I would take the $500 upfront and just log in to Squarespace or whatever website building service there is, do a simple design, tell him he needs to pay this subscription, argue with him and dad why there must be monthly or annual fees and they could have done this themselves for cheaper, whichever way they chose to pay the subscription or not I still get $500 for 2 hours work and the knowledge my father won’t bother me again with website designs
For $500 I’d slap together some fitting WordPress stuff to suit their subject matter and teach them about domain registry and hosting. Then I’d tell them to come back to me with more if they’re interested in any specific features they’re not interested in implementing themselves later.
$500 is worth a little bit of work and I can give them a product that’s as aimless as their ambition for it. They certainly can’t get more than they’re asking for if they don’t know what to ask for.
Chances are this is a kid or NEET and all his friend wants is a super simple website with basic info for his local business. Dad is either doing him a favor, or giving him some pocket change so he’ll stop bothering him for money for a month. This is what happens when you don’t teach your children to be adults, and give them everything instead. Seen it too many times.
I would take the $500 upfront and just log in to Squarespace or whatever website building service there is, do a simple design, tell him he needs to pay this subscription, argue with him and dad why there must be monthly or annual fees and they could have done this themselves for cheaper, whichever way they chose to pay the subscription or not I still get $500 for 2 hours work and the knowledge my father won’t bother me again with website designs
This is the way.
For $500 I’d slap together some fitting WordPress stuff to suit their subject matter and teach them about domain registry and hosting. Then I’d tell them to come back to me with more if they’re interested in any specific features they’re not interested in implementing themselves later.
$500 is worth a little bit of work and I can give them a product that’s as aimless as their ambition for it. They certainly can’t get more than they’re asking for if they don’t know what to ask for.
Chances are this is a kid or NEET and all his friend wants is a super simple website with basic info for his local business. Dad is either doing him a favor, or giving him some pocket change so he’ll stop bothering him for money for a month. This is what happens when you don’t teach your children to be adults, and give them everything instead. Seen it too many times.