How Can It Be So Cheap?

You may expect that a web site will cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars.

It can.

But it doesn't have to. The cost of setting up and operating a web site is actually pretty low.

We understand small busines, and know that not only are you probably too busy to do your own site, you really don't have a lot to spend on it. So we try to provide an efficient service and charge just what we have to for the service you order.

 

What About the Free Sites I Hear About?

On the other hand, hou may have gotten the sales emails and seen other services offering free 5 page web site. If you are willing and able to create your site yourself, you can do it for almost nothing. Most require you to host your site with them for something like "just $19.95/month." At $240/year it is hardly free. Many provide limited features and no rights for you to take the site to another service. None of them include everything you need.

We provide you with everything for your site (we don't expect you to know the business). Complete setup is included in all of our packages. You have complete ownership and control of your site! If your account is paid, you can take it somewhere else (no extra fee) or have anyone you want help you with it where it is. That is the kind of freedom we support!

 

So What Should I Budget for a Web Site?

Here are realistic budget ranges for some common small business web site scenarios:

Single Page, "Get Started" Kind of Site - Full web page (using template), full service hosting, your own dot-com name, 1 POP email account, everything setup for you for $95-$150 first year with annual fee of $50-100. (This is our Express package, and you can try it free for 30 days.)

5-12 Page Information Site - Several web pages, custom-designed layout to match your business cards, contact form, direction map, full service hosting, your own dot-com name, 3-4 POP email accounts, everything setup for you for $400-$800 plus annual fee of $50-150. (Specialty graphic design may be more.)

Multiple Page Online Catalog Site - Similar to Information site listed above, plus a database-driven "catalog" (can be products, work examples, articles...) that you can update yourself online, everything setup for you for $600-$1,200 plus annual fee of $100-200.

Full E-commerce Site - Similar to Online Catalog site listed above, plus ability to sell and take payments online. Web site portion runs $1,500-$3,000 for setup plus annual fee of $100-300 for secure server setup. Payment processing services with the financial institution (merchant account and "payment gateway") run an additional $100-300 for setup plus a monthly fee of $15-60 depending on your transaction volume.

You also may want to set a budget for some online promotion to parallel your traditional advertising.

 

Contact us to get a firm quote for the web site YOU want.

 

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