Pricing
Here are the most common prices I am asked for, please get in touch for details of items not covered here. Everything is clearly itemised on Quickbooks invoices so you know the costs incurred. Quick 5-10 minute site updates to sites I host are done free of charge.
Web designs and web space
Priced “per-page”, plus a set-up fee. A “page” is equivalent to a page of A4 text and graphics, although large amounts of scanning or coding (e.g. Javascript), animations, and software licences are charged extra. Simple WordPress sites start from around £150+VAT with 5 pages £450+VAT, and 10 pages £750+VAT. Other dynamic or e-commerce sites start from £500+VAT and all but the most complex sites will be under £900. It’s very rare for costs for a design to go over £1000, mainly because I just concentrate on smaller-scale sites and I would direct you to a full-blown design house for more complex projects.
Hosting starts from 50MB of web space managed on your behalf by myself, for £95+VAT per annum payable in advance. Larger 50MB or 100MB chunks are available.
Domain name registration, hosting and administration
A two-yearly fee of £75+VAT covers everything to do with your domain name, from finding a suitable one (if required), registering it through the appropriate authority, hosting it and setting up the email routing (including basic spam filtering), and troubleshooting any domain-related problems as we go along, to acting as your domain administrator for ICANN or Nominet matters.
Small adwords campaigns (<=£1000 monthly budget) and search engine optimisation
£75+VAT setup fee, and then a management fee which works out to about 30% of your monthly Google Adwords budget, plus your Google fee payment, the invoice for which must be settled in the following month for the campaign to continue.
Web site statistics
Simple stats for referrals, popular pages, keywords used to find you, etc., based on the rolling last 500 hits to your site can be set up free of charge.
Maintenance and site visits
Site support is currently £33+VAT per hour. Small site updates, email and phone support for clients (unless otherwise advised) are all free. There is no premium rate number to call and I am always obtainable should you have any problems with your site, either by phone, email, or on Twitter.
Finally, if you are shopping around other web designers and decide to go elsewhere, do check that you are getting someone who knows what they are doing, not a college student, inexperienced franchise operator or front-person for an overseas design outsource outfit; and make sure they provide contact details where they can be emailed or phoned, even out of hours; you never know when your web site could go down or your computer could crash or become infected – you could need urgent assistance at any time. Web design is a competitive market and some people operate so-called “turnkey” or part-time operations with little technical knowledge or experience of web design and the mechanics behind it.
