There are many factors that affect what it will cost for your website. The purpose of this page is to explain some of the factors and situations so you can 1) get a rough ballpark cost estimate for a website and 2) Know what factors will affect the price so you can plan accordingly for your budget.
You will be able to get a more accurate estimate after talking with a web design agency or developer, but for those in the initial planning stages these guideline ranges may help.
| FEATURES | Personal Site or Blog |
Small Business |
Enterprise Level Corporate Site |
| # Pages | 10 | 10-20 | 20+ |
| Design Detail | Simple, yet Professional | High priority. Detailed & fitting corporate image. | |
| SEO | Implement basic SEO Best practices. | Competitive Market Analysis, Basic SEO implementation, some content optimization, basic manual submission | Competitive Market Analysis, Basic SEO implementation, some content optimization, basic manual submission |
| Forms | simple form, email results | 1-3 basic to moderate forms, results via email. | 3 moderate forms, results via email. |
| Estimated Base Cost |
$750 - $1,250 | $1,500-$2,500 | $5,000 |
| ADDITIONAL FEATURES | |||
| +simple backend database work | +$500 | +$500 | +$500 |
| + moderate backend MySQL or SQL database programming | - | +$1500 | +$1,500 |
| +advanced backend database/applications programming | - | + $3,000 | + $5,000 |
| +password protected accounts based secure area | - | +$1,500 | +$1,500 |
| +copywriting content | $150/page | $150/page | $150/page |
+additional SEO |
$500 one time detailed SEO audit and site optimization. |
$200-$500/month | $1k+/month |
| +Flash, Interactive Media, or Video | +$500 | +$2,500 | |
| CMS Based Site (Content Management System) Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Typo, Ektron, etc. |
- | Depends on level of design customization. | Enterprise level CMS system can add significant costs. |
| eCommerce | +$250-$500 Small # of products. Using external shopping cart Google Store, Amazon Payments, Paypal, etc. |
+$2k Build site into a shopping cart application and customize. (Zen Cart, Magento, OSCommerce, etc) |
+$5k Advanced eCommerce system for larger number of transactions. Higher level of customization and integration. More features. |
More information on the factors that affect the cost of a website, coming soon.
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