How for much a website..!?!?

[serious_sam]

I currently sell on Ebay and Amazon and have been doing so for the past 7-8 months. I now wish to bring my store to have its own online outlet. However, I was quoted £8,000 by one of the e-commerce companies that I checked out. That's a bit over my budget right now.

Can anyone make any suggestions on what companies offer e-commerce shops for a lot less? say..under a £1,000?

Surely, they can't all be around the £8k mark right?

 

[Connexions]

Alot of it is down to what exactly you want, maybe your requirements led to that quote. Take a look at our site, we have several ecommerce packages for the budget to professional shop.

 

[maxh]

It depends whether you want your website to work

 

[serious_sam]

To iwebshop, you may have a new customer. Your services look good. Although I do have a few questions. I'll call in soon.

 

[designnudgewill]

I currently sell on Ebay and Amazon and have been doing so for the past 7-8 months. I now wish to bring my store to have its own online outlet. However, I was quoted £8,000 by one of the e-commerce companies that I checked out. That's a bit over my budget right now.

Can anyone make any suggestions on what companies offer e-commerce shops for a lot less? say..under a £1,000?

Surely, they can't all be around the £8k mark right?

It might be worth going down the freelance route as a good freelancer would be able to charge significantly less than £8k but with similar features and functionality. If you worked with a company that uses their own e-commerce software you may have to pay on-going support costs to make small changes to your website as they usually lock the code and ftp area.

 

[pcross]

Getting an off the shelf product may suit your budget but does it suit your business and is it best for the future? - Working with a bespoke web development company can pay off in the long term - especially if you can build a good long term relationship. £8K seems a bit heavy, but as the previous poster mentioned depends on your requirements/expectations.

 

[benjamin_c]

For a low budget yet very functional online shop try http://www.tigercommerce.co.uk/
if you have basic computer skills you should be able to do most of the setting up your self and then you will only have to pay the basic monthly fee of £18, they do offer design services but they are pretty expensive, if you give them a call you should be able to negotiate a good deal for £1000, I do it all the time with loads of companies and save a fortune, in the current economic climate most companies will discount a fair bit in price to get a sale. And with web design companies the margins are quite big so they have the room to move.

 

[umbrella-technologies]

Dont go for Hosted solutions as in the long run its not good. Try elance or Freelance.net you will get good quotes over there.

If you are open for offshore development, PM me the details and I will get back to you with a quote.

 

[iboxsecurity]

The price depends a lot on the size of the design company as well as your requirements. We have done a lot of ecommerce stores including some that come in under £1,000 - send me a pm with a brief or list of requirements and I shall get back to you as soon as possible.

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

I currently sell on Ebay and Amazon and have been doing so for the past 7-8 months. I now wish to bring my store to have its own online outlet. However, I was quoted £8,000 by one of the e-commerce companies that I checked out. That's a bit over my budget right now.

Can anyone make any suggestions on what companies offer e-commerce shops for a lot less? say..under a £1,000?

Surely, they can't all be around the £8k mark right?

You could try 'Sheffield Design Services' as we have used them for several client sites and they seem very good from the feedback we have had. If you contact them ask for Jonathan and tell him I sent you. If you want a payment gateway we can provide a low-cost/secure option which is compatible with their sites.

Thanks,

Simon

 

[evocart]

We provide ecommerce solutions and services, prices from just £99 (including hosting) for a starter Zen Cart store, all you need to do is add the products, unless you have a CSV file then we'll take care of that as well Any question then feel free to contact us via our website.

 

[That Guy]

Why not use something like OpenCart and host it yourself?

I have used OpenCart for a friend on his site and it is very easy to work with.

OpenCart is free is all you need to do is pay someone to give it the look you want and you will also need Webhosting (see my signature for a good place to start)

Hope this helps

 

[Lee Storey]

Hi, I'm new to this forum but it doesn't take me long to plug our services. We offer ecommerce packages typically priced between £750-£1000. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you may have or show you current live examples and customer testimonials.

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Regards,
Lee

 

[matt.chatterley]

I currently sell on Ebay and Amazon and have been doing so for the past 7-8 months. I now wish to bring my store to have its own online outlet. However, I was quoted £8,000 by one of the e-commerce companies that I checked out. That's a bit over my budget right now.

Can anyone make any suggestions on what companies offer e-commerce shops for a lot less? say..under a £1,000?

Surely, they can't all be around the £8k mark right?

Did you give them a detailed brief or spec - or were they just picking a figure out of thin air?

eCommerce projects vary wildly in cost depending upon requirements (and therefore complexity).

It also depends on whether you have a bespoke design built, go down the template route, which framework you pick (is it a developers own one, an open source one, etc) - not to mention if you have a dedicated server or shared hosting - just a snapshot of a few of the issues involved (not even touching on functionality).

They aren't all around 8k, though. I'd say they vary from as little as 1-2k for simple stores, right up-to massive amounts of cash for very complex or large scale ones.

We have our own "get an eCommerce quote" page if you want to get more info on our pricing.

 

[bdw]

Be careful with low cost and hosted ecommerce solutions. Many of them are billed as being search engine friendly but the truth is that YOU need to know what you are doing with this if you are doing this yourself otherwise the site is likely to fail.

We build each site for our each client's specific business and we include appropriate SEO for this business. We communicate personally with each client, we do the research for them and we use our own method of SEO that usually works well. Obviously that takes time and that's the the difference between paying a couple of hundred quid or the £1200 that we usually quote for a standard solution.

Because your worth it!

 

[KraveMedia]

It would depend on the amount of work you're looking for but if you're looking for something lower than £1,000 you'll have a hard time with established companies... might be worth trying smaller or newer companies who are looking for clients to build up their portfolio. You could also try breaking it down... go to one company for design.. one for ecommerce.. perhaps?

If you're looking for cheap design work or web building my company would be more than willing to help.

 

[evocart]

Be careful with low cost and hosted ecommerce solutions. Many of them are billed as being search engine friendly but the truth is that YOU need to know what you are doing with this if you are doing this yourself otherwise the site is likely to fail.

Yes and no, there is nothing wrong with low cost ecommerce solutions as long as you know what your getting for your money, obviously your not going to get a unique template and a fully SEO'd site for a couple of hundred pounds, however as a starter solution for those either starting out or who don't have £1000+ for an acommerce store.

SEO can be learnt if the client wants to learn badly enough, also there is much more to promoting your website/ecommerce store than SEO. (although important) Offline promotion is very under used in my opinion, and I'm not talking about leafleting all your neighbours hoping that Mrs Jones will buy a new sports bra.

So really it depends on how much you can afford to spend and how much time you are willing to invest in your site once it has been built.

 

[Deleted member 61074]

Lots of things to consider here, the first being your product range. Some products sell well on eBay and it is very difficult to make the transition to your own shop due to competition ie the competition has a bigger budget than you to make a nice looking site that is seo optimised, your prices might need to increase to cover the cost of your site and so on

Personally I think you can get a good start with £1000/2000, but there is nothing wrong with a diy job to test the Market with something like zen or open cart

Post your list of requirements so we can see if the £8000 matches your spec

 

[mattlast005]

Tiger Commerce will be able to help you. Have a look at their packages on their website - http://www.tigercommerce.co.uk/packages-pricing

 

[localweb]

It would really depend on how many products you have and what functions you require, but 8k sounds OTT.

I personally feel it's better to own your site and not pay monthly for a cart.
If you own it and the hosting sucks for example, you can move your site, it's more secure and you have more control over what you can and can't do.
You never own but rent with monthly paid subscription software.

If you need any further advice, please get in touch.