How much does a website cost?

Q: How long is a piece of string?

A: A piece of string is twice as long as it is from the middle to one of the ends.

Q: How much is a website?

A: Well... that depends on what you want.

Everyone wants to know how much a website costs. All over the web you will see web designers answering that question with, "How long is a piece of string?". Well I can tell you how long a piece of string is (it's twice as long as it is from the middle to one of the ends), but I cannot tell you how much your website will cost, because it really does depend on what you want.

The first question is easy to answer; the second is not.

So next question is, what kind of string ... oh I mean website ... do you want?

How many pages?
How much content on each page?
Will you be providing the content or do you need a copywriter?
Do you have images? How many will you need?
Do you want animation, or a slideshow, or video?
Do you have a logo and corporate colours?
Is it important to you that your website is easily found by search engines?
Do you want to be able to update your website yourself?
Do you want a database?
What about a contact form, or an email newsletter sign up form?
Will you be selling online and want a shopping cart and PayPal?
Have you registered a domain name and organised hosting?

As you can see, there are a lot of decisions to be made.

And my "7 Steps to Planning Your Website" can help you make them. Please email me at and let’s arrange a free consultation to discuss your website needs.