HippySunshine said:
As a web designer, am I just responsible for web designs or will I be asked upon to provide services such as hosting, CMS, etc etc?
Can I (for now) just get away with just doing the designs?
Oh and print aswell, when designing business cards etc, am I responsible for getting them printed too?
It depends what you want to be responsible for, I would say as a web designer you should at the very least have basic knowledge of how websites work, how hosting works, and how to upload a site using FTP. If you did want to focus solely on the front end design you would need to have some contacts to recommend your clients to for the website development, and you would need to make it crystal clear how the client would take your design to a developer to get the site coded.
In my experience most small companies will want one person/company to handle the web design and development, so if you wasn't comfortable with development/coding you'll need to outsource it and add these costs to your quotes.
As for hosting you may find that some clients will already have hosting arranged, you could opt for a reseller hosting account and manage that for them, but again you will need to have experience with hosting and FTP, and you will be responsible for that, so if there's a problem they will be calling you! The safer option I would think at this stage is for you to recommend a hosting company to your client/s.
As for printing, I personally say I can get printing quotes from preferred suppliers for clients or I can supply the print ready files for them to arrange their own. There is room for some markup on the printing you organise for your clients, as a print management service, but again remember you will be the one held responsible if something goes wrong.
Be careful thinking these decisions through, I've seen a lot of new freelancers rush in with the belief that they can make some extra £ in marking up these services, but then come un-stuck when something out of their control has gone wrong, and they've been held responsible.