Web Site Design Rates

How much should you pay for your home page? What kind of rates, quotes or prices are you looking at? Unfortunately this is one of the hardest thing for web developers, web site design companies, webmasters and freelancers alike. There is no simple answer because to many factors are involved, what kind of web page do you need? Ecommerece, CMS (Joomla, Drupal, Word Press, Concrete 5). Do you want a static or dynamic site, will you require Flash animation? Do you want a flat rate of would you like to be charged by the hour? Do you need a template created from scratch, a logo design? Business cards, brochures? In addition to homepage design we also offer those graphic design services.

Web Developer Average Rates

The first step in getting some rates from you web developer is to understand your own project from the beginning of the process. You will need a precise plan in order to be able to tell your webmaster what you need done and then he will translate your vision into technology. If you need a simple HTML static website you could be looking at as little as $250 dollars for a simple 5 page web development project Anything more will cost more of course. CMS web site design rates also vary according to the CMS in question. Joomla sites start at $500 with an average of $1000 and a top average of $2000. Of course they can get more expensive depending on the options you will need. A Drupal site is a little more expensive, be expecting to add about $250 to the standard Joomla web page design rates, Drupal maintenance is a little more expensive than Joomla because of limited Fantastico Cpanel features. Word Press design rates are identical to Joomla so more economical than Drupal but still a little more expensive than static HTML home pages that can be designed for as little as $250.

Flash web design rates

Animation and Flash design will add to the cost of a website. This will vary enormously depending on what kind of effect animation you are looking for. Macromedia Flash is more expensive than animated GIFs but not necessarily, it all depends on how many frames will be required for the webmaster to create the desired effect. Flash design rates are usually charged by the hour, the Flash designers rates in Canada, the USA and Europe is usually from $35 to $300 per hour.

Web Design Cost - Flat Rate or by the hour

Should you pay by the hour or by flat rate to have your website developed? If you are running and ecommerce site by rate or by the piece is the best way to go. At Xuzo.com we write custom scripts to populate your database with macros. The can be run offline in an intranet site and then published online. This is faster than working online, especially since all CMS are usually managed online. Joomla can be worked on offline better than Wordpress and Drupal and makes the Joomla website populating and data entry rates more economical than Drupal and Wordpress. We calculate the set up cost for the macro and initial script development and then split up the populating cost together in one single home page package rate. Hourly web page design rates will usually be used for Flash animation, regular , design and multimedia.

How Much To Pay A Web Designer

In this article we talked about web design fees and the cost to make site. But that article was really talking about hiring an agency to make your website. How about if you need to hire a freelancer? A web developer on contractor?

How much you will pay for your website will really depend on your webmasters expertise. How is his portfolio, how fast does he answer emails. These parameters will help you find out what kind of cost you can expect to pay your website designer.