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How much to design a website?

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What does it cost to have a website designed. I've tried designing one myself through GoDaddy but am finding it to be a bit of a challenge and it just looks "choppy" and pieced together if that makes sense :) Can this be done for $50, $100 or ????
 
No sorry... But I can Guarantee that you will not be disappointed with my work... in fact, I can Guarantee that 100% and you can't get a better deal then what I am advertising because you cant find a FREE Domain Name anywhere else and people who know the Python Computer Language want at-least $50 a website (not including the domain name in which is at-least $20 a year). I can also Renew your Domain name for free every year... I'm honestly sorry that I don't have an example of my work, but if you are still interested let me know. You can call me at 208-819-7667 or just email me at [email protected]
 
Try http://www.ezgenerator.com/ I use this for my web site it is the most easy user friendly web designer software. I use it for my site, it is also has complete templates that you can totally modify to make it your own. It has less learning curve. I believe they have a trial software. I work in Multimedia at a college I have worked with dream weaver CS5, and I still use ez for my designing less headache.
 
I wouldnt doubt your ability to create the site, but my main concern would be with the potential low quality of hosting (i.e. bandwidth, downtime, etc.)

It really is not possible for you to allow free quality hosting. Not unless the web sites are going to be covered in Ads, and even then, I would still doubt the quality of hosting.
 
My husband does website design.
In order to give you any idea of how much a design would cost, more information would be needed:
Do you need a live ordering system/webshop, for example?
A gallery?

A typical website is usually between $100 to $300, but with a webshop/shopping cart system, the price goes up.

Obviously, the more work involved in creating it, the more expensive it will be. I don't recommend purchasing website work without seeing examples, and also get contract that gives you a time frame, and outlines what you will be getting for your money.
 
I use simple html and css. I am renovating mine right now. I also use a free shopping cart that is customizable and has unlimited items. Mals-e.com is the shopping cart. I know css and html are not the newest, up to date codes, but for my business, a lot of my customers are still using VERY old browsers and systems, so it works for me. It also looks half-way decent. If you want I could design you a simple template or whatever for free. Or you could do it yourself, to help you learn html.
 
I am not sure if you are wanting a paid website or not, but if you are looking for something to put up yourself until you can hire someone, I'd suggest Weebly.com. I've been playing around with their options and it seems to be very user friendly to those that don't have a background in computers with tweak-able templates for those wanting customizations just to get you started.

Best of luck!
 
My website (which I desperately need to update) was commissioned in trade for animals - at an agreed upon value of $1200.

Sadly - or maybe not sadly? I've never used the For Sale/Available page. Most of my animals are spoken for as soon as they hatch and I post pictures of them, so I've never needed to use that page. Good problem to have, I suppose. :eek:

I knew exactly what I wanted my site to look like, and I spend a few days working with my web designer just on tweaking the colors until they were exactly what I wanted.

I was an early customer of his, he's since worked on many well recognized ball python breeder's websites.
 
People need to be careful with their responses here - this is not the place to offer your services (which is basically advertising, and is not allowed in the discussion areas).
 
This is not a question with a numerical answer... at least not given the information you've offered about what you want. ANYONE that gives you a price based on nothing more than "what does it cost to build a website" is too desperate for business to be trusted. The $20-unlimited-domain-renewal-for-life-plus-hosting-plus-the-moon-and-stars guy from earlier in this thread is a perfect example. No one does that much work for $20. No one that actually "does" this kind of work, anyway. He's either desperate for portfolio work (creating free or discounted websites so he has work to show people), or setting you up for a scam later.

If you're not paying at least $5 a month for hosting and at least $800-$2000 on a custom-developed, content-based website... you are going to be disappointed with your results. You're asking for being up-sold later, having your website covered in Google ads, or being a cookie-cutter site as part of a hosting sharing "web ring" that you may or may not have any say in. I've seen all of these happen to people that were sold "too good to be true" websites. If you want the results of a professional site, you need to pay a professional to do them.

So no, $50 or $100 will get you a crap site that will look like 5 million other sites out there at best, and like a copy-and-pasted high school project at worst. If someone can't show you work they've done, or walk you through determining what your needs actually are before giving you a quote, you are setting yourself up to pay more down the road, or get a crappy product for the lowball price you do pay. Even a Yahoo Store will cost you $30 a month, and that's for a cookie-cutter business template that will look like most of the other stores on there.

If you absolutely must use a free service, I second the Weebly recommendation.

Sorry, I get a bit fired up about this, I've been watching people get taken advantage of by shyster "web designers" for 15 years now, and I've gotten tired of it. It's why I got back into the business, and I always enjoy helping people avoid making these mistakes when I can. Best of luck to you, hope this helped!
 
i saw a response of $20 for a complete designed website with FREE DOMAIN AND UPDATED YEARLY FREE OF CHARGE? i honestly have never seen that before and ive been designing sites for years.... something like my own site turtlemorphs.com would cost anywhere between $1000+ for all of the coding and shopping cart preferences...so $20, that is crazy and i would pay you to do it if it in fact came out looking professional like my example.
 
I realize this thread is kinda old, but I wanted to add to it since I finally got my website started. I was looking for something affordable...while I would love to pay someone to design a site for me, spending that kind of money isn't really something I can justify right now. I started out with trying to use godaddy, but I found it really frustrating (I have no experience with website design, really). I ended up using a company called PageBuzz based on a recommendation from a friend of my dad. I have had it for a month now, and so far I like it.

It costs me $20 a month for hosting, and I just go to their homepage and login to work on the website so I can edit it from any computer. I have also bewn able to do some minor things from my smartphone, which has come in handy when someone made a purchase by emailing me instead of thru the cart on the site. I just removed the animal from the site on my phone since I was away from the computer at the time. I think I could pay a graphic designer to make me a custom template if I ever want to as well, but I am just using theirs for now. Anyways, just wanted to toss this out there as an option since I know this question,pops up from time to time. I have spent a very limited amount of time on my site, but feel free to check it out as an example. Here is the link to the hosting company: PageBuzz Web Hosting
 
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