How Much Does A Website Cost?

I get asked this ALL the time...and it's very frustrating to me as a developer.

Someone calls me up and the first thing out of their mouth is: "I need a website. How much does it cost?" It's like someone asking "How much does a machine cost?"

Big price difference between a hand-held calculator and a car - both machines!!

Before price shopping, decide what you want or need a website to do. Look around the internet at other websites. Look at websites that are in your industry first, then don't hesitate to look at any and all websites you like.

Maybe it will be the color palette, maybe the layout (design). Perhaps you like a certain feature on a site totally unrelated to what you do. That's OK! Good web developers understand that other than design, websites can be made to do nearly anything you'd like.

The second most important thing to know going in is how much do you want to spend? Let's be real here! Look around and find out what real websites cost, as opposed to a "GoDaddy" Web Site Express.

My final thought on this is "what does it cost you to NOT have a website?"...