It costs what it costs. I know that must sound ridiculous, but it’s true.
You tell us your budget. We’ll tell you what’s possible for that amount.
You can ballpark it yourself.
The AVERAGE site we build runs in the neighbourhood of 12-25 hours to get from zero to a basic working site. Then we have to work with copy & content – the more final it is when you send it to us, the faster (and cheaper) we can go… (Here’s an amusing parable that illustrates WHY.)
If you want a WordPress site, we can start with a theme you like, and that will often significantly reduce development time.
Note we said average–we’ve done fully functioning sites in 2 hours, and we’ve done tough, convoluted jobs that have taken 225 hours–We do our best to stick within your budget, as we know how important that is.
If we run into issues that need tweaking or revising as we go – we’ll often just fix them, at no extra charge. Sometimes a website has to be used for a while to know if it’s all working as well as it can.
After the design & working site have been completed, we have maintenance. Maintenance is mainly updating & revisions of copy & content, adding more pages as needed, that weren’t included in the original quote. Doing the stuff that you don’t have time nor inclination to do, once the initial project is complete.
Then there’s optimization. Much of it we’ll do as we go, but if we’re coming into an existing site, it’s generally better to approach this as a separate project.
We don’t really like hourly billing. We prefer to present a flat rate with a specific list of deliverables, so you know exactly what to expect.
For the purposes of ballparking, NEW site design & development runs around $75/hr. Maintenance/updating of an existing site is about $50/hr.
We also offer a “sweet service-subscription structure” – fixed monthly fees that allow for flexibility and quick action. Basically, a retainer – based on an estimated average of hours per month. Sometimes you win, sometimes we win – but it usually works out even in the end. These are available after your site is launched.
AND for those who are afraid of commitment, we will go hour to hour. You set your budget, we’ll do what we can in that much time.
Ways we save you money:
We feel that as designers & developers we have a responsibility to use all the tools available to us to keep your costs down.
We use WordPress. An open source content management platform that is free for anyone to use. If you’re even slightly technically inclined, you probably don’t even need us.
But chances are, if you don’t already know it, you don’t have time to learn it, and mess about making it do what you want. and why would you spend your valuable time not working on your business? That’s why you’d hire us.
We work pretty quickly. At least that’s what we’ve been told. So, tho you may think our rates are higher than you’ve seen elsewhere, the value of what you’ll get for that money is pretty high too.
If we gauge that we can’t provide a piece of the puzzle effectively or cost efficiently, we’ll hire someone else who can. We don’t make you pay for our inexperience with a new technology or a programming bug – that would just be stupid. We learn the new stuff on our own time, and hire other professionals to help us deliver ON TIME.
We will project manage for you too. If you know what you want, but aren’t quite sure how to get it done, we can help you pull the pieces together and oversee the development/execution.
Talk to us.
