“I need a website…”
We often are asked by potential customers “how much do you charge for a website”, and this poses us with a bit of a dilemma.
In our mind, questions are asked, ‘what kind of website?’ ‘what do you need to be included on the website?’ ‘do you want to be able to edit it yourselves?’ ‘how big is this website?’ etc etc, the list goes on…
Eg – you might want to sell products online, so it would be an e-commerce site, or you may want to take booking for events through your site and would need this functionality. It all depends on what you want people to do when they are on your website.
Last week we were asked this question on the phone – someone wanting a ballpark figure, and questions had to be asked in order to gain a better idea of what he wanted before we could provide him with a ballpark figure. (Even this ballpark is still uncertain, with websites, they do have a tendency to change and grow!)
Like a car?
It got us to thinking – at which point, web developer Nad said ‘You have to think of a website like a car – there are so many types, levels of quality, and so many ways to customise it, so when a client asks “how much for a website” – it’s not dissimilar to asking “how much for a car” with no further information’.
So, when you decide you need a website – be it your first, or a revamp of your current site, have a think about it like you would when buying a car, do you want a ‘Rolls Royce’ of a website, all singing, all dancing, high quality this, that and the other? Or do you need more of a ‘Ford Focus’ – perhaps not such a large site, with less customisation, fewer ‘fancy’ bits etc?
Of course, budget plays a huge part in this decision, and so it’s really important to think through the level of cash you are prepared to part with (try and allow for more than you think you need as well – as I mentioned previously, things change and grow, and you need to ensure that you can manage potential additional costs for those ‘oh can you just include…’ moments)
As marketing and online marketing people, we may well have ideas additional to your own for your website – and sometimes these may have cost implications as well – but we will always make a client aware of costs before going ahead with work like this.
So have a think through and perhaps jot some bullet points down, and if you have seen websites you really like elements of, tell us!
Good luck, and give us a call if you want to have a chat about your website sometime 🙂
We often are asked by potential customers “how much do you charge for a website”, and this poses us with a bit of a dilemma.
In our mind, questions are asked, ‘what kind of website?’ ‘what do you need to be included on the website?’ ‘do you want to be able to edit it yourselves?’ ‘how big is this website?’ etc etc, the list goes on…
Eg – you might want to sell products online, so it would be an e-commerce site, or you may want to take booking for events through your site and would need this functionality. It all depends on what you want people to do when they are on your website.
Last week we were asked this question on the phone – someone wanting a ballpark figure, and questions had to be asked in order to gain a better idea of what he wanted before we could provide him with a ballpark figure. (Even this ballpark is still uncertain, with websites, they do have a tendency to change and grow!)
Like a car?
It got us to thinking – at which point, web developer Nad said ‘You have to think of a website like a car – there are so many types, levels of quality, and so many ways to customise it, so when a client asks “how much for a website” – it’s not dissimilar to asking “how much for a car” with no further information’.
So, when you decide you need a website – be it your first, or a revamp of your current site, have a think about it like you would when buying a car, do you want a ‘Rolls Royce’ of a website, all singing, all dancing, high quality this, that and the other? Or do you need more of a ‘Ford Focus’ – perhaps not such a large site, with less customisation, fewer ‘fancy’ bits etc?
Of course, budget plays a huge part in this decision, and so it’s really important to think through the level of cash you are prepared to part with (try and allow for more than you think you need as well – as I mentioned previously, things change and grow, and you need to ensure that you can manage potential additional costs for those ‘oh can you just include…’ moments)
As marketing and online marketing people, we may well have ideas additional to your own for your website – and sometimes these may have cost implications as well – but we will always make a client aware of costs before going ahead with work like this.
So have a think through and perhaps jot some bullet points down, and if you have seen websites you really like elements of, tell us!
Good luck, and give us a call if you want to have a chat about your website sometime 🙂
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