WEB DESIGN, WHATS IT ALL ABOUT? WHAT SHOULD IT COST? WHO CAN DO THE BEST JOB? WHO CAN INTEGRATE A SHOPPING CART AND A GATEWAY EFFECTIVLY? THESE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN SOMEONE IS CONSIDERING A WEBSITE. BUT PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS, WHO KNOWS THE BEST MARKETING STRATEGY? IN OTHER WORDS, THE BEST VISABILITY IN SEARCH ENGINES OR OTHERWISE (FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY). THERE ARE LITTERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES WILLING TO COMIT YOU AS A CUSTOMER AND MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF MONEY WILL PUT YOUR SITE IN THE BEST VISABILITY. JUST CONSIDER THIS, THEY ALL HAVE STRATEGIES AND CANT ALL BE RIGHT AND SOME ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. HOWEVER, WITH A LITTLE HELP, YOU CAN BECOME BETTER POSITIONED AND CAN MAKE YOUR OWN STRATEGY.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF YOUR SITE MATTERS AND SO DOES THE COST. THE ADVANTAGE A CUSTOMER HAS WITH ME IS MUCH LOWER COST (FOR THE PHYSICAL MAKEUP OF THIER SITE.) TAKE A LOOK AT MY WEBSITE, NOTICE ITS SIMPLICITY AND EASE OF READING. NOW CONSIDER THIS; MY COST FOR A WEBSITE LIKE THIS IS LESS THAN $1000. THE SAVINGS WOULD ENABLE YOU TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON MARKETING STRATEGIES, RIGHT? ALTHOUGH I AM NOT AN EXPERT AT MARKETING, I AM ADVANCED WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL MAKEUP OF THE WEBSITE. I DESIGNED THIS ENTIRE WEBSITE MYSELF WITH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: HTML. (JAVASCRIPT AND PHP WERE USED FOR THE SHOPPING CART. I CONFIGURED THESE SCRIPTS TO ATTACH TO MY WEBSITE) THE SHOPPING CART IS PERHAPS THE BEST ONE (IN TERMS OF COST) ON THE MARKET TODAY AND THE MOST SIMPLE TO USE. SO PLEASE CONSIDER ME FOR YOUR WEBSITE, YOULL SAVE A BUNDLE AND HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO SPEND ON MARKETING. BY THE WAY, I CAN TELL YOU HOW I GOT VISABILITY FOR MY WEBSITE ALSO WHEN YOU CONTACT ME AND THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION FOR FREE ON HOW TO POSITION YOUR WEBSITE FOR GREATLY IMPROVED VISABILIY.

There are 3 major costs involved: The initial design, the monthly maintenance fee and the hosting cost. Some companies don't charge you for the design but they bury it in the monthly hosting fee, and usually retain the rights to the design. I prefer to sell you the design (the design is yours), and then offer you monthly maintenance. I can work with you to keep costs reasonable. DESIGN: The minimum I'll design a website for is $100 (U.S.) for a one page web site. This is for a basic website using existing design templates customized for your needs. Additional features like a completely customized design, an online database, custom graphics design, animation, etc. is extra. I can discuss your unique requirements and give you a quote. Prices are negotiable based on the amount of graphics, layout work, and programming required. Most small businesses with an existing client base can make do with a simple 2 or 3 page web site. Keep in mind that the more information you want to present to a visitor, the more pages will be required. Since your website will essentially be an interactive online brochure for your company, if your company already has a brochure most of the text, artwork and photos from it can be utilized on the web site, if they are already in digital format and you supply them to me. This will keep the cost down.

As a web page designer, I can also design artwork for your web site. Along with designing your site, I will submit your site to over 100 search engines including the most used: goggle,Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseek and Goto.com. I will also direct you to sites that give details for the best visability. A site that regularly requires changes to a list of products, prices, schedule of events, etc. will have a maintenance fee to cover this work. The minimum I charge for maintenance is $30 a month. This covers one hour of maintenance per month. I can review your site's requirements and give you a quote based on your specific needs. If you decide to do this yourself, I offer training at $50 an hour by phone or $70 in person if you are local. If you have your own web server account, I'll be happy to design your site for you and set it up on your server. However, keep in mind that I may not be able to offer some design features - on your server if it doesn't meet the necessary technical requirements (for instance, a shopping cart requires a server account that supports Perl 5, or PHP and has access to a CGI-BIN). I will also be happy to recommend a good commercial server account.

A few examples of costs for Web Design : A single page flash intro : $100; 2 page Personal Site : $250 ; Small Business 4 page site : $500 ; Business site with more than 4 pages starts at $550. A site similar to this one : $1495.00 Call for quotes.

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