Cost to convert PSD to Drupal Theme?

Just thought I would share my findings for converting mockups to themes. There seem to be two price clusters - the low end on is $150 - 450, and the higher end one is $1850 - 2150. I started with a developer in the lower bracket, but quickly realised that the attention to detail I needed couldn't be provided at those rates. e.g. flexible layouts (i.e. regions collapse when blocks aren't assigned to them), semantically correct markup, accessibility (readable content with stylesheets turned off), etc. So I opted for a more expensive dev which paid off in terms of quality, turnaround time, and generally easier to work with.

Going to chime in with the, "It depends," crowd. My open rate is $75/hr and it usually takes at least six hours to do a simple theme. As it gets more complicated, the theme ends up costing more because it takes more time. Some things you'll want to flesh out to get the most accurate price:

* What blocks will you need styled? Will these always be in the same block area or different block areas?
* What are your expectations for the site growing and evolving over time and how will that affect the design?
* What browsers will visitors to your site be using?

As with everything in life, you get what you pay for. Cost is never the only factor to consider when building a website. Will you be able to contact your designer by phone if necessary? Will the project be completed in a reasonable timeframe. The cheaper end of the design spectrum can certainly get a website running but they often lack a lot of other really important items.

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I use $25/h as base for price.
I use garland as theme base.
I use views to do extra columns or show "extras" in blocks - can this be named design? - it it visible things, but require little development skills, and you pay for "look", drupal theme need to look like your template.
I divide themes to simple and hard - many shadows, rounded corner, diagonal gradients and missing "patterns" make theme harder.

Simple theme took ~3h (FF3, IE7/8 compatible) without guaranty for w3c standards.

So, I agree with ulfk.

Review your requirements, budget and choose, but hey keep in mind that big price, don't always mean hight quality.

I see a note above in relation to the link I previously provided... I split my personal and professional sites, hence the 404 error - One idea for a DNS or .htaccess chore to catch and redirect all those URLs.

Here it is: http://idonny.com/pricing-rates

Cost of drupal theme creation from PSD depends on the number of sections in the image and urgency of the job.

We have done it for most clients for less than $900. However, if they need to launch a website at short notice, say, around a week's time and with lots of sections - it may cost more than $1500.

-Babu
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We usually do a Drupal site from PSD for $600-$800, as long as it only use some popular modules.

OnlineWD can build themes from PSD files starting from £150, depending on the complexity of the pages and PSD files. Prices can increase up to £500+ however for theme work only, the site would have to be very complex. OnlineWD has designed, themed and built Drupal sites for £200! It really can be done in 20 hours or so, paying more can often result in not getting more. There is a thin line between cheap and good value.