[AccessD] How to charge for new db features?

Doug,

If it's custom development of a requested functionality for a specific 
client, I generally charge by the hour.  End of story.  If it takes me 
less time to build a feature for Client B because I have previously done 
the same or similar for Client A, well that's Client B's good luck. 
Swings and roundabouts.  Someday Client B will probably be paying full 
development cost for something that Client C will eventually get cheap.

By the way, regarding your project, you may also find this of interest:
http://accesstips.datamanagementsolutions.biz/versions.htm

Regards
Steve


Doug Steele wrote:
> I'm currently developing an 'auto-installer' for one of my clients, based on
> some of the ideas I've gleaned from this list.  It will automatically copy
> over new versions of FE databases from a folder on the server as needed.
> 
> The client didn't exactly request that I built this, but I decided to try it
> based on comments from him (I have lots of leeway about new features), and I
> know he'll be happy to pay for the development time (approx 2-3 hours) when
> he finds he no longer has to fuss with copying new versions over his
> network.
> 
> This feature will be useful for my other clients with the same kind of
> setup, and I will incorporate it into updated versions as I create them.
> 
> I'm interested to find out how others charge for this kind of development
> work.  Once the code is tested, it will be 10 minutes work to insert it into
> an existing FE; do you charge the development client 3 hours and everyone
> else 10 minutes?  Split the development time between all the clients who can
> use it?  Charge everyone 3 hours?
>