Originally Posted by tweaker

When running a website business, is it best to calculate costs by the day or by the hour? For example I might estimate that my labour charges at £100 a day for producing website content, and add say £10 a day for the hosting costs of the site. Or is it better to break it down into an hourly rate. In my opinion the hosting costs are quite a small portion in comparison to labour, but it seems to figure as a pretty major topic according to some of posts I have read on the forums.