The Costs of Creating a Business Website
The cost of website development is highly dependent on the final product; the look, feel, and functionality you desire. i.e., hiring a professional website designer will cost more than building it yourself. You will need professional help if you want to build something complex like a client portal.
The goal is to create a plan that weighs the costs of all website elements, including:
Domain name — Domain name registration fees vary depending on the registrar and the extension.
Website Hosting – Availability online and some functionalities like page loading speed are determined by your website's host.
Web design — Creating a website from scratch is much more expensive than using pre-made templates.
Payment Gateway – If you want to sell products directly from your website, you'll need e-commerce features like product pages and payment gateways.
SSL Certificate – SSL certificate is a vital security certificate for business websites and e-commerce stores.
SEO — These features ensure that your website is indexed by search engines and that its content appears high on search engine results pages (SERPs).
Plugins and add-ons — Plugins and add-ons enhance website functionality. The ones you use will depend on the CMS you choose.
Website maintenance — Website maintenance costs typically include regular backups and security updates.
The table below estimates the cost of the above functionalities:
Cost of Feature/Website Item in INR
- Domain name : INR900-INR4500 yearly
- Basic Web hosting : INR2800-INR