Website Prices
What does a web site cost?
The short answer is – it depends. Clients’ needs and budgets vary greatly. That’s why I provide a detailed estimate for each client with explanation of what’s included and optional add-ons.
Still, it’s hard for you to compare apples to apples without some information up front. Here are some facts that may help you.
- My current rate for hourly work is $50.
- A face-to-face initial design consultation is $60. However, that fee is credited to future work, so it's free if you hire me. No charge for phone consultations (by appointment).
- Custom Websites generally start at $1500. Since each web site takes over 35 hours to complete, this represents a discounted hourly rate of less than $43 per hour.
- Starter Websites for those on a budget are priced at $750.
- Third-party add-ons, such as WordPress blogs, PayPal buttons, photo galleries and calendars start at $250 to install and customize. I use open source software that’s supported by your web host, which gets you tremendous savings over commercial or custom software.
- Shopping Cart set-ups (as an add-on to your existing website) generally range from $200 - $800 (not including the web site). Note: Shopping carts invariably involve other third party costs (hosting, merchant accounts, software, etc).
- eNews capability (assuming you use my recommended solution) will cost $200 to set up plus $30 per month subscription fee. This fee gets you unlimited emails with a list size of less than 2500 people.