Well, I was talking about dev work rather than design work.
A 3 page build for a marketing website is probably very well scoped for the dev work (if the designs are done).
If the designs _aren’t_ done, though, and the fixed bid includes the client signing off on the visual look and feel, then… that’s not a tightly scoped requirement.
Could we do the dev in that budget? Almost certainly, I cannot imagine it taking longer than that for a handful of marketing pages.
Will I sign a fixed bid contract, if I don’t have a design and requires the client to sign off on the final look and feel in order to be complete? No, that would be insane.
> and the fixed bid includes the client signing off on the visual look and feel
He came to them specifically because he liked other work they had done and wanted something similar. Are there still vagaries between integration and specific brand tweaks? Sure. But don't pretend this is a major corporate rebrand or anything. The only discovery is his tastes.
If it's that big of a worry: make visual sign-off milestone one. Add a 10-15% upfront deposit and you both will know in a week or so whether it's right to move on with minimal loss to both parties.
Either way, he'd be much better off than 6mos+ of work at 450% of his original budget.
> He came to them specifically because he liked other work they had done and wanted something similar.
Right, but, for the third time, I was providing my input for a dev agency (not design agency) perspective. I was generally providing another perspective of input on fixed bid contracts.
I’m sure you can make fixed bid projects work with design agencies, and I agree that it will ensure the risk remains with the agency (but also that it’s possible that you end up spending more than with a carefully managed T&M project.
But, again, I’m not an expert at working with design agencies, and I’m not making any recommendations about the best way to work with a design agency.
A 3 page build for a marketing website is probably very well scoped for the dev work (if the designs are done).
If the designs _aren’t_ done, though, and the fixed bid includes the client signing off on the visual look and feel, then… that’s not a tightly scoped requirement.
Could we do the dev in that budget? Almost certainly, I cannot imagine it taking longer than that for a handful of marketing pages.
Will I sign a fixed bid contract, if I don’t have a design and requires the client to sign off on the final look and feel in order to be complete? No, that would be insane.