Recent content by The Simulator

What annoys me more is 'designers' who buy them from Graphic River, then resell them on as original designs to poor unsuspecting clients!

Depends really. What platform will it be on? Are you inputting his products for him? What payment methods are being processed? Personally if it was just a small shop I'd use Woo for it and probably just add on about £500 to the overall cost.

When it comes to WordPress themes as far as I'm concerned GoodLayers are the top dogs. Stupidly flexible, great WYSIWYG page builder, highly customizable too.

http://graphicriver.net/category/graphics/product-mock-ups

That sounds much better Levi. Yep, that's what I do. I'm in no way lazy.

I think I've moved onto a 'when I can be arsed' approach these days.

Currently working on a design for a high end drinks company with Tony.

I do exactly the same as Levi. Really don't see what's so hard about it, takes no time at all and saves money.

I get that this would be a freelance job. But it's a bit of a jump to assume they're planning it as a career whilst they're still studying. They might just want a nice little job at an agency.

Who says they want to become a freelancer?

I think for something like that I would be looking at charging around the £3,000 mark as well. At the end of the day though you will get what you pay for. There will be people who will undertake all of that for £500. But there won't be the same amount of research goes into it as someone who...

Personally I don't see the point in being a LTD company. I've been a sole trader now for 36 months with no issues what soever. Easy to do your own books and keep on top of things like that. I've never opted for indemnity insurance as there's really nothing I can do that people will have a...

Play a lot of golf. But as I'm getting to desperation point now for work I've decided to go around the local businesses and introduce myself. Will let you know how that goes next week.

Here's the rest of the project so far.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.