HOW MUCH DOES A WEBSITE COST?

How much does a website cost? This question is asked all the time. The answer is that it all comes down to what do you want in a website. The cost of a website depends on number of factors such as:

INITIAL SETUP COSTS

• Domain Name Registration $45 – $100 every 2 years
• Website Hosting From $200 per year

WEBSITE DESIGN COSTS

• CMS website design costs around $1500. The advantage of CMS enabled website is that you can manage your website yourself and you don’t have to pay for ongoing maintainance and updating costs. CMS website allows you to add/edit/delete pages on your website, upload image and other media files and create image galleries etc.
• More flashy sites like the edge restaurant (www.theedgerestaurant.com.au) can cost around $2500-$3500
• Shopping cart websites cost around $3000 as they require a lot of programming.
• Large websites which are designed to cope with huge amount of online traffic and a large number of pages can cost over $5000. These websites are developed keeping the high load requirements in mind and they require high bandwidth, larger disk space and premium hosting servers.

So the question of how much does a website cost really comes down to your requirements. Apart from the one of costs you also have the ongoing costs of website hosting, domain renewal, ongoing support and maintenance (if you don’t have a cms system).

ONGOING COSTS

Website Hosting starts From $200 per year which includes Basic Hosting or More advanced Hosting is Available starting from $400.per year. Our advanced Hosting support covers things such as keeping the cms system updated, creating monthly backups, help setting up emails, fixing any errors, over the phone support available from Mon-Fri 9am-5pm on how to use the cms system.

OTHER COSTS

• Logo design: Cost of logo design can be between $100 and $500
• Search Engine Optimisation : Basic one of SEO cost is $500. Advanced SEO requires regular work on your site and can cost from $100 per month.
• Google AdWords : If you would like to advertise your website on the front page of Google you are looking at ongoing cost of $100/month + Pay Per Click Budget that you are willing to pay.
• Custom Programming : Custom programming covers special programming requirements such as creating online survey, quiz, business directory, member registration, password protected pages, email newsletter etc. The cost of custom programming is very hard to determine without detailed consultation.

We have also designed some fixed price website design packages that can be used as a guidance to determine the cost of your website. If your business needs a website but you cannot afford to pay all the money upfront, we also offer website payment plans for certain website design packages.