text: iam building a website for a real estate company with flash elements how much should i bid the job at?   it all depends on your experience and knowledge in website creation. i create simple html web pages as one of my hobbies, but if anyone were to ask me to build them a simple website, i would charge them at least $30 an hour (... but so far, no one has asked, lol).  but since flash is a bit higher up on the scale than html, i would go probably just a little higher in rate that what i would ask. most companies that specialize in this field usually ask for big $$$! also, could you actually make money (and not take a loss) if you were to charge x amount?  show them you are capable of doing the job by asking them a slightly lower rate than the big companies, and if they hire you and appreciate your work, they may hire you to do more web pages...