Once you determine that you do in fact need an online presence, you then wonder…how much does a website cost?
Most people would rely on their handy dandy Internet Browser and the well known Google search engine to help them find their answer. You would more than likely search for “web design” in your area. The results would come back with an over abundant list of web designers and businesses stating they are the best! Once you check out a few different ones, you’ll see they will offer prices from $100 to $100,000 (and sometimes more)!
The cheaper ones are usually templates that “designers” add your logo and text to and call a custom website. That is not what you want or need. You want your company to be distinguished from the other competitors. You need the BEST website there is when someone searches for your product and service! The more expensive sites are designed by the larger design firms that have a team of designers working on each section of the website and include large shopping carts (walmart.com), custom graphics, etc.
The true cost of a website is determined on the designer and the type of website needed. All websites are required to have a domain (approximately $10 per year) and hosting (approximately $6 per month if you pay 2 years in advance = $144 up front).
Some designers charge a flat hourly rate from beginning to end. The rate can fluctuate from $10 an hour for an overseas freelancer to $500 per hour for the top notch design firm.
There are designers that charge based on the total project. These projects are usually the custom designs. The designer will give you an exact price with a list of all of the features and what is included in that price. These can include the domain and hosting, if requested, so that it is truly a flat rate but remember, the domain and hosting are yearly services. You will have to pay them each year or whenever your term expires.
Other designers have packaged deals. These are usually the straight forward, basic design…few basic pages, an image or two, and possibly a contact form. Most of the packaged deals will have a list of options that can be purchased a la carte to the packaged deal.
(*The prices below are not necessarily what DotOrg Designs charge so please contact us for an exact price!)
A standard business website costs vary (per http://www.howmuchdoesawebsitecost.com/):
Outsourced Offshore: $500 ~ $15,000
US Designer: $3000 ~ $20,000
US Web Design Firm: $5000 ~ $50,000
An e-Commerce website (online store) costs anywhere from $5,000 to $250,000 because it has so much more programming than your basic website.
A brochure website which contains just basic information of the business and products and services you offer starts at $2,000.
The below lists give you a little bit more of an idea of what designers charge…(http://www.howmuchdoesawebsitecost.com/)
A basic guide for about 10 hours of work is:
Student: $100 – $200 ($10-$20/hour)
Freelancer: $200 – $1000 ($20-$100/hour)
Expert Consultant: $500 – $2000 ($50-$200/hour)
Company: $700 – $2500 ($70-$250/hour)
Recommended project budget:
| Logo Design: |
$150 – $750 |
| Simple Website: |
$501 – $2,500 |
| Complex Website: |
$1,500 – $25,000 |
| Myspace like site: |
$5,001 – $30,000 |
| Custom Applications: |
$10,001 – $100,000 |
Common hourly rates:
| Student/Offshore: |
$10-$30/hour |
| Freelancer: |
$35-$100/hour |
| Expert Consultant: |
$50-$200/hour |
| Company: |
$75-$150/hour |
