8 Things You Should Pay Attention To
What should you do when you launch a website project? How do you start off your project? No matter you are an expert or a novice in web design, there are things you should notice about.
You will find the complexity and the cost of a project snowballing when more and more people get involved – both internally and externally - even though you simply create a website with only a few pages. Basically, you need to maintain a professional look of your website to show what kind of business you are doing and what key messages you want to tell your target audience. The fundamental elements of a website include corporate logo, information about the company, products and services and contact methods. The complexity of a website will depend on whether you want to collect customer’s data, sell goods online, or make better internal communication. We will act as consultants to bring you the most suitable solution to your website project based on your needs.
Get the right website for the right price with the help of this Focus buyer’s guide on web design. Pay attention to the 8 suggestions below:
Prices for Website Design
The cost for a website development project can vary in quite a large range depending on the nature and the complexity of your website.
Low-end website project: If you choose from website development packages that offer a 4-6 pages for $6000, normally you will get a template-based website with little customization and simple functionality.
The same type of package with customized design will cost around $12500-23500. Apart from the package itself, some good web design firms would also provide a detailed document specifying all the extra costs for additional pages or tasks.
High-end website project: It is normally priced on an hourly basis. The cost can range from $600/hour for basic HTML production up to $2200/hour for other high-end web development. Some medium-sized website which is highly customized in design, content and management, with complete features and high interactivity, can cost around $160000, or up to $1000000 for larger or more complex project.
E-commerce: It is a separated item from website building and is priced separately. The initial development costs of setting e-commerce system for website start at around $15000 as minimum. For a typical online store, you will also expect to pay an ongoing fee of $230-$780 monthly, depending on the amount of products you have and the numbers of ordering options you provide.
Hosting: It is also separately priced. For basic web hosting services, your site is run on the same computer or server with many others. The cost ranges from $230 to $390 per month. Sometimes, you can get the price as low as $160. For having your site as the only one to be run by a server, the cost for the hosting services will be around $2500/month. The price is determined by the size and visitor activities of your website.
Occasional expense: If you do not have your own domain name (i.e. yourcompany.com), it may cost you $150 or $300. You will need a SSL Certificate for guaranteeing security for e-commerce at $1000 per annum.
Make sure all the costs involved should be written clearly in the contract.
