How Much Will It Cost?

Before we talk numbers, we have to say that we’re not going to be the lowest bidder for your project… But then again, we’re definitely not even close to the highest bidder.

If you just want to get your site out the door for the lowest price without regard for quality, you should probably look elsewhere. We’re passionate about creating the best solution and we take the time to do things the right way. If you appreciate the value of custom website design and development, we will work well together.

So how much will it cost to do something like you have in mind? Here are some ultra-rough ballpark price ranges.

A Typical Project

In the case of a simple redesign, a client comes to us with an existing site that needs to be revamped for one reason or another. The content will mostly stay as is, although it may need to be reorganized a bit. Let’s assume that the client also wants a content management system so that they can maintain the site on their own moving forward. How much will something like this cost? Let’s break it down.

Project Management, meetings, and correspondence: 8 hours
Research and Information Architecture (competitive analysis, site structure, wireframes): 12 hours
Visual Design (one design direction for a small set of templates): 15 hours
Page Coding (turning designs into HTML and CSS): 20 hours
Implementation of a simple Content Management System setup: 15 hours

That’s a total of 70 hours spread over a month long period. At our standard $50/hour, you’re looking at roughly $3,500 for a simple redesign and a content management system. A site with a simple ecommerce system is probably in the same ballpark. If you leave out the CMS or ecommerce and have someone in-house to build out the site with your content based on templates we provide, you’re looking at about half that price.

Naturally, every estimate is customized for a given project, and cost may vary greatly depending on your specific needs.

Other Common Projects

If you want to get into email marketing, we’ll design and code a template for you and set it up in our email marketing service provider of choice for $500.

If you want us to set up and manage a pay-per-click advertising campaign, there will be plenty of research and setup time as well as ongoing monitoring. It typically costs around $500 to get up and running and then another $200 a month to manage the campaign, depending upon the size and complexity.

If you would like to rank better in search engines, we can do some research on your current situation and put a plan together to improve it. Again, you’re looking at about $500 to start.

Obviously, these are all very rough estimates, but we would be happy to give you a more accurate quote for your specific project. If you’re interested in working with us, please fill out the contact form.

Website Hosting

We will also host your website on our (mt) Dedicated Virtual web server. DO NOT choose the cheapest hosting option on the internet.

(mt) Media Temple is proud to host over 250,000 domains internationally. Listing them all would take a little time so we thought we’d pull a few well known names from the list. Starbucks, Sony, VW, Qantas and Toyota just to name a few.