I find per page charging very-very wrong. Issues of complexity arise all the time. It's not the same to build a site that has one standard layout through out 20 pages and another one with different designs per section or other customizations.
Also it assumes that the site is static and to me it seems a little like degrading our job. I like per hour charging but I never talk about that to the client. I just calculate the hours it will take me (researching, planning, meetings, design, layout) and then come out with a price. Since I try to calculate some hour for research, reading and meetings I don't charge more than 30 euros per hour. If I have to do a strictly technical job (security audit e.g.) I charge 50 euros per hour.
At the end the client should just hear a price for a specific job.
Just try to deserve every penny you ask and don't worry about cousins and kids down the street. No matter what you ask (500 or 5000), someone will be there to tell its too much.
my 2 cents
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