how much does a website usually cost to setup?

[ncoopie11]

Just looking at the option of setting up my own website. Wondering a rough idea on how much it's going to cost???

thanks

 

[QuickHomeBuyers]

How long is a piece of string?

£50 to £100k or even more?

 

[darren atkinson]

I agree, it is entirely dependant on what type of website (static, CMS, ecommerce, custom), what functionality, basic design or high end design, and that's just for starters.

A basic Wordpress site can be had for free with cheap hosting and domain name costs of around £30 per year.

It basically goes up from there depending on requirements.

 

[DannyLewis]

Hello,

I am going to be setting up my own website soon as well, so good luck to us both!

For me, using the following site, my initial costs would be about £250 probably a bit less, and then the same again yearly. http://www.123-reg.co.uk

They're worth checking out as they offer SSL certificates, Business Passport, WHOIS protection, e-mail mailboxes etc. Have a look for yourself and see what sort of price it will cost for the site you intend to build. Obviously this site is personal preference, so other people may be able to suggest alternative links.

As for site building, you can do all that for free using Joomla. Others on here may suggest paying somebody to do it for you and paying for ecommerce carts, but Joomla seems to be able to offer a hell of a lot for no cost. There are plenty of cool extensions as well and most of them are free. Hope this helps a little.

 

[ITsoldUK]

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This would also stop the repeated replies and spammers who will no doubt show up soon

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[Ali-v-8]

£0 - you can use webs,com wix or moonfruit - but you get what you pay for.

£100 - £200 will give you your own website but thats about it.
£300+ can get you started on ecommerce

this is if you want to get online.

 

[LED Lightworld]

You will need to commit serious money, serious time, and play the long game if you want to succeed. Anyone can get a £300 website built- getting it found, in volume and selling enough to make serious money is another story.
Ecommerce is not a cheap, quick easy part time vocation as some think- IMHO.

 

[finleydesign]

If you could give a brief on the type of site you need you might get a more accurate response, however I am sure you will no doubt get tons of people coming on offering you a site from £1 to £100k

Ideally speak to a web design agency rather then a forum as you get a far more accurate answer, if you are then unsure come back on the forums for advise

 

[Cheapwebdesign]

Agree with what everyone has said above, You will get some companies offering it for £75 however they will more than likely take your money and disappear for a good few month's. All depends on what you actually need. Maybe pick up the phone and speak to a web design company direct.

Good luck

 

[Cheapwebdesign]

Agree with what everyone has said above, You will get some companies offering it for £75 however they will more than likely take your money and disappear for a good few month's. All depends on what you actually need. Maybe pick up the phone and speak to a web design company direct.

Good luck

 

[ccoles]

It depends on your requirements. Just to give you an options:

You can use free hosted site which you will not pay anything
But depending on your features, it will start from £200

 

[JElder]

Also be aware of the hidden costs.

Whatever you spend on a new site, you are going to have to spend a lot more to get any traffic to it, through SEO, advertising, PPC, social media or other sources.

As for costs - be careful of the cheapest options, unless you are aware they are cheap. You will hit the limits of the cheapest packages very quickly. Some of the open source systems like Joomla are good, but do require coding skill to get the most out of and give it a distinctive look.

Lastly, consider paying for a designer, even if you do the development yourself - at least to get help with a logo, colour scheme and basic layout.

 

[antropy]

Ah yes, the old "how much is a website?" question.

How much is a car?

 

[Talay]

Ah yes, the old "how much is a website?" question.

How much is a car?

Strangely enough cars do have pretty much listed prices at both new and second hand values.

Of course you can be sold a lemon, new and old, but websites are another game entirely.

I spent some time looking for an answer to the "how much ?" question and no-one could answer, though there were lots of proposals to do it for X hundred or Y thousand pounds. Strangely enough, no-one actually said what they would be doing for this money, though I didn't ask the ones asking a couple of hundred as getting pretty much anything started would eat up that budget.

I came down on the idea that you had to decide on a choice between competence or cutting edge. If you want competence, you need someone who can demonstrate they have designed a site previously which does everything or just about everything you want your site to do. However, if you want cutting edge, you will need to employ the creative mind coupled with technical innovators and you won't get them for £10 an hour.

As for my projects, I am still looking for someone but I am teaching myself in the interim, not to be able to do it myself at all but rather to be able to understand what needs to be done and have some more specific input into how to achieve that.

Many websites have their designer's credentials listed at the bottom somewhere and you can then backtrack to their website and see whether they might be in your price range.

 

[antropy]

Strangely enough cars do have pretty much listed prices at both new and second hand values.

Agreed, so if the OP mentioned what car was needed, what age, what mileage, whether mpg was important etc. then someone could give a price range

 

[Ali-v-8]

Cars, websites cloths houses or even food.

All these items vary depending on what you get.
You cant expect to pay the same price for a burger that you would for fillet steak. Both are made of meat but you know there is a difference.

 

[Poppy Design]

All depends on your business type and your target market..

Anyone can set up a free or cheap website (as vistaprint keep telling us) but if you are B2B then a homemade, non branding template option just won't look professional.

However if you are selling a few things from home or a small B&B then the cheaper route would probably work well for you.

 

I had websites from 50quid to thousands

They look pretty different though

 

[Mainland]

The actual developing of a website is the easy part. As previously said, getting it noticed and actually making any money from it is where the skill comes in. Actually pricing a website is a difficult one. I have seen websites that cost £200 that are far better than one costing £10000. Personally I would steer away from the cheaper websites as they usually look just that, 'cheap'.

A poor website can often be worse than not having one at all.

 

[peterarnott]

check out shopify or similar platforms