How much does building a Website will cost You??
So.. Finally you have decided to shift your business online and maybe now you are thinking of Building a Website for yourself.
But do you know, what it really takes to build a website?
May be a little bit but I assure you my friend that having half knowledge about anything can lead to disasters later on. Well, not in this scenario though, what it can is just affect is your pocket a bit and a lot of time and effort. But if you know, where and how will it cost you while building your website, I am sure you can plan out things much faster and it would be much smoother while executing.
So today in this article I will discuss with you all the ins and outs about building your website and how much will it actually cost you to build one. But before we can dive deeper, let me tell you this, there’s only 3 ways known to me by which you can go around building a website.
1. Want a Professional Website with Complex Functionalities — Hire a Professional Web Developer
2. Want Excellent flexibility and controls in your hands — Go WordPress.
3. Don’t know anything about Coding and have not much time in hand — Use a Website Builder
Well, now that you know the ways to build a website for yourself, you might be wondering how much will it actually cost You ultimately. Well, frankly speaking it all depends on which route you choose to build your website. It can cost you upto few grands or more or just few couples of bucks. But more on that in the later part of this article.
So now I wanna let you know about some of the absolute necessities that you can’t avoid and will definitely cost you money.
1. Domain name
2. Hosting
3. Security
4. Added Functionalities
5. Maintenance
6. Web Designer fees
7. Professional Email Services.
These are the absolute fundamentals to keep in mind to in order to run your website after it had being created. And not to mention, these are all are recurring bills that you can’t avoid. So you need to plan accordingly and choose which way you would want to go around building your website.
So … Now that you understand a little bit about where your funds would be exercising, we will be looking each of the 3 ways to build your website. And lets see which route will likely suite you.
1. Want to Hire a Professional Web Designer?
You may feel intrigued by looking at all those heavy websites that looks so amazing and professional at the same time. Well you can too have your own, you just need to hire a Web Designer.
Well, but let me tell you this, hiring a Designer won’t be the cheapest way to go with. Hiring a Professional Website can cost anywhere around $3000 — upto $10000, depending on the nature of work you want to Web Developer to do for you. So do look into your budget and if you think that you want this , only go for it.
Now let’s see, what perks you get when you hire a professional.
1. You don’t have to worry about anything regarding coding.
Leave all that to your developer, all you need to worry about it make him understand how you want your website to look and function like.
2. You can get your website with whatever functionalities you want, which is normally not possible by other ways. These functionalities would be inbuilt into your system on the go and for this reason you won’t need to worry about 3rd party plugins or apps later on.
3. If anything happens and problem arises to your site, no need to worry, you already have a professional around to trouble shoot your problems. You just sit back and let him do the heavy lifting.
Okay, u now got a glimpse of what it likes to be having a professional work for you. You can get them via any agency, or form amu freelancing sites. But before getting one, I do recommend to check out their profiles and previous works and projects so that you are absolutely sure this person is the one. Or it may happen you may end up paying more to a less skilled person.
Lets talk about few things that will actually affect your fees with a Proffesional.
1. The level of complexities and functionalities you want in your site.
The more complex and functional you would want your website to be the more these developers will tend to charge you.
2. Whether you would use your personal hosting and domains or want them to handle the hosting and domain part too.
[Well its all possible that, these people may do AtoZ for you, but its actually more sensible to not leave everything to them. It’s best to let them just build the site, you may have your own hosting and domains.]
3. Whether you would use the templates provider by the designer or you would use your own custom made.
4. Would you want them to create content too, or you would do it yourself.
And all the others factors that you would be negotiating with your developer will give you more exact estimate of how much it would cost.
But let me tell you one thing, if you ever go by this route, don’t cut your cost too much, or else you won’t be satisfied by the final results but you still be paying a hefty amount.
2. Using WordPress.
Are you a person having little bit confidence in your coding skills? Want more flexibility and control into your website? Then WordPress would be your best choice.
Over 40% of the internet is build upon WordPress, and its still hasnt lost it charm. It an open source platform that gives you all the flexibility you needed to build what you truely desire of your website. And having a little bit knowledge of html and Java Script really helps in the Customization.
Well, it said open source so is it free then?
What’s the Catch here?
Though it may be a open source platform and it may look free, well it’s definitely is free but it may actually cost you more when it comes to having exactly function your website as you wanted it to be.
Let me explain…
· You will still need to have seperate hosting and domain that will cost you every Year.
· Though there are free templates available to use, but for more advanced functionalities you may need to opt into using the premium templates.
· Just having templates won’t still be enough, you will need to install various apps and additional plugins.
· In case you encountered a crash with your site, you will need professional help who understands WordPress. And this professional help will cost you some bucks when ever its needed.
· . In this online world, security have become a very important factor. And to maintain Privacy and protection you need to install good security, and that too will move up your cost by a few bucks too.
3. Using a Website Builder.
Well by far the most reliable and the cheapest option of compared to the other two. Website Builders are great for people who are starting with nothing but scratch. With literally no requirements of coding stuffs, you will just need to drag and drop however and wherever you may feel like as you have will have the ability to edit and modify dynamically on the go.
Now, even most of the creators and even organizations prefer using Website Builders and it saves them from the huge cost incurred by hiring any professional and bring forth stunning websites in much less time.
What else would you want if building websites become so much easier?
Now focus all your efforts and time into build your business. So let me dissect the anatomy for you about Website Builders.
1. No extra hosting required as the platform itself handles the hosting as you use their builder to build your website.
2. You even get a free domain for the first year, then yearly fees.
3. Security is also provided by the platform, as you build your website using their software.
4. Beginner friendly Drag and Drop editor to seamlessly design your pages as you like it.
Basically, if you think your budget is tight all-round and want to use that saved money more on growing your business after building your website then, this may be the best choice for you. But, its really up to you and only you. You have your unique needs and desires which you may want or fulfill with your website. Analyse those factors properly and then decide which route to take.
