Your webpage is the first exposure
to your business most of your customers have. Make sure that
you make a good impression with a proper web page.
We Provide quality web-work at
affordable prices, we are upfront about costs and
timeframes. Our goal is to create a long term business
relationship that will help us both grow, we work with
you to make things happen.
... Some developers make a good
profit because they impress clients with fancy designs,
but they will do no good if the site’s concept or CEO is
not aligned to its purpose ...
" ... The abilities of a good web page are often undervalued. That’s why so many websites – as good as they might look – don’t generate leads and sales
- the web content doesn’t attract traffic nor does it convert ..."
- Rick
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Web Site Cost? |
> $2000 A basic designed website, acting primarily as an online brochure to merely
establish a necessary presence online to answer the questions ‘do you exist?’, ‘are you
professional?’ and ‘what do you do?’, can be done for a mere market average of $2000.
This website will not allow you to interact with your audience,
transact business directly through your site (ecommerce), The site will serve to help brand and market your company, showcase your
products and services and inspire sales as a lead generating tool.
Unfortunately, the design of your website will be template at such low costs. This means
that your site probably mirrors that of other sites on the web with similar design and
structure. These sites will be CSS and XHTML Coded to allow your site to look the same
on nearly every computer and will also be Search Engine Optimized (SEO) for greater
natural search engine ranking success. Also, web analytics are provided.
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".... Sure your computer geek nephew knows HTML and
could build a web site for just $100. He also knows how
to use a screwdriver. Does this mean he could build a
safe, reliable, and fuel-efficient car for you? Probably
not, so why take the same risk with your web site, a
potentially large value-center for your company? .... "
- SoloSignal
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$3000-$7000 Custom designed websites, with all the aesthetic beauty that you can
possibly envision, costs a market average of $5000. These sites are not very functional,
all design elements are created and designed specifically for your site and tailored to
your market needs. These sites will still not enable audience interactivity, ecommerce, or
content management. These sites will be CSS and XHTML Coded to allow your site to
look the same on nearly every computer and will also be Search Engine Optimized (SEO)
for greater natural search engine ranking success.
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Details - DreamFly designers
pay particular attention to the details that
will make or break your site.
Time - Most people who end up
using DreamFly Studios understand that their
time is worth something, and that spending your
time on your core business is one of the best
places you can invest your time. Working with
DreamFly Studios allows you to tap into our
experience and knowledge and save hundreds of
hours.
Experience - DreamFly studios
isn’t just selling you hours on a project; we’re
selling you years of experience in the
sometimes-overwhelming world of the Internet.
Knowledge - When you hire
DreamFly Studios, you are also getting access to
a wealth of information that we’ve gathered and
are happy to share.
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$7000- $12,000 Depending on the level of aesthetic design that is requested Content
Management System (CMS) websites will run at a market average of $10,000. These
websites are created with both functionality and design in mind, as you will receive both
custom art design and mid level functionality including the ability to manage and update
all content, images, and text contained within the pages of your site (infinite number of
pages possible). With a CMS capable website, your site will have endless possibilities as
a pluggable, flexible web application capable of adding additional features as you desire.
These websites are built with the idea that you will have a significant number of
changes, additions or updates to be made to your site in the near future. Instead of
being charged hourly rates to make such changes, a CMS system enables you to do a
majority of the basic additions without prior coding or web designing knowledge. Social
interactivity with your site visitors is possible with a site of this caliber, as a BLOG will be
present within your site enabling you to place posts of content that you believe is
relevant and desired by your audience. Your audience can choose to respond to your
blog posts and each others comments allowing for 2 dimensional interaction between
you, your audience, and within your audience. Also, sites of this caliber have varying
prices with regard to design elements. These sites do have custom design work, but
more expensive elements like Flash Art creation will affect pricing.
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" ... Once upon a time
there was a steam generating plant that was not
producing much steam. After a frustrating search
for the cause, the plant manager, in
desperation, called in an expert. After only two
hours on site, the expert found the problem and
placed “X’s” on two pipes that were causing the
problem, saying that they had to be removed.
When presented with the bill, the plant manager
asked the consultant how he could charge
$5,000.00 for only two hours of work. When he
asked for an itemized bill, this is what he got:
1. $400.00 - Placing “X’s” on two pipes
2. $4,600.00 - Knowing where to place the “X’s”
The plant manager got what he paid for and
probably a lot more. He had already used up more
than that amount on his own staff not to mention
the loss in revenue while the plant was shut
down. For him, securing the advisory services of
a consultant was the right thing to do. ..." -SoloSignal
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$12,000- $100,000+< If you are looking for advance functionality including social
networking, blogging, ecommerce, or any other web application topped off with the
markets leading design elements, you should expect to pay a market average of
$25,000! Like I said before, some ecommerce and web applicable sites can be created
for less, while most successful ventures are created for much more. Sites that have
fallen in this price range include Facebook.com, Orkut.com, BestBuy.com, and WGCU.org
to name only a few. A site within this price range will be built and hand coded from
scratch. That means your site is unlike any other. A
site that falls into this category requires months of market analysis, software research,
consulting, database design and implementation, software development and integration,
site quality assurance and testing. This is the mother load and it is priced accordingly.
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I know what you are
thinking, ‘who knew it was so expensive?’ And
the only answer I can give is that web design
and creation is like any other craft or trade
and requires a high level of knowledge and
expertise. Furthermore, with the rapid rate that
technology and the internet is constantly
changing, the gap is beginning to seriously
widen between web amateurs and professionals.
Can you still get a website for $500? Sure you
can, but it will not display and operate like a
professionally designed website.
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Links:
How Much Does a Web Page Cost? - The ClickZ
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