When
establishing a web presence, small companies are faced with two choices.
Either pay enormous sums of money for a spectacular custom designed
website or get a page based on standardized templates, indistinguishable
from dozens of other sites out there.
Q. How Much does it Cost?
A. Cost range from $350 to $500 for a no frills
web design. Depending on the amount of pages.
Q.
How does it get on the internet?
A.
After we set up your domain name (cost additional $35 a year) then we
begin publishing it to the internet.
Q.
What are other cost associated with getting and setting up a website?
A.
Site Set-up Costs Domain Name Your
domain name constitutes your web address, for example:
www.your-domain-name.com
Domain
names are purchased from Network Solutions, Inc. The price for a domain
name is $70.00 for two years. After the second year, Network Solutions
will bill you annually at the rate of $35.00 per year. We can help you
choose and register your domain name. You pay Network Solutions directly.
Server Costs In
addition you must pay an ISP, (Internet Service Provider, or "server"), a
monthly fee to serve your domain. Typical monthly charges range around
$30.00 per month but may be more expensive on the east and west coasts.
Should you
already have a domain name-server relationship we can put your site up on
the server of your choice.
Site Promotion Costs
Almost as soon as your site goes up you will receive spam from companies
who offer to register your site on from 20-1500 search engines. Prices
range from $9.00 to $450.00. There are also many email promotions
available at $50.00 to $200.00. At some point, you might want to consider
purchasing such services, but it would be best to check with friends to
find services, which actually deliver.
It also
needs to be said that many sites are out there with no promotion at all
and still do well. At a minimum though, you should include your website
address on business cards, stationary, brochures and in all other forms of
media advertising that you do.
What is
your budget for the project and is it realistic?
This is a very tricky area of web development, since most clients don't
want to pay a fortune for their web site. At the same time, they want
their site to be as good or better than other sites on the web. The only
way to know what's realistic is to get more than one bid on your project.
Unless you are a programmer, you won't be able to accurately estimate
what's involved in making your project a reality.
