So it all comes down to this
doesn't it? You skipped over this entire labor of love,
tutorial website
just to get to this very page and how much it's all going to cost
didn't you? It's okay, I completely understand. Sort of.
What I can tell you is that
if your cyber-brochure is the standard 7-10 pages, I'm pretty
certain I can create a beautiful professional site for well under $1000
and a mid-size site (see
website originals) for right around that mark. Now, if those 7-10 pages are actually landing pages for additional
topics relevant to that section, then obviously, more information,
image manipulation, navigation and hours are required.
A very high-end brochure with 50 + or - pages (8 categories with 6-7
pages per category) is another story.
We'll go through your website needs
together and I will submit to you a two page proposal with overall
deliverables, time frame and cost estimates. I also require
50% of the total project cost at the time of signing.
The following short list will keep
your costs down and good sense up!
Scanning vs. photos on a disc? Scanning will increase your
price of up 5 photos per hour.
Do I already have a hardcopy brochure with copy? Handing
over the word document will greatly decrease the amount of hours
(and errors) I have to spend hand keying in your copy.
Logo on a disc or Kat reproducing it? There is up to a
$500
difference in your quote if I have to dink with re-making, scanning
or cleaning up your logo.
Do you have a hosting company and a domain name? There is
up to an additional $150 to host your site (during development) on my
server and then transferring it to your server. (the transfer
process is the bear here.)
Get all your new e-mail addresses (generally you're allowed
five) from your hosting company, i.e. innkeepers@missionoakinn.com and
have your alias directed to your current mail client. Your
hosting company and current ISP can help you with the re-directs.
When it comes time to put your e-mail address on each webpage, you
want to be sure that your visitors are seeing your professional name
in their outgoing mail.
How often are we having to start and stop because I'm not
getting the materials to complete the job? I collect 50% of
the total estimate at the project commencement. It makes sense
for you to stay on top of the project so let's get it done in a
timely fashion! If I have to set your project down for over 2
months, when we 're-open' the case, there may be additional start up
fees incurred. It's no longer cost effective for me or for you
to take 4 months to do a project that would normally take 3 weeks.
Keep your costs down by
having all your materials in order!
"One more thing Kat, I only want
one page...that's it. Two pages tops. Shouldn't that be well
below your average cost?"
Unfortunately, it just doesn't work
that way since a huge percentage of my time is
based on design and layout. Once the first page is exactly how
we want it, I build subsequent pages off of it. It's actually
more cost effective for you to have the standard 7-10 page
cyber-brochure. I'm sure there are many things you can feature
on your website that wouldn't fit on just one or two pages...and we'll
find them!
OK!
Ready to start?
Or are you....
