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how much does a website cost to design on average?
ByHi I was wondering what I should pay for website design. I’ve got a video home page, 3 pages of copy (done already), a blog page and forum, and a shopping cart page. The design would need to be a Professional corporate Site.
My hosting company has the tools so it’s just the design and expertise to put it together.
What would be a reasonable ball park price for this? How many days work might it take?
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December 31st, 2009 at 9:42 am
When I do web design for people there’s a lot of factors I consider. For example, your site may be pretty basic, but you also want a forum and blog, things that will need to be implemented in other ways (to make the updating easy on you). I normally start with some basic layouts in Photoshop and continually run things by the client back and forth until we come to a final design. If the client responds quickly to my emails (and that’s honestly pretty rare—people are slow), the entire thing can be done within 2 weeks or less. For a site of your proportions I may charge $500 or so, but price is completely dependent on the person doing the designing.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:42 am
It’s hard to give a ballpark figure as it could vary massively depending on whether you need logo designs, flash animations, what company you use, how much info you give them (i..e will they have to keep creating and amended on your opinions or do you know EXACTLY what you want)
If you approach web design companies with your ideas, they should be able to give you a reasonable quote before starting any work, and then you can decide which company to go with,
Alternatively you could try and find a student or friend to do it for free. I built my band website myself because I didn’t want to spend anything (But I also had to design my own logo and photoshop images) and it turned out OK I think…. http://www.carboncopiesband.co.uk
December 31st, 2009 at 9:42 am
1. Professional and corporate
2. Blog page
3. Forum
4. Shopping cart
5. Payment gateway
6. a few semi static pages
Video home page: probably to eliminate. Put your videos wherever you want but NOT on home page. A flash home page "costs" you 80% of clients, who will not come back.
It is a classic e-commerce site with a few extras.
Expect quotes from 500$ (amateurs who will promise a few days work, but will NOT supply in the end), to 2500-5000$, and 1 month to 4 months (depends what extras you will ask "in-between").
Don’t forget: what you ask here is only what you see: you need MUCH more "behind the scenes", in admin. That’s where the difficulties start.
Using web development companies in the "emerging economies" will divide that cost by half.
A professional will NOT require any "tools" from your hosting company: they do not use any WYSIWYG software, but code properly.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:42 am
You’ve got a simple base, but 3 different dynamic systems ( blog + shopping cart + forum ) and each needs different templating, so this could possibly be more complex that primarly thought.
You should be charged 500$ for graphic chart + 1000$ for integration work + 1 month dev work from the point you validated the graphic work.
Of course you can get a cut-out price from a novice lying he’s a pro or a 5000$ bill from a webdev firm who will also ensure you high future disponibility and services.