WHAT IS A CUSTOM WEBSITE?
Different Uses For A Custom Website |
MISCONCEPTION OF CUSTOM WEBSITE vs PRE -BUILT COSTS
Custom Website vs Pre Built Website |
Many companies provide website designs that were put together in mass production, then they provide the templates of these basic designs to plug in text and photos and sell to their customers at a very low cost. They sell them as “Custom Designed Websites”. This is false and misleading. If you look at their portfolios, you can see a simple “cookie cutter” style design that sorely lacks in top notch creativity and branding that we at FLYASABIRD.com provide. Every day I get calls from companies saying they want the “I just want to have a small web site and not spend a lot of money” route. And now their website is obsolete, they can’t find the company that designed it, isn’t optimized correctly, and they need to have it done all over again. So actually in most cases, in the long run, it has costed more that it would've to just have a custom website built the first time.
THE TRUTH ABOUT CUSTOM WEBSITE PRICING
As owner of a custom website development company, I believe that details are an integral part of development, therefore has a tremendous impact custom website pricing. For example, a client my ask for a feature on their website for users to upload music. There is a long list of questions I could respond with from the file format, file size limit of the music uploads, to the amount of uploads at any single time or total upload amount, if any and the list goes on. That being said, please keep in mind that this long list of questions was only concerning one feature on your custom website that will require 100+ additional features which each will require the same "Question & Answer" process prior to a website builder spending countless hours designing & programming your custom website to function properly!
Professional Custom Website example |
1) Fixed Bid, where your website builder charges you a fixed bid to complete full project, for instance a figure like $5000.
2) Hourly Rates where you pay your website builder $100 an hour for as long as it takes to complete your custom website project
Either option you choose, the total cost will be relative to to the complexity of design, cost of custom photography, motion graphics, animation and interactive tools. So my advice to anyone would be, that it is important to discuss your custom website project within the budget realities you face. However I do still encourage you to talk about your expectations with your website builder, you will find that many of them are like us at FLYASABIRD.com, are willing to work with you budget. In my opinion, a simple yet professional custom website can usually be produced starting at $2,500, plus basic Web hosting. Remember that you are paying for a service that will play huge role in the success or failure of your business in this technology driven age. Now ask yourself how valuable your custom website is to the growth and expansion of your business?