creating a site cost

[sixf00t4]

a couple of questions...

my housing complex does not have a web site, but other places like it around us do. so i want to create one for it...

1. what should i charge them? complete design of the page, lets say updates for a year, domain name, email accounts, and a host.


2. What do you think everything will cost? like 75 for domain, 75 a year for hosting? and again, can someone recommend a host?

3. how would you present the idea to them? should i call them first and see if they are interested at all even? should i do a quick website first and then go over to them?

[williams22]

I have done some web design work before. Generally people want to see a sample before they commit to you, because you are not going to work numerous hours and end up having them say "No, thats not good enough." Usually you would charge a flat fee that would cover Domain, Hosting, and search engine submittion. I used to charge about 150 for this. Most domain names you can find for $20 or less if you look, unless you want something really popular. And I can't imagine your waking a huge site, so the starter package on most hosts will work, they run from 5 a month to 15 a month. It depends which you pick, IMO pick one with a friendly control panel. After that flat fee web designers usually work per hour. If you are just using HTML, or if you are using a WYSIWYG editor (Frontpage, Dreamweaver, etc.) Your hourly fee so be pretty low, like $20 an hour. If you are coding the page yourself and if you are using any other languages (PHP, Javascript, etc.) then your hourly fee goes up. Hope this helps

[DPA]

for those of us without the WYSIWYG acronym in our jargon vault, it means: what you see is what you get

[MDS]

$15 domain(1 year) and hosting with email at Go Daddy

[sixf00t4]

arg, i should of checked this before i registered. grrr haha i just paid 35. THANKS MDS!! i will be sure to use go daddy next time!!! and there will be a next time