A typical self-build website. These often look amateurish, with poor design choices, inconsistent layouts and zero work 'behind the scenes' to ensure the website gets found by Google.
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I'm happy to display my fees because all of my clients benefit from the same affordable prices. I'm able to keep my prices competitive because I build websites very quickly using Webflow. I also work from my home office, which means I have low overheads.
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An entry-level 'scrolling' website that rarely changes.
Includes occasional edit requests, plus SSL certificate. (Secure padlock)
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A website that rarely changes.
EG: Home, About, Services, Products & Contact pages.
Includes occasional edit requests, plus SSL certificate. (Secure padlock)
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Includes a blog feature, allowing you to create new articles and also easily edit content on the static pages.
Secure AWS hosting with many backup restore points.
Up to 3 website admins.
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3 product categories. EG: Shirts, Trousers & Shoes.
Secure AWS hosting with many backup restore points. *Selling fees apply.
Up to 3 website admins.
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per year
The cheapest option
This may be your cheapest option, but it will likely result in an ineffective and poor performing website.
A typical self-build website. These often look amateurish, with poor design choices, inconsistent layouts and zero work 'behind the scenes' to ensure the website gets found by Google.
A self-build will suffer from poor conversion rates if it appears amateurish or does not communicate your value proposition effectively. This will result in your visitors quickly moving to one of your competitor's professional websites.
A self-build will not be professionally optimised for search engines. This means that very few new customers will ever find you, as you website will be buried way down the search listings.
Cheap online web builders such as Wix or WordPress create huge amounts of 'bloated' code. This will give your visitors a slow, frustrating experience as each page slowly loads.
Plus, slow websites get penalised by Google, which will adversely affect your search ranking.
you get what you pay for
Another option is to use an online marketplace such as Fiverr or Upwork to connect you to freelancers around the world who are offering a cheap service. Whilst ideal for one-off services, such as graphic design or explainer videos, I would advise you to think very carefully for using this type of service for your website.
This can result in communication, timezone and long-term accountability problems.
These marketplaces are crowded with tens of thousands of freelancers across the globe. The only way most of them can pick up work is to compete on price. This quickly demotivates them to invest effort on your project, especially as 20% of their already low fee goes to the platform provider.
I have several clients who came to me after discovering their overseas web designer had simply 'vanished' leaving them high and dry.
My closest competitors on price
Some web design companies form part of a franchise or national network model that flood the internet with a website for every town. This can give the impression of being local, but the reality can be quite different.
It's highly likely your account manager has never built a website and will be driven by sales targets.
The person building your website is likely to be a very long distance away. Will your account manager be able to effectively communicate your vision to them?
Most of these companies will tempt you with modest monthly fees. Warning: These fees are for the entire life of the website, which will be considerably more expensive.
All the bells and whistles
Granted, you'll get a fantastic website, but the fee will be eye-watering. If money is no object, then this could be the best option for you.
These companies are really best suited to corporate organisations who have an impressive budget or need specialist website functionality.
There will be a whole team of 'creatives' working on your project, each bringing their own expertise to the different stages of your project's design and build.
