How much does a website cost?

The first answer is "Not as much as you think"

The second answer is that it's difficult to give a price as there are so many variables involved. It's like asking "How much does a car cost?". Now, is that a second hand Mini or a Ferrari with all the trimmings?

There are 2 cost areas involved in having a website. The first cost is the fixed price items. This includes the purchase of a domain name and the hosting (the web server that will physically hold your website so it's accessible to the outside world). As a guideline, I use one hosting company that charges £50 / year for the domain and hosting. So that's the ongoing cost of running a site. Very large sites may need more powerful web servers and so obviously the cost will increase

The second area is the actual creation of the site. This includes the scoping, design, coding, site architecture, testing, etc.

Now this is where all the variables come into play.

• Is it a brochure site or full e-commerce?
• Are there corporate guidelines to follow or will we have to create a design from scratch?
• How much content will need to be included?
• What functionality can be included 'off the peg' and what needs to be bespoke?
• What integration work needs to be done?

Only once the initial scoping is performed can we give a fixed price for a site

As an example, we can create a site using a pre-built template (personalised to your branding) with full CMS for as little as £400

If you wish to discuss further, please get in touch