How much does a website cost?
This is a question we get all the time. So I’m writing this to help you understand what a website should cost based on the size of your business, the general functions of the website, and the quality of the website.
I will cover the following methods and the expected cost:
- Do It Yourself
- Use A Friend Or Relative
- Hire a Freelancer
- Hiring A Professional Web Design Company
Do It Yourself
Cost: Free or very low cost
Quality: Poor
Impact: A lot of your time spent and your reputation is at risk.
Free? Yes, or pretty close to it. There are some products out there that offer you a way to build a free website.
- WIX – A web development platform that lets anyone create a website. Upsells and other charges do apply.
- Weebly – Another DIY web development platform similar to WIX.
- GoDaddy – they provide many templates to choose from. You can replace the placeholder text and images with your own.
- WordPress.com – WordPress is a free and open-source content management system based on PHP and MySQL. You can setup a free limited version of WordPress at WordPress.com and create a basic site. Your web address would be something like mysite.wordpress.com.
If you are developing the website yourself, there will likely be missed opportunity costs due to time lost focusing on your business. Of course, you’ll need to come up with all of the design idea, images to use, and words to say. Be prepared to read up on web design best practices or the end product will look like…well, like you did it yourself.
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7 年Nicely put Kevin. This is something 9 out of 10 clients ask me and I am rather candid to ask them whats their budget, so as to filter them them early. Problem starts when the client is not sure about their budgets and are just hunting around for a cheaper agency.
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7 年Much need "breakdown". Thank you Kevin Daisey!
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7 年Great article Kevin