How much do you think i should pay my sister for this?

Question

I am making a new website very soon, and I want to figure out how much I should pay my sister. I am designing the website, and she is building it, and hosting will be $4.95 a month Say I have a very good week and rake in $500, how much should I pay her?

Or i don't do so hot, and make $100, how much should i pay her? Or say that i do okay, and make $250, how much should i pay her, you can use for an example like fifty-fifty, but with any amount for each of us as long as it adds up to 100% of all of the money that I make. Or the percentage of the money, for an example she gets 35%, and i get 65%, or you could just say she gets $200 and i get $300, or any way that you would like to do it.

Thank you for taking your time out of your day to answer my question, and have a very good day!

Answer 1

Well if she's making it, but your designing it, then basically, i think 25% to her and 75% to you, but i depends if your feeking generous.

Answer 2

None she's ur sister

Answer 3

Really depends on how much upkeep there is on the site on a monthly basis.  If you are continly changing the look and feel of the site will you be providing all the new graphics for the site and just have your sister do the plumbing ?

Also will the site have a lot of scripting/PHP or other programming needs ?  

How much time will each of you be doing on the site on a monthly basis.  (Updates/maintnence etc).

I would figure that you should be looking at a close to 50/50 split.  You may want a little more as you are the person who created the idea, but without the plumbers the site would go no where

Answer 4

i think 35%-40% of whatever you make is plenty. because she is actually building the site and that takes A LOT of time and patience. then the 4.95/month to the hosting and the rest of the profits to you.

Answer 5

Give  her  50%  of  all  your  earnings,   if  you  make $ 200.00  then  she  gets $100.00.  This  is  only  fair  because  afterall  she  is  building  it  and  you  NEED  her  to  do  that.  Good  Luck  with  the  website!

Answer 6

I would say do a percentage of 30-40% of the total.  This is your website so you should get the 60%-70%.  Talk to her, and ask her what she wants.  You should see how much she wants before you tell her what you are gonna give her.  She might want less than 40%, so let her tell you first what she expects and then maybe you can negotiate something that works for both of you.

Answer 7

20% , I guess. After all she is ur sister and it's OK to pay lesser than a professional

Answer 8

i would say whoevers paying the hosting gets that little bit more. or if the hosting is being payed from the profits then 50/50

Answer 9

50-50

Answer 10

50/50. I guess sometimes you can base it on the effort or how much work both of you do. :P

What's the new website going to be by the way?

Answer 11

You get 60% she gets 40%

Answer 12

If this is a one time design, I would agree to a flat rate payment upfront.  If she will be maintaining the site for you, it depends.  How much work will YOU do in the business compared to how much she does?  If she is doing all the work, why should you get paid?  I know this is not a direct answer, but it may help you THINK about the question.

Answer 13

20% would be reasonable. will she do site maintenance? if it's a one time deal, 20% would be plenty.