Cost of a website

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Hi Folks,

I'm looking into the start up costs for a new venture and I'll need a website. Can anyone let me know how much the following set up would cost? I do have knowledge of HTML and CSS but don't want to design it myself. I have sent the follwing through to web design companies but have had no responses so far on the quotes.

Page 1 - Home page (info about company + news)

Page 2 - Product selection and customisation (only have around 10 products to lease, and due to it being a leasing company it may not need an e-commerce application, only a secure database for recording customer details and orders.)

Page 3 - FAQ page (just a basic list of questions and answers)

Page 4 - Contacts page ( webnote form, the main point of contact for customers to get through to the business)

Due to the nature of the products I will need to be able to update the website when necessary so it will need to be designed with that in mind. I do have knowledge of HTML and CSS so it doesn't need to be too basic. Also, I have a colour scheme in mind plus a logo already drawn up.

Thanks a lot

Matt
 
Page2 will be the big cost there....how detailed? Is it simply an info page with a little script to show the costs and an admin area to edit the info, or is it actually more a 'section' which will show the products and let people purchase?

High-3-to-mid-ish-4 figures, depending on that :)
 
Beansprout said:
Page2 will be the big cost there....how detailed? Is it simply an info page with a little script to show the costs and an admin area to edit the info, or is it actually more a 'section' which will show the products and let people purchase?

High-3-to-mid-ish-4 figures, depending on that :)
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Page 2 will be a list of items with options on each one, therefore, depending on what the item was was for you could spend more money on, for example item number 1 but save money on item number 3 as it isn't necessary for you (can't really go into details about the actual products I'm affraid).

However, each carries a seperate price and so the total of the customised widget will appear the the bottom with the delivery price etc. Now, with it being a leasing company I am in negotiations with finance companies who will then take the burden oft he debt so I think all I will need is the customers details which I will then pass on to the Finance Co. who then sort out payments etc so I don't think I need an e-commerce back end, just a secure database for their details.

Is it possible to give web design companies just a small part of a website to do? I was thinking if I really needed to I could put together a website myself just for the company's infancy but contract out page 2 to someon who knows what they are doing? As I said I already have a logo and a bit of a design idea I can work with!

Thanks for that

Matt
 
Hangon...breaking the rules is silly, but breaking the rules in a thread where a member of the mod team is posting is just stupid :D
 
Perhaps I misread the post earlier, but I personally wouldn't call offering your services for free as something that breaches the forum rules. That would appear to me to be completely in the spirit of this forum as a whole.

Without wishing to stir things up, I think it might be a good idea to provide some clarity as to what is and isn't acceptable when offering your services in this forum :).
 
Offering help and advice for free is fine, as is giving stuff away for no charge (as long as you're not giving away promotional materials for your business, for example). Once the offers of money starts flying around, it usually turns into either selling goods and services outside the designated forums (i.e. Members' Market), or promotion of buisness interests. Both of those are frowned upon and will get a post/thread removed.

I also missed the earlier post, so can't say whether or not it was OK.
 
I should also point out that like many things, these issues tend to get judged on their individual merits. There may therefore be exceptions to the above.
 
Berserker said:
I should also point out that like many things, these issues tend to get judged on their individual merits. There may therefore be exceptions to the above.
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Thanks. Yes, I understand that will be the case and it can be difficult to know where to draw the line.
 
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