Hello im totaly new here as you can se on my post count =)

Got a couple of questions about pricing and payment methods.

Im designing or trying to design vbulletin templates and web site designs.
Ive relesed several free styles over at www.vbulletintemplates.com .
But now i wanna do more try to make earning some money by doing this.

Im curius about custom work pay = how much would a custom work cost ? 100 - 200 - 300 - 400 - 500 dollars or what ? Is that to much to little ?

And payment question to =)
Im guessing i have to use paypal to start out with since i dont want to pay for a merchant account and not sell anything hehehe.
The question is is there a way for me to add a direct download to paypal ? Like you pay the design and then it sends out an email with a download link for the product you bought ?


Thanks for any help on this.

vBulletin designs run from anywhere between $100 and $800, depending upon the quality, the experience level, etc. It really varies greatly - just like any web design.

Unfortunately there isn't a way that I know of to add a direct download to PayPal. What you can do is set up PayPal to automatically redirect processed payments to a "Thank You" page on your server. That thank you page could be a dynamic page that you could play around with - perhaps a login form to download, etc.

Ok how about with 2checkout ?

There must be some os commerse stores where i can use e2checkout and use downloads instead of shipping ???

For a newbie designer, start your prices low. Offer a templates for $50 and custom work for $25 an hour. Just build up your reputation.

I'm using a script on a client site of mine. I'll have to find you the name, but its something like "PayPalDownloadNotify" or something. Its a paid script.

New designers often find it hard to get work because people want to see somestuff you've done and if you havent done any - they probably wont hire. I would suggest two things.

1. Get a website of your own if you dont already have one.
2. Do somebody's site for free and do a damn good job.

They will refer you to others. For a while all your work will be "word-of-mouth" so always do 110% on sites even if they arent paying you much. After you do a site or two for free you will get work. I agree with the above post that 25/h is a good rate for starters

-B
www.azpixels.com

In the average, that is a good pricing, but at the same time, you can use osCommerce. Appoint me if I am wrong, but it does have a download addon does it not. This download will allow for a set amount of day and a maximum number of times somebody can download. After the purchase has been made, I have never used it but a friend of mines has ....... it will simply email the link to the person email with a pre-made username and password and then they can go and download the theme like that.

I usually charge to install and setup something like this, but I am in a good mood. If you want to ---- PM me and I'll reply back with my AIM or MSN Screenname and I can help walk you through installing osCommerce for you to sell vBulletin templates on or I can install osCommerce for you and give you some help for editing osCommerce templates as I am somewhat of an intermediate-expert knowledged person on osCommerce.

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Yep young is right, cause I buy trax from a store that uses OS commerce and I get a download page for 48 hours I think it is? AND it can pay through paypal.

Yeah, I havent worked on my site for a few days now.

well i actualy went with cube cart with a download addon used with paypal =). Works exelent.

http://www.croft-designs.com/store

The only problem with cube cart i could find was its using fixed width for MANY of their tables wich makes it a biach to redesign since the design is hardcoded in to the files =( It made me have to move all the right menú stuff to the left side...

I only have 3 styles so far but im on it =) have several free styles users can download tho hehehe.

Yeah well, I am going to stick to osCommerce, although I have quit the shop until this summer.