<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I often show the client this:<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle"></a>Depending on the speed, and the realistic amount of time involved, generally speaking I'd say rush is 1.5x, rush over 8hrs a day is 2x, and weekend rush is 3x. For a demand like this, I'd do 2x rates for 8hrs each day and 3x for over 8, and then the weekends you had to rush, go nuts.</div><div><br></div><div>Or I would push back on how realistic it is to get the site to that point, and why they need it that fast. Launching a site at Christmas seems kind of pointless, they may want to consider what their priorities are.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 9, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Rohan Smith wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><font size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">We have a client who recently asked us to develop their website (A school) in basically a week and a half. We typically budget for at least 4 weeks plus they want us to start NOW!!<br>
I will be applying an urgency markup to our rates, what do you think is a reasonable percentage? They will be informed of this markup in our proposal.<br><br><br clear="all"></font></font>Regards,<br><br>--<br>R.A.Smith<br>
<br><font color="#888888"><font size="1">Kindly acknowledge receipt</font></font><br><br>
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