Cost of websites nowadays?

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Hi all,

Was thinking of signing up for one of the job sites (like ODesk, etc.) to see if I could land a gig putting a website together.

How much do people charge for such things nowadays? I know that "you get what you pay for" - but - was just wondering what people charge on the average.

Cheers!
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  • Most designers will charge anywhere from $300-$500 for a basic landing page, but you'll have 1000+ poeple claim they can do it for less. You get waht you pay for.
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    • AZJOSH is exactly right. It cracks me up when I see people offering complete websites for $20, but more power to 'em!

      I've been designing since the late 80's when I ran my first BBS. Nowadays, for a simple 5 page informational site I charge $350. Though, there are so many factors/features that come into play with each site like whether or not they want forms, mailing list, e-commerce, on-going maintenance, and the list goes on. Not to mention the market you're in makes a difference.

      Personally, I think it's reasonable to offer sites "starting at" $350. Then, once the potential client contacts me I get an in-depth feel for what they really need and go from there. Chances are, the more knowledgeable you sound about what you can offer and why they need it, the more they'll be willing to pay for it.

      I hope that helps!
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  • Hello,

    It really depends on the the quality of the website you will be designing whether it's graphical or minimalist. Standard rate in the market is 150-200 USD for the index page and 100USD per inside page, but it's also common practice to give out "package deals" w/c are more affordable than per page rates.
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    • Thanks again all!

      By "index page", you mean the http://domain_name.com/index alone - right?

      Also, can you note what you would charge for a "package deal"?

      My thoughts were one would have to factor in the cost of a theme + any other items that might have a price tag + any work that would be needed for - say - setting up a payment gateway using Paypal or Stripe.

      I have seen some people request a quote for 5 pages and others who want 5 pages + quite a bit more but only willing to pay below $500.
  • Its totally depend on your work . First you need to make your profile then put some of your work in your profile . Then people will see it after that they will hire you. If your design found good then they will pay you more.
    Also depend on client some clients do not pay more. They want to pick more work in less cost.
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  • Hi friend if u buy domain name with hosting in host gator is very cheap one. like per month 2 $ - 5 $ they provide site builder and all go daddy provides c panel if u purchase every domain
  • Website design and development cost depends upon it's size and complexity. Large and complex websites cost more than small and simple sites. However, it's cost vary from organization to organization.
  • It depends on efforts.
  • You have to make out a plan and them submit it for people to bid on. It could be an easy project with a low budget or a big project with a big budget. Just really depends on what you want. Only way to find out the cost is to post it and see what the bid are.
  • Really it depends on many factors, design, static, dynamic.. etc..
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    • Totally agree, Your website creation cost depend on lots of factors, like website theme, pages, contents, graphics etc.
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  • $20, $99, $350, $500 are sub-standard rates which usually result in substandard results. I won't even touch a website for less than $1000, and most are in the $2000 to $2500 range. You do get what you pay for. Want to peek at what a $2500 website looks like? About 30 hours of development time from start to finish on this one, built it 2 weeks ago... Wrap Factory KC - Wrap Factory KC
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    • Totally Agree with AZ-439,

      Cost of the website totally depends on the capability of the seller at how much he/she can sell his services for. and in what market you're selling your services in. If you would be looking for work on odesk and other freelance websites than yes, you have to offer your services at like $200 to $500 for 5 pages website (PSD + HTML) where you can sell exactly same services for like $2000 or even more. (obviously not on Odesk as they would have received rates like $200 to $500 from other bidders)

      I have sold my services for $500 and even for $5000, honestly different rates for different markets. and yes my service does varies a bit accordingly.
    • To be honest, it looks like theme bought somewhere and content added in with pictures...You can pay what ever you want but is stupid to pay too much, find the right maker and $500 builds you this site easily (even cheaper if you know where to look for)
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  • Thanks guys for all of the input I did not see this thread until today (and need to close down another I had opened since some of the questions are answered here).

    Where can one sell a website for $2000? Is this developed from a PSD or a WP customization? I have seen the websites on the ODesk and they do look a bit sub-standard. It looks like people get free templates and then make changes to them.
  • Here is an example of a company doing websites where they did not have a portfolio of sites but more like a listing of templates.

    Supra Power Port

    Does anyone else take this kind of approac? Just list templates and not really a site portfolio?

