How much should a basic website cost?

[aeridley]

Hi

How much should a basic two or three page, no frills, website cost?

I'm just looking for a simple site for my copywriting and translation company.

Thanks

 

[EmployEasily HR Services]

Check out dreamtemplate.com - you can access a shed load of excellent website templates for less than £50.

If you host it on a server that uses Cpanel you'll be able to utilise various tools that will make editing the content pretty simple.

 

[aeridley]

Great, thanks!

 

[TechFox]

Great, thanks!

I recommend Graham at http://www.aerin.co.uk

Should be around £30 for what you've asked for.

 

[davezzr]

i use windows live has a lot of good tools and will monitor all site hits,where the hits originated etc very easy to use.reasonable templates or upload your own.500mb space,100 email accounts,free hosting,free .co.uk domain. and its FREE
has a forum and loads of guides to get the best out of your site,ive had mine for 2 years and not charged a penny

 

[mike1337]

Depends if you want one that works or not. You can get throw together websites for £50 as suggested above that will give you a presence but if you want something that actually works and brings you business I'd say around £300 is reasonable.

 

[Graemem]

Have a look at my offer in the offers section,
http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=125118

£50 for a 5 page website with a years hosting

 

[BronwynDurand]

If its simple, and you are willing to do a bit yourself - try wordpress dot org (not the dot com) - you will only pay for your host, which you find, choose a template, and the learning begins,
Moonfruit - templates and hosting

 

[Optegris]

<sarcasm>
Depends. Put it out to tender and you should get web designers paying you for the work
</sarcasm>

 

[WeAreRedBalloon]

You'd probably be looking at around £250-£300 for a decent website that actually achieves want you want, which I'm going to assume is more clients.

Anyone can make a website, its making a website that works that you're paying for.

 

[wuchuanmin]

it's very cheap, about $20-40 in china, or you can download a cms soft, you can built a site by yourself easy.

 

[iArtist]

My earlier reply (wound up in another thread - yellowducks) was that my website (vistaprint template site) costs around £7.49 pcm, which as yellow duck pointed out is more than his great offer which is just £50 , which is of course less than I pay in annual costs.

I'd check his offer out!

Leah

 

[wsiyorkshire]

I'd like to say you get what you pay for, but this is not always the case, but if paying in the low hundreds, you should manage your expectations generally

 

[ShortyMedia]

Depends if you want one that works or not. You can get throw together websites for £50 as suggested above that will give you a presence but if you want something that actually works and brings you business I'd say around £300 is reasonable.

I totally agree with this. So many people don't want to spend money on a website these days which to me, is crazy.

Usually, those looking to spend £50 on a site are going to get exactly what they pay for, something that isn't going to be of much use and definitely not stand out from the crowd.

It all depends how important it is to you to have a good web presence. Having said that, £300 would get you a decent one if you chose someone like a creative freelancer who does good work but has low overheads and works from home etc.

P.S. Considering that I've just noticed this post is a few years old, I doubt you're still looking for advice

 

[businessfunding]

I totally agree with this. So many people don't want to spend money on a website these days which to me, is crazy.

Usually, those looking to spend £50 on a site are going to get exactly what they pay for, something that isn't going to be of much use and definitely not stand out from the crowd.

It all depends how important it is to you to have a good web presence. Having said that, £300 would get you a decent one if you chose someone like a creative freelancer who does good work but has low overheads and works from home etc.

P.S. Considering that I've just noticed this post is a few years old, I doubt you're still looking for advice

This is of course the opportunity that web designers should be looking to pounce on - people who have built their own site & worked out that it isn't professional.

6 months later - but a customer who has learned to understand value..

 

[Optegris]

As this post has been bumped from 2009(!) I'm locking it as I don't feel anything extra can be added to the OPs question.