Website options and cost guidelines:

As someone requiring a website you are probably one of the following -

  • You already have a home grown site and simply require some help and advice in developing it further ...

  • You require a site designed from scratch but intend to maintain and look after it yourself. In which case you probably want a basic site, easy to update and to upload onto your host's servers ...

  • You know you need a website but do not have the time or technical inclination to build or maintain one. You require a fully professional looking website, updatable as and when necessary and where technical issues, like domain name registration and hosting for example, are managed by someone else ...

The way I work is to discuss in detail with you at the outset why you want a website and what you aim to achieve with it. We will agree which of the three options described above best fits your situation.

I will then outline a design for your site which we can discuss and develop as necessary.

Having finalised the overall scope of the project, I will provide a quotation for the work to be undertaken and for site maintenance if this is required.

I will keep you informed of work in progress and show you draft pages for your approval. This stage may all be done via e-mail.

I see this as an essentially collaborative process with my aim to create a fully functioning website specific to your needs.

As for cost this clearly depends on the scope of the project undertaken but in preparing a quote I will use the following prices as a guide.

Basic Site £270 (plus domain name registration and hosting if required - see below)

  • Very basic one or two page site with photographs and text (provided by you)
  • Graphics design (header and logo)
Additional services £135 / day
  • Website design and construction
  • Designing graphics
  • Digital photography of your art work, products and location / business premises
  • Updating existing websites

Website management (Not applicable to self maintained sites)

  • Hosting your site £23.50 / year
  • Submission to search engines £25 per hour
  • Domain registration. Depends on domain but as an indication .com and .co.uk are as follows:
  www.yourwebsite.com £23.50 for two years
  www.yourwebsite.co.uk £11.75 for two years