    TIA
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    • I think you will find that site does actually have a portfolio, if you click on the "Clients" tab, they are listed there. Always better to have a portfolio on the website so people can see your previous work.


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  • 300 to 500 bucks usually for a simple site

    300 bucks range is usually wordpress + paid theme level of quality

    500 bucks range is usually wordpress + custom designed theme

    Anyone who charges less than that, is usually cutting costs somewhere and that is never good for business...
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  • The lowest price I'll consider is about $2000, anything less can create potential problems down the road. That's for a 10 page site.

    My general rule of thumb is $200.00 per page.

    I always question a client as to why they want a website. That seems to open up lots of avenues to be able to steer them to the real world of "you get what you pay for". And if they want that phone on their desk to ring with new potential clients seeking their products and services.... It just isn't gonna happen for $500.00

    Every page designed around a long tail search phrase is another pole in the ocean. The more poles.. The more fish they catch. It's not complicated, and is just like any other form of advertising.

    It always helps to show them some industry dominating websites that you've done in the past. After all, business owners don't want websites. Websites are a consequence of what they want. Which is people calling them and requesting their products and services.

    Sell the phone ringing thing, and you can charge what you're worth instead of prostituting yourself like I used to do when I sold websites.

    Selling the ring is where it's at!
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    • I agree 100%
      In words of Elmer Wheeler: Don't sell the steak, sell the sizzle...
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    • Hi Kid,

      Thanks for the information and for the advice of not prostituting yourself :p

      I had a concern would be that the prospective customer would take a look at my nice-looking site and then go to see if he/she could find someone to duplicate it for $500.

      So what you are saying is that other services are also included as part of the $2000 package - like SEO or EMail campaigns? I am wondering if it is possible to turn some of those ODesk/Elance customers who want sites for "less than $500" into $2000 customers.

      Also, can one perhaps charge 10% of the development price (on a monthly basis) for maintenance or enhancements? It would be nice to get some kind of residual income going (if possible).

      TIA
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  • I think you are always pay for quality. Every one can not produce same quality at same time then the cost depends accordingly.
  • Web designing may vary from different categories. let suppose if you need a corporate website than it may around 10k to 20k dollars or maybe more. A small business website doesn't cost you to much it maybe about 500 to 600 dollars
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    • 10k$ i agree with you but in some exceptional case not at all website which you created
  • The first is a minor cost that includes the registration of your domain name and what you pay the web hosting company to rent the Internet space for hosting the site.
    The second is what you pay someone to actually create the site for you,a very basic web presence can be created for less than $200
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  • Now a days the cost of websites are very cheap. You can Hire a Freelancers for it. it can provide a quality Website Design & Development in $20-30$ in India.

    Many Quality templates are available for free just edit the Design and make your own High Quality Website by adding more features.
  • 50-200 dollars cost/bid to make website in odesk or anyother freelance sites.
  • i used to pay others to build websites for me, i have 2 sites that i paid $3000 each for, and i have loads of wordpress sites i created myself.
    I can walk you through how to build a wordpress site its dead easy, i pay a guy $20 to build pligg sites for me. With regard to my income i make more from the sites i created myself than the ones i paid $3000 for
  • It basically depends on the Quality but as you asked for a average costing..
    So, As per my knowledge and experience in web design and development field..
    Market Price starts from 99$ and ranges as high as possible for a quality issue.

    Cheers!!
  • Web design costs will be vary on pages, designs, functions and working hours. minimum cost collect from $100.
  • You can start your website by adapting any of the approach.
    1. Full development from scratch
    2. Getting ready made clone script

    When you go for development from scratch it will consume much cost and time, in other side if you go with clone script it will cost around 1000 USD and you can go live soon.
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    • It completely depends on how much you pay,the most important point when you are designing a website is that the website need to be a SEO friendly website,if you pay less then you wont get it,and moreover if you are looking for cheap designing then you can download any theme from any website and upload it to your server and your website is ready....
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  • I think you are always pay for quality. Every one can not produce same quality at same time then the cost depends accordingly. TK
  • It depends of budget and functionality. Do they want a responsive website. Do they need a cms, then which cms: Wordpress, Drupal, Umbraco etc, and also time frame and complexity of the site.
  • Cost of a website is totally depends upon the Requirements or techniques used to design or develop a website.
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