Cost of website development

Cost of website development is a certain item of expenses in budget of any company, that is why such question as “What is the cost of website development?” is vital both for owners of small firms and directors general of large corporations. What does the cost of website development consist of?

It is impossible to determine the cost of website development to the penny if you don't know anything about business of the company and its peculiarities, aims and tasks of the future site. The cost of website development includes a lot of components. Below you can read about each component in detail.

The cost of website development can be presented in diagram form. It consists of the cost of website development itself (i.e. creation of website design, web programming and html layout) plus the cost of website maintenance and promotion if it is necessary. Complexity and functionality of the future site have a direct effect on the cost of its development.

For instance, development of a site with complex multibranch structure the aim of which is to bring immediate profit to the company is totally different from development of a small business site which is intended to present goods and services of the company on the Internet. Development cost of these sites will be also different.

During the preliminary stage it is necessary to clarify the needs of the company as precisely as possible and realize what the result of website development should be. This information helps to choose the most suitable type of the site, for instance, a small business site, an advertising promo site, a complex corporate website or even a capacious Internet portal.

Website design is developed by a professional web designer. He takes into account the type of the site, aims and tasks which were set during the preliminary stage and likes and dislikes of the target audience of the site. If a company has its own corporate identity (corporate colors, fonts, a corporate mascot) web designer uses the elements of the corporate style in design of the site because it will influence the company's image positively.

After the developed design has been approved by the customer it is passed to the specialists in html layout and web programming. The cost of work of these specialists depends of the complexity of the project and its functionality. The more complex and unconventional the project is the more timing budgets and software resources are necessary for its realization. Besides if a site is developed on the base of a paid CMS the cost of its software implementation will include the price for the license of this CMS.

Filling of the site with topical content is one more component of website development cost. If you just need to optimize already existing materials and texts for the web the cost of filling site with content will be lower.

The “assembled” site is located on the Internet. For this purpose it needs its own “address” – domain as well as “storage space” – hosting. That is why cost of website development also included domain name registration and payment for hosting services.

Initial optimization for the search engine promotion is performed during the stage of website development that is why its cost is included into the cost of website development. Further optimization and promotion of the site into the TOP page of search results are carried out if necessary and are paid for separately.

Therefore the cost of website development cannot be evaluated using a certain universal formula. Besides in each case “the set of services” which comprise website development can be totally different. For instance, website development may include professional photographic work or even video filming. It is quite evident, that in this case the cost of website development will be higher.

You can learn the cost of website development in web design studio WebStudio2U in the section “Prices” on our website or just call us.

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