Pricing Information
Pricing Overview
Websites can range from as little as $150 and go all the way up to several thousand dollars, depending on your budget, the overall size and the features you want on your website. Honestly, there is no way to give an estimate without knowing what you need or want in a website. If you were to ask somebody, "How much does a car cost?" You would ask, "What kind of car?". A used Toyota costs $5,000. A Rolls Royce costs $250,000. The analogy is the same.
A simple web site will basically be what I call a "Business Card" website. It would consist of a main page with your own logo/photos, an informational page and a page with contact information with a link to your email address or an online contact form. Basically 3-4 pages. Simple websites like this can be completed within 24-48 hours most of the time.
Complete new websites and website re-design projects are usually quoted with a definitive completed price. Initial consultation will include a price range. Unless otherwise stated, you will receive a definite price before you or I commit to anything, and before any work is begun on your project. This way you will know exactly what your website will cost, without any surprises. There will be cases where the completed price cannot be determined until the development has begun, but you will be notified if this is the case.
Pricing Factors
- How many pages do you need?
- Will the website be static or dynamic? (unchanging or interactive)
- Are there going to be regular changes to the website?
- Do you have your own artwork?
- Do you have the content or will I provide the content?
- How complex is the website?
- Will you be selling items online?
- Are you able to add/remove/update items in your online store or will you have us do it?
- Is search engine positioning imperative to your website?
- Will you be depending on CWD to market and drive traffic to your website?
Things That Can Increase the Cost of Your Website
- Shopping Cart System
- Shopping carts can be time consuming to customize. They are not hard to put together, but time consuming. Once the customizing is finished the items need to be added. The more items you have to sell, the more time it takes to "stock" the store. If items are changing or need updating this will add to the maintenance cost as well. Some shopping carts are free, but they do need to be installed and configured, even if you only want a "generic" looking site. If you need more robust features in an online shopping cart I may be required to purchase and install more sophisticated appropriate software. The purchase / licensing cost will be passed on to you.
- Detailed attention to search engine positioning
- Sometimes a website does not depend on search engines and extensive traffic to serve their purpose. A company may simply desire a website to inform and communicate with its current customers or employees. Much time expense can be saved by not spending a lot of time doing this. The basic meta tags and standard tricks for helping with search engine placement will always be implemented, but extensive placement strategies can be omitted. Search engine submission is performed on your websites regardless. Routine Search Engine Optimization must be performed in order to maintain a good search engine ranking. This may be included in a maintenance agreement but is not included in a standard web design project.
