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Thursday, January 27, 2011

How much does a website cost?


We get this question a lot.

The short answer is $500 to $500,000.
Seems like a big range? Well, how much does a car cost? A house? A business? The answer is “it depends”. Depends on what is the real question.

If you asked the average business owner how much it costs to operate their company they could probably come up with a rough estimate off the top of their head. The problem with buying a website is that NOBODY really knows how much it costs…not even people who sell them.

The reason for the confusion over cost is twofold. First, it is based on your goal and your budget. Second, there are several ways to go about building a website - there is no one right way. The goal should always be to help you find the right website services that fit your business. Our friends at Agency Technologies Inc. build websites and business applications and programs to meet your objectives, not theirs & this is because they believe in giving customer services. Plus they give references you can actually call.

Free Websites
Please, there is no such thing as a free lunch and there is no such thing as a free website. The so called free websites come with strings, hosting, URL (name) ownership, do you own the code, etc. Always strings.

Our advice.
Be wise, call a company like Agency Technologies and if they offer a planning budget to help you figure out what you want, that's a good thing.  You wouldn't try to build a house or building without blue prints, so why try to do that with one of your business's best tools.