Hello...new guy here...I wonder if anyone can help me out...

I have read the threads here on pricing, but still can't seem to find any good context for pricing on some things I have built.

The problem is that I'm not a Flash developer, or a web developer, nor do I know any people who do work like this. Rather, I'm a college professor who in his spare time messes around with Flash and ActionScript (sometimes useful stuff, sometimes not). Some of these Flash things have generated a lot of hits on my website, and I have now received requests for incorporation of my work into web designs.

So when I'm asked how much do I charge, I have no idea how to respond. One contact mentioned their freelance rate is around $125/hr, which sounds just fine to me (and maybe even more than what I've read about elsewhere).

However, I have already built some things, and can't say how much time I spent on them (I wasn't keeping track). But for something like a particle animation I created, I know I must have spent hours and hours (maybe 20 -40) fiddling with different settings, experimenting with different methods, etc. So coming up with a number of hours spent on a specific project really is impossible and somewhat meaningless in the end, because the work was not consistent and not necessarily directed towards the final finished project.

In the end, when considering a project I'd rather just like to know: how much is someone willing to pay for something like this?

Here is the one application that has generated some requests: Bitmap Morph

Incorporating this into a web design would require some modification.

When I figure the amount of time put into this and a reasonable hourly rate, I end up with a number in the thousands of dollars...$2000? $3000? That sounds kind of pricey. Is anyone willing to pay that?!?

What might help me is to see some examples of Flash work and to know how much the developer ended up getting for this work.

I know pricing questions are common here, but I can't seem to get a good sense of context. So any help would be appreciated.