I cant stop laughing at the ridiculous prices many programmers that probably even lack experience are calling, one said 500k, another said 800k and yet another posted thousands of dollars. truth is, there are apps that cost millions or thousands of dollars, but what our naija programmers get wrong is trying to charge base on what they see their usa counterpart charges. it just cant work that way cause economy differs, u cant say because Americans charge $10,000, you too wanna charge same in nigeria, Take for example, A banker in the usa will earn averagely about $9,000 monthly which is about 3.2million monthly while in Nigeria, 3.2million is some bankers yearly salary. Indians are another experts in software development, but they charge noting close to other develop countries because economy differs, many programmers in nigeria who ought to be living well doing many jobs end up not having much because they have clouded their mindset base on charging like abroad programmers. To the poster, rather than seeking online programmers (though a few on nairaland who have worked with are good) but going to a good IT company in Nigeria will cost alot less, u might spend less than 150k for the kind of app you wanna build . If they charge you anything above 200k, be sure to get exceptional great functions.
