How much to charge for this banner?

I made a flash banner for a company and I am wondering how much to charge them. Here it is: http://www.danedesigns.com/kickers.html

About $150 - $200.

Wow,

Your banner looks great, but I'm gonna submit the site the banner is for (paintednikes.com) to the worst website archives!

Thanks, I am pretty satisfied with how it looks. Wow, even $150 sounds like a lot considering I only spent 40 minutes on it, but I have no problem getting more money for my work haha. I sent an email to the guy asking for the price, and I'll post it here when he replies.

Aw I have some bad news. He just replied and said he would pay $20 for the banner. What should I do??

Well, bargain man...take it from an expert...flash is not cheap. Flash is a multimedia program...and everyone wants it. $20 dollars I would laugh and say forget it. Say you will let it go for $75...min!!

More bad news, the guy is an idiot. Here is the conversation we had on YIM after a few back and forth emails:

[19:28] daneiracleous: hey
[19:28] heavykickerscustoms: Hello Dane
[19:28] daneiracleous: I was just going to send you an email
[19:28] heavykickerscustoms: Sorry Again about that
[19:28] daneiracleous: its okay
[19:28] daneiracleous: but I personally think you are making a mistake
[19:28] heavykickerscustoms: we really didn't mean to waste your time
[19:29] daneiracleous: get a quote from any other company and youll see that flash banners go for lots of money
[19:29] daneiracleous: $20 is something youd pay for a static gif or jpg image
[19:29] heavykickerscustoms: I'll Take blame for that because i was suppose to tell you we were paying $20 for the design
[19:30] heavykickerscustoms: We have 3 order completed design that was taking that price
[19:30] heavykickerscustoms: but we picked yours because it had a black background..
[19:30] daneiracleous: Could I see the others?
[19:32] heavykickerscustoms: We are not allowed to share that with you.(We did the same thing for your design when inquired about) Perhaps when we post it on the site you can.
[19:32] daneiracleous: hah ok
[19:32] daneiracleous: I urge you to ask yourself a question
[19:33] daneiracleous: whats better, to pay $20 for a sub-par quality banner that will get you business, or $50 that will get you a whole lot more business?
[19:33] daneiracleous: also considering you sell your products for a hefty amount
[19:33] daneiracleous: one more product sold is another 100 or so dollars
[19:33] daneiracleous: and 1 more visitor to your web site means a little more chance that youll get more business
[19:35] heavykickerscustoms: Actually, there was just one other design that is as good as yours..I can honestly say the other 2 were low quality
[19:35] heavykickerscustoms: Thank you very much again..
[19:36] heavykickerscustoms: I guess we'll chat with you later when we want our site upgraded

hahaha...did he buy the banner...cause at the end he said he would chat with you when he wants his website upgraded?

Yeah I ended up giving in because it wasnt worth it discussing the price for an hour. He payed me $20 for the banner and promised that I would be the one he will go to when he needs his web site redesigned. $20 is better than nothing at all, right? Especially since I already made the banner and it wouldnt go to use otherwise.

Yeah, but when you go to design his website, make sure you get a price before hand. You need to make sure you are making at least $25 dollars an hour...otherwise in my opinion it is not worth doing the job.

check this out....he found this thread and sent me a YIM message:

Session Start (daneiracleous:heavykickerscustoms): Sat Feb 24 09:36:49 2007
[09:36] heavykickerscustoms: hello.. [Offline Message (Fri Feb 23 22:31:27 2007)]
[09:36] heavykickerscustoms: wow this is fuuny!! [Offline Message (Fri Feb 23 22:31:40 2007)]
[09:36] heavykickerscustoms: (Link: http://www.webforumz.com/flash-forum....htm#post80270

hahaha...maybe he will pay you what you are worth...lol