How Much Will This Cost?
Boy, that's a hard question to answer. As I'm sure you'd expect, the answer is: It depends. Here are some examples to help give you an idea:
Small Business
Take a look at the Tuley Law site for a great example of a small business website with a few pages of information, perhaps a blog or news section, and a contact form. We sat down with Dan Tuley to figure out exactly what his law firm needed. Turns out a fairly simple site with a clean, professional design suited his firm best. A site of this size might typically run around $2,000.
Community Website
The Row at Berry Hill needed a website where the leadership could post the bylaws, meeting minutes, and community messages, but they also wanted community members to be able to form an online community to discuss various topics in the forum and post events to the calendar. Of course, making sure the site was exclusive to community members was a priority. Something like this might in the $5,000 range.
Online Retailer
These are the real intensive websites, the kind we love to dig into! RealOriginalColors approached us with the need to give their website a serious makeover. We organized their inventory into a single, coherent system that could be managed from a single location: the website. Whether the sales are over the phone or through the Internet, everything now runs through the website. We also honed in on a classic, chic look for the design and made sure the end user experience was second to none. A site of similar size and scope would run around $20,000.
But these are just vague guidelines based on some of our work from the past. We don't mean for any of these to provide an estimate for your needs. We'd really rather sit down with you. Let's talk, there's no obligation.
We're not big fans of doing anything halfway around here, that's why we'd much rather sit down face-to-face with you to figure out the best route to take. Everyone's had the same experience: you think you're getting a great deal on something. A new roof, maybe. But you get what you pay for, don't you? And a serious thunderstorm isn't the best time to find out that you cut the wrong corners in choosing your roofing company. The same thing goes with your website. It's a serious undertaking. And just like building or adding onto a house, you have to make sure you've contracted the right team to thoroughly plan and implement the design. You don't want to do it wrong the first time and end up paying more than twice!
We don't use cheap, per-page gimmicks. Web design should have a personal, relationship quality to it. We're custom building your website, not giving you a website that looks an awfully lot like another client's site. Our philosophy is to focus on what your website needs. We don't make you pay for stuff you don't want, so by not providing rigid packages, we're actually saving you money!
We're quite serious in our effort to make sure your site not only looks fantastic, but it operates as it should. What use do you have in a great looking site that your visitors can't figure out how to use? We not only know our audience, we push ourselves to know yours. You want your site to have a purpose, and we strive to make sure your site elicits the response you're looking for from your visitors.
When our clients are impressed and happy, they tell their friends and business colleagues. We know that! Personal referrals, more than anything else, are our greatest way to meet new clients -- and we're not about to slack on a job and lose that reputation.
Have we talked about your website yet?
