously priced! Check SimplyWP’s portfolio. That’s what you pay $100 for! I am not sure how much they charge for custom designs now but if they do charge it that much, I tell you it’s so much worth the price! Sasha-says.com has been using the same blog design for more than a year now. I got charged a very good price for that customized blog design. Plus Kathie Wiehanne, the other half of SimplyWP, was very pleasant to deal with. I even had two more designs done by her. This is a sample of a recent design done by SimplyWP…
Now, that’s a really polished and very-well done design!
I hope other blog designers will take the time to reevaluate their service fees. Do not take advantage of bloggers who don’t know any better. Do NOT charge exorbitant fees when you know your design is mediocre! Charge that much if you can actually create a beautiful and unique design.
And if you see a blog designer charging ridiculous fees for their services, encourage others NOT to patronize the site. We bloggers work hard for the dollars we earn. Let’s not waste it in overrated blog designs!
