What does the client require from me?

Question

Freelance

A friend offered me a freelance job. I agreed, contacted the customer, agreed with him about the project, design, etc.
It came down to payment. I offered a fixed price tag (it's more convenient for me).
The customer replied:

I'd prefer a fixed price for the prototype. Can you please create a proposal that would list all actual steps for website creation and deployment from beginning to end? thank you.

Translation:

I would prefer a fixed price for a prototype. Can you create a proposal that lists all the actual steps to build and deploy a website from start to finish? Thank you.

I don't fully understand what he means?
PS I'm new to freelancing, so sorry if that.

Answer 1

In fact, he wants to pay in installments for each stage
Now he is ready to offer a fix for the prototype

Answer 2

he suggests that you first describe all the tasks necessary for developing a prototype, and then make him a "commercial offer" (well, or an application on the exchange itself, where you talk there).
P.S.
If a person cannot formulate what tasks he needs, then in no case should you work with him according to a fixed price. Otherwise, it will start, I thought one thing, but it turns out to be another, and so on. . . as a result, it ends up with the fact that for the price of 1 week of work, you can work for at least a month, at least half a year, and he will say that "I thought it was included in the cost of the initial offer (I thought it was all inclusive)".
Again, you need to understand that this form of payment implies that until you hand over the entire project to him, you will not see any payment (depending on the complexity of the project, such development can take from a month to a year). For you, as for a beginner, this is the worst work scheme, you are guaranteed to fail it, because you are unlikely to be able to adequately assess the cost of work, with hourly pay, you can just work and work as much as you need and do, receiving adequate pay.

Answer 3

If the customer does not name the price right away, then it is most likely that he wants to set it after receiving the execution plan.
You can roll him an execution plan with payment for each step, then the total amount will be clear to him and let him think.