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What is the price of a website? |
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| Everybody asks this. And nobody can give an exact answer. Every website really
is different. But here are some guidelines. |
Website price depends on a number of factors:
- Number of pages
- Image creation
- Programming
- Copywriting
- Search engine optimisation
Our prices:
- We start at £500 for a very simple website with up to seven
pages, domain name registration included.
- A simple site with search engine optimisation including three months of follow-up costs £1000,
also with domain name. Good, though not necessarily top rankings in Google, Yahoo and MSN are guaranteed.
- Websites with databases are more expensive. Prices depend on the functionality
required but are typically £1,000+.
But we cannot stress enough that these are rough guidelines. Extra features like Flash, website scripting or lots of images
would add to the price.
Our prices are competitive, although you could probably find cheaper. But because
we do include everything, and because we pride ourselves on doing
a seriously good job for our clients in every respect, we consider that our service
is excellent value for money. |
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What is included? |
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| Everything!
We really do try to include everything with no hidden extras.
Our standard web design package includes:
- Complete customized design and layout of your site.
- Contact form with responses emailed to you.
- Effective copyrighting
- Simple javascript programming.
- Addition and 'improvement' if necessary of images that you provide.
- Image creation (photo and illustration)
- Domain name registration.
- Hosting.
- Basic search engine optimisation and submittal to five major search engines
(see our Services page for details).
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| For many companies, absolutely nothing else will be required. |
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Will my site work on different browsers? |
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All our sites will work on Internet Explorer 5 and 6 and Netscape 6 and
7 on both Windows PC and Apple Macintosh. Our sites also work on Internet Explorer
4 for Windows.
We also ensure that our sites function in the current version of Opera, and
that sites are visible in the text-based browser Lynx wherever possible (some
technologies — for example DHTML — are not compatible with text-only
systems).
That covers the vast majority of modern computer users.
Support for Netscape 4 and other browsers can be accommodated if it is important
for your site. |
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Will my site appear in Google? |
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Yes. When we design a new website, we ensure that it is search engine friendly
from the outset and that search terms relevant to your business are included.
Search engines will definitely find and list your site.
But your site is unlikely to appear in the top pages of the Search Engines.
You may be lucky, but high rankings in Google usually require a lot of spade work.
And DesignForProfit can
do it.
We have a SE+ service for clients who need to rank high. And unlike most search
engine optimisation firms, our service is
full payment on results only. See our services
page for details. |
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Can I see the site before it goes live? |
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Definitely. We have a secure clients' area on this website and it is our
standard practice to show initial designs and revisions for you to approve before
site development begins.
As development gets underway, we will put up the home page and at least one
section page for you to review. Again, this is our standard practice.
Database-driven sites with advanced functionality can be tested by you on your
server or ours depending on your preference. |
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How long will it take? |
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Generalisation is difficult, but to give you a rough idea:
- A simple five page website should take less than a fortnight.
- A straightforward 10 page site with a content management system should take
less than a month.
- A Flash based site with 5 'scenes' and moderate animation and scripting should
take less than a month.
Elaborate design, lots of web scripting, extensive database functionality —
all these features will add to the time needed for development. We always try
and give clients a realistic timetable based on the particular features of their
website. |
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