Project quote floor = complete estimated hours × sustainable hourly floor × (1 + contingency)
Estimate every workstream
Discovery
Requirements, audience, success criteria, sitemap, technical constraints, and acceptance rules.
Design and content
Information architecture, copy inputs, wireframes, visual design, responsive states, and asset preparation.
Development
Templates, components, CMS work, forms, integrations, analytics, accessibility, and performance.
Quality and launch
Browser and device testing, content entry, redirects, deployment, documentation, and handover.
Commercial risk
Unclear inputs, stakeholder count, compressed deadlines, revision uncertainty, payment delay, and support obligations.
Turn the estimate into a proposal
Calculate a sustainable hourly floor, use the project quote calculator, then document the result with the freelance proposal template. Keep hosting, domains, paid software, content production, taxes, and ongoing support explicit.