helloworld
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Wasn't sure where to post this but sure there would be some good advice.
I recently doubled my contract rates for SEO. I had quoted on a job about 3 months ago and the potential client came back to me recently. I advised I had had a price increase since then. He begged me to revert to the old pricing. Without giving it to much thought I agreed on a 20% increase on the original quote as he was giving me 2 sites instead of 1. My reasoning for doubling my price was because it gave me more room to move with web dev.
Now he has given me access to his site. The site is built in Joomla. Essentially the original developers appear to know nothing about SEO and the site is littered with technical issues. It would actually be easier to start over.
How should I (if at all) go back to him and say something like "Hey I know we agreed on $xxx.xx but really your current site is a piece of shit and I want to charge you $xxxx.xx".
Is this bad business? Should I just develop a new site for him? The structure and content is all there for a migration.
I recently doubled my contract rates for SEO. I had quoted on a job about 3 months ago and the potential client came back to me recently. I advised I had had a price increase since then. He begged me to revert to the old pricing. Without giving it to much thought I agreed on a 20% increase on the original quote as he was giving me 2 sites instead of 1. My reasoning for doubling my price was because it gave me more room to move with web dev.
Now he has given me access to his site. The site is built in Joomla. Essentially the original developers appear to know nothing about SEO and the site is littered with technical issues. It would actually be easier to start over.
How should I (if at all) go back to him and say something like "Hey I know we agreed on $xxx.xx but really your current site is a piece of shit and I want to charge you $xxxx.xx".
Is this bad business? Should I just develop a new site for him? The structure and content is all there for a migration.