What should I pay for website design?

Q: What should I pay for website design?
A: In the web design industry there are so many factors involved. You will find rates from a couple of hundred dollars, to the further extreme of tens of thousands of dollars (kind of silly except for the largest sites).

Here are just a few of the essentials that will make one estimate more costly than another:

• Large Site vs. Small Site
• Custom Design vs. Template Design
• Enhanced or Customized Template vs. Basic Template Design
• Feature Rich Static Site vs. Basic Static Site
• Dynamic Database Driven website vs. Static Website
• E-commerce enabled vs. Static Website
• Custom Graphics vs. Client Supplied Images
• Copywriting (full or Partial) vs. Customer compiled copy
• Custom Meta-Tags on every page vs. None, duplicate or minimal
• Standards based vs. Anything else
• Accessible website vs.  Anything else
• SEO package vs. No SEO package
• SEM package vs. No SEM package
• Link Building package vs. No Link Building package
• Search Engine / Directory submission vs. None

For a ball park figure, you might expect to pay between $1,300 and $2,000 for a good;

• Standards based
• Accessible
• 10-25 page
• Feature rich
• Custom static website design

Q: What are your payment terms?
A: Our payment terms are third down on signing and then follows a specific payment schedule detailed in your contact. Sites are launched after full payment is received. Sites under $200.00 are payable in full at contract.

Q: Do you accept personal checks?
A: As a policy we do not accept personal checks. However, if a client has demonstrated a reliable payment history we may allow them to pay by personal check. Any personal check would have to meet our company check guidelines. We never accept starter checks.

Q: What other charges will I encounter in the design of my web site?
A: We have no hidden charges! You will get a specific quote for ALL packages. Unless you add to the contract the fee is based on the quote.

Q: How can I pay?
A: Custom design with its varied fees we prefer company check or for individuals certified check or money order.  You can also pay via our PayPal - EBay payment portal.

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