Welcome to real life. I'm working as a profesional webdesigner and this is my day to day business. Happens all the time that someone will take my offer to someone else to get it a little cheaper. Normal business I would say, get's me clients too from time to time.
We're really not the cheapest in the market but remember one thing: Quality will pay off on the long term - Means loose one job for the price, gain 2 for your quality. One time, quite funny, on of my clients took the offer, put it into the job market and asked: Who could do this for less... *sheesh* Better smile on such things, or you will get worried too much after a while.
Business is tough, and if you want to survive you better learn one thing: Be the toughest guy on the block (literally spoken). Oh, and do the SWOT wheats supposed, this really helps you to understand your business and competitors better.
Oh and one last thing: Know your competitors. If she/he got the quality and the price it's getting really tough. But know one thing: A price war knows only one direction - down. So better think about value you can offer your client your competitor cannot offer.
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