Comments on: How much does a website cost?

By: Brendo

Brendo — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:28:13 +0000

Important to take in account the economics of the business too – if you’re average profit per sale is $10k and you can bring in 2 or 3 sales a month via the web then its easy to justify to $10-20k or even $50k spend on a website.

On the flipside, if you make $2 profit per sale and do 50 sales a month that originated from the web then spending even a $1000 on a website may not be a profitable exercise

Bottom-line – work out how much you’re going to get out of it, then you can work out how much you can afford to put into it!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:05:35 +0000

Great article, and generous with your information. One to show the potential clients when they want to understand more about the process.

By: HyperBrendan

HyperBrendan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:23:08 +0000

I have found that a lot of small to medium enterprise budget around the $1.5 to $3k in my area. THis is where my sites range, there are some more well healed companies that are prepared and willing to pay more, but do they get more? I don’t think so. I have been working in they field for 11 years and have seen the changes in expectations in the business community.

My sites are all unique, well researched, developed with the customers in mind and with a business strategy behind it (i have a Masters in Business & Technology). The all have content management systems, some have full eCommerce capabilities, and most integrate with the customer’s other digital marketing channels.

I work form home and don’t have many overheads, though I use subcontractors form time to time. I figure it is time to increase my price range a little, but the smaller small business sites don’t take very long to do. There is a risk that i would price myself out of the market, or would need to work hard at repositioning my company to be more premium and less “inexperienced student and freelancer”. Thanks for this article, food for thought.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:13:17 +0000

Thanks for the comment Mat. Part of the reason for this post is that websites are unique and there is no one price fits all. We also choose not to display prices as most customers do not know what they want until we have an initial meeting, therefore we don’t like to set up false expectations.

If 0-3k is your budget, fantastic and I hope it helps you find a provider to match your budget. Also check out http://sortfolio.com for a Web design search on price estimates which may help.

We’re looking to add price ranges to our case studies so potential clients will have an idea of how much projects are worth. Unfortunately it’s unwise for us to estimate prices in that range that are just stabs in the dark. Each website has very different needs and goals and fixed advertising of prices is not something we’re interested in.

Thanks for dropping by!

By: mat

mat — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:06:43 +0000

so… you have put up a pricing structure for what others might charge, but havnt put up any examples of websites you have done and the cost to have something similar put in place?

i dont understand how you can “estimate the entire industry prices ” yet your incompetent such that you cannot give a pricing estimate(s) for your own services.

Ive come to your site in search for help, only to be told “$0-$3,000 – Simple templated design or inexperienced student or freelancer.” -> thats within my budget so im off to find that!

By: Tweets that mention How much does a website cost? » Transcending Frontiers -- Topsy.com

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:35:11 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by The Frontier Group. The Frontier Group said: New blog post: How much does a website cost? http://bit.ly/aNIOnU [...]