If you have never had a website designed or developed before then the following information should be very useful and give you a good idea about website prices.
An overview of website costings:
The first step is talking with a web agency like us at Hopping Mad Designs to formulate a brief or an idea of the type of website you want, and then we can tailor a web design package to suit. Website pricing can be divided in to 3 main categories:
1. Website Prices For Business Start Ups
Suitable for start up or small businesses needing to have a presence online. These are usually a 4-5 page website, with key information about the company or service to get your business message across. The design is customised to fit with your corporate branding, to deliver a unique and relevant site.
The navigation and interface ( UX ) of these websites are quite simple, but can all be added to or developed further in the future as the business expands and grows. All of these sites are built around a WordPress content management system, which allows for ease of updates. They sites are all mobile friendly and are SEO ready. This is a great solution for small businesses that want a website up and running quickly. Obviously, there are free websites out there and templates online but these do not work and offer a ‘cookie cutter’ approach so your site well end up looking like every other site out there – not a good idea!
Web design prices for sites like this are generally between the $2,000–$4,000 price range.
2. Website Prices For Larger Established Companies
This is suitable for businesses looking for a more involved web design solution, combined with back end functionality, such as databases, e-commerce solutions, membership areas, photo galleries, responsive (mobile friendly web design), and search functions integrated with a WordPress content management system.
Websites like these are usually for larger, more established businesses needing to make more of an impact online and drive sales. Often these sites are stage two of an online presence – the company might have had a basic style website in the past and are looking to upgrade or just want to move forward with a few more “bells n’ whistles”.
Websites like these usually require a higher level of design time and the interface is generally more complex. There will be a heavy emphasis on SEO, which is implemented throughout the design and development phases. These sites can have various structures and layouts depending on the requirements of the owner. But one thing that is a common thread among these type of sites is that they are all designed to either sell a product or service and generate vast site wide traffic and visitors.
Web design prices for these sites will fall anywhere between $5,000–$15,000. It is important to note that these sites are all built around a content management system or CMS, which means that site owners can make product, service or prices changes through out the site at their discretion. This is an extremely powerful marketing tool which is what the site was intended for.
3. Complex Website Solutions
These websites are usually reserved for those businesses, companies or government bodies that not only require a highly complex interface but need a lot more in terms of design and web site architecture. They require a team of web designers to work on the design and top programmers to bring it all together. They will also have web copy writers and site architecture specialists to coordinate the page links.
Prices for sites like this generally start at around the $20,000 level.
Why use Hopping Mad Designs for the design and development of your website?
We are flexible in our web design prices and can meet your business budget constraints if required. Most businesses starting out or under going a transition need to be watching their marketing spend. At Hopping Mad Designs we are acutely aware of these constrictions and are able to advice you on the best web package or web design price to match your businesses requirements.
We take the time at briefing stage to look at your business, learn about what you want to achieve and advice you based on this information on a web design solution that will give you the best results. We are not interested in offering you every plug in available, but prefer to start with a relevant and workable solution that can grow with your business needs.
We can handle any sized web project and are always on time and on budget. As a very experienced Sydney based web design studio we are able to scale up our resources to meet the demands of any sized project. Give us your design brief and we will tailor make a digital online solution that meets your requirements. We are just as comfortable with the small start up jobs as with the complex eCommerce, database driven websites.
Hopping Mad Designs is not a web design studio that operates with “hidden extras”. We are upfront about all costings from the start.
There are some guarantees that go with each site we design and develop, no matter what the price point.
- All websites are built around a very user, and SEO friendly WordPress CMS platform.
- You deal with a team of professional web designers who have been in the industry for a long time and have the experience to deliver a successful website.
- If it looks like there will be a cost blow out we make sure that you are aware of this prior to making any decisions.
- All web coding is implemented with the intention of having your site ranked well on Google.
- We offer web support as soon as the site goes live. If you run into any problems – we are here to help.
- We advise you on social media, blogging and mobile websites.
- Our team of web experts will advise you on any design or interface issues that were not brought up in the initial meeting.
- We will never present template designs. All our websites have been carefully thought out and customised based on your specific business requirements. This way you end up with a unique looking site that’s different from all your competition.