Website Design

juror

This may be a bit of a vague question, but what's the going rate for designing/making websites? Nothing complicated, simple html pages.

dlofnep

A few pages, with professional graphics - About €200-€350. Ish. Depends on the level of quality.

When you start talking web backends and such, can range from 500 to a few thousand.

DJB

The going rate depends on experience really. Someone doing a nixer maybe around the €500+, someone trying to make a living out of it €2,500+. The more skill, experience and knowledge of the industry, the higher the price usually.

juror

only_human wrote: »

i'll do it for 300 as long as its not complicated.

You really know how to sell yourself!!
To clarify, I'm not advertising a job, just doing some research.

GoneShootin

A professionally done unique looking website design can cost between 1k and 5k depending on whats required. When were looking for folks to take on a website for us the bulk of companies came back with costs from 4k to 5k [not that we went with them ]

There's plenty of threads on this already, just search for "website cost" here on the forums. Here is one such example

I have found myself that these kind of website design questions can often boil down to striking a good raport and working relationship with the website designer. Going with the cheapest option is not always the best route. If you can find someone that you find works well with you and what you require, even if they may not be the cheapest option, it can often be for the best.

A good website designer will try to do what you asked for, but will also suggest other perhaps better methods of delivering the goal based on their past experience of knowledge of knowing what works.

Evil Phil

only_human banned for a week.

DJB

GoneShootin wrote: »

A professionally done unique looking website design can cost between 1k and 5k depending on whats required. When were looking for folks to take on a website for us the bulk of companies came back with costs from 4k to 5k [not that we went with them ]

There's plenty of threads on this already, just search for "website cost" here on the forums. Here is one such example

I have found myself that these kind of website design questions can often boil down to striking a good raport and working relationship with the website designer. Going with the cheapest option is not always the best route. If you can find someone that you find works well with you and what you require, even if they may not be the cheapest option, it can often be for the best.

A good website designer will try to do what you asked for, but will also suggest other perhaps better methods of delivering the goal based on their past experience of knowledge of knowing what works.

100% agree. Well said.

Evil Phil wrote: »

only_human banned for a week.

lol

Evil Phil

Beware of the sub 1k-1.5k market. These people generally use premade templates or something like Google sites. Generally its work you could do yourself quite easily and for free.

juror

Thanks for the helpful posts. Just realised too that i didn't quite post this thread in the right area , but i got the answers i was looking for.

Sound out

GoneShootin

Evil Phil wrote: »

These people generally use premade templates

You can read me like a book Evil Phil Course I always tell my nixers that these are templates that I use - which gives them the opportunity to head off and find other quotes of they wish. I've enough to keep me going after my 9 to 5 that I don't to chase down every sniff of business. Plus the bulk of my work is behind the scenes stuff anyway so I'm rarely doing will sites from start to finish.

Oddily though when they hear the prices for custom designs from others they tend to come back

Giblet

I hope the quote is "Free"

Holy div-itis batman!

Ronan_

Denzillacey wrote: »

I offer very good prices....email denzil@denzillacey.com
Let me know what you need and i can offer a competitive quote
includes design/hosting/email

www.denzillacey.com

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What do you quote people then for design/hosting/email?:P

And yes, I'm using IE6.

YamaMotoYama

There is a website - www.elated.com

You can use their free templates, which look good, once you ask their permissions if its a commerical site.

Check the PageKits section.

Civilian_Target

Ain't nothing wrong with templates when they're used right.

Frankly, the difference between an average web designer and a great web designer is massive. But if you just want to transmit information to 80% of the population, an average web designer will do.

If for some reason you need:
- Disabled people, or people with old computers to access your site
- Some very fancy graphics or strong technical requirements
- Everyone on all devices to be supported (eg. iPhone, Netscape 4...)
then you should splash out on someone that will do this for you.

Edit - Oh, and looking at this thread I see (in my opinion)
- Good design --> http://www.davidbehan.com/
- Meh design --> http://civiliantarget.net/noise/
- Bad design --> http://www.denzillacey.com/

Can you tell the difference?

dlofnep

Evil Phil wrote: »

Beware of the sub 1k-1.5k market. These people generally use premade templates or something like Google sites. Generally its work you could do yourself quite easily and for free.

I think that alot of very good designs that aren't templates can fall into the sub 1k range.. Generally from students who are very good at what they do, but aren't confident in the price that their work is worth.

gerryR

dlofnep wrote: »

I think that alot of very good designs that aren't templates can fall into the sub 1k range.. Generally from students who are very good at what they do, but aren't confident in the price that their work is worth.

I'll second that, Web designer in the company I work does a lot of nixers in the <1000 price range. Purely to expand his portfolio. Not much use to your portfolio if you've copied and pasted a template :P

Seth Brundle

Denzillacey wrote: »

I offer very good prices....email denzil@denzillacey.com
Let me know what you need and i can offer a competitive quote
includes design/hosting/email

www.denzillacey.com

Is your site meant to be a business website?

This site is dedicated to the late
Michael Jackson
1958 - 2009

I'm lost for words!

Ronan_

Well, at least we know he updates it

AdamusAdonis

juror wrote: »

This may be a bit of a vague question, but what's the going rate for designing/making websites? Nothing complicated, simple html pages.

only what, two years too late but hey, I started at about 500+...
y'know.. in case anyone else wants to know...

:P?

Giblet

Oops! I don't know how I came upon this thread! Sorry