What it costs to create a website

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Website Price Calculator

This form will give you more information about what is involved with website development, and should help you figure out how much a website can cost. Choose your options, and check out the Total at the bottom. Please keep in mind this is only an approximate - contact me anytime for a free formal quote!

If you want to send me your selections, the option at the bottom of the form will allow you to do that.

Site Quality Level
- Basic, basic, basic. We are talking super tight budget!
- Middle of the road. Nothing over the top, but we want to do this up right.
- Let’s go all out. I want bells, and I want whistles!
Design Preferences
- As the client, I know exactly how I want this to look. I will provide a design rendering for you to build.
- Let's start with a template (designer's choice, based on the preferences you have given), but with modifications to make this look unique.
- We want a fully customized design (Typically includes the creation of one mockup based on preferences you've specified, with 1-2 minor revisions, using your pre-existing logo.)
Approximately how many pages?
Page Versions
How many different types of page layouts do you need? The most common choice is a different home page, with identical layout for inner pages (each with different content, of course).
- All the pages will be identical.
- This site will have a different front page, but the inside pages will all be identical.
- Up to 4 different page versions (Front page, inside page, blog page, etc.)
Logo, Image and Design Elements
The more content you provide directly, the lower the costs, but custom solutions are certainly available!
- Client will provide images/graphics with no editing required
- Client will provide images/graphics, with guidance.
- This will be a highly image driven site like a vacation resort.
- These need to be created!
Written Content
The more written content you provide directly, the lower the costs. Sometimes a professional content writer is worth the investment!
- Client will provide content with no editing required
- Client will provide content, with guidance.
Responsive Design
Statistics are now showing that more people are viewing the web by mobile devices than desktop computers. Even Google now punishes sites that are not responsive, by ranking them lower in search results when people search from a mobile device.
- Desktop Version Only
- Fully Responsive Design - Fits your site automatically for mobiles and tablets with images that resize and content that displays nicely. ***Highly recommended
Will your content be changing?
After Care packages are available to keep your website healthy and maintained after development is complete.
- Yes, often - and Client training will be required!
- No. If anything ever needs changing, I will just hire you or someone else to do it
- Yes, often - but will just hire you or someone else to do it
E-Commerce Options
- I am not selling any products online
- I need simple PayPal links (no shopping cart) - Simple text or images links that redirect the shopper to PayPal.
- I need a shopping cart - A shopping cart provides the ability to create and sell products, and keep track of sales using a backend database.
Search Engine Optimization
- Just the basics - I don’t care how well I do in Google searches
- Moderate SEO - it matter somewhat but let’s keep the costs down
- Advanced - It matters a lot to me, please help me find ways to optimize my site for a great search engine placement
Options
These are some options that can be added to your website development package. You may have others. Please note them in the message section, if you send this calculation to us.
- Photo Gallery
- Basic Contact Form - Free
- Spam Control for Contact Form (Captcha)
- Google Map
- Event Calendar
- Newsletter Signup Form
- Social Media Optimization - Sharing Buttons and Addition of meta tags (so your site looks GREAT when it is shared on Facebook)
- Google Analytics to allow for tracking visits, conversions & goals
- Site Optimization for Speed (Images, caching)
- Support Package - ideal if you want Wordpress training, occasional updates or questions that take longer than a few minutes to answer or need research. 5 hrs.
- Yearly Maintenance Package - monthly backup, upgrades. The backups will be sent to you for off-site storage.
Non-Profit discount
Approved, very small, local non-profit organizations qualify for a BIG discount - 20%. To factor this into the website calculations, enter "Non-Profit" into the space below.
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If you have gone through some of the above options and would like to send it to me (for more information, a formal quote, or so that I know what you are looking for) please check this box (and enter your contact information, of course) and I will be in touch!
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