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Pricing of Web Design by Dana Services

How much does a web site cost? This is the number one question I hear. And honestly, this is the hardest question to answer when we are discussing an estimate.

Web Design is like building a house. When you build a house you need land, for a web site that land is your domain name. A domain name is your cyberspace real estate. It needs to be thought of as such too. It should be in your name or your business name and NEVER a designers name. A domain name will cost around $10.00 per year. My recommendation for an established business is to purchase your domain name for 5 or 10 years at a time.

Next is your floor plan. For a web site, your floor plan is called a 'story board', or the layout of your site. The layout of the site consists of breaking your information down into logical sections, and then connecting those sections together by placing links on your site. Some sections are services provided, contact information and so forth. Think of these sections as rooms in your floor plan. I will guide you through this process by helping you gather and organize your information, and then making suggestions on your web site layout and content. This is a very important step that takes experience and knowledge. The foundation must be solid.

Next is the interior of the home. Do you keep the standard fixtures or upgrade? Web design also has standards and upgrades. Upgrades are refereed to as add- on's. An add- on is a slide show or Flash multi-media movie or presentation. It also could be in a request information form or a message board. Standard fixtures in web design is a good navigation with an aesthetically pleasing layout and design. Also standard is search engine optimized with correct meta tags and clean coding. You can have a professional web site with no add- on's. Its all about what you want.

Add- on costs vary greatly. The most expensive is a Flash movie and the least expensive is a request information form with shopping carts falling in the middle.

I hope by explaining the process of web development and by associating it to the home building process, it will give you a better understanding of "What does it take to build a web site and how much does it cost?" Read my 'Getting Started' page to learn more about how to begin the process.

Please call or email Web Design by Dana for a free no obligation consultation to discuss your business or personal web development needs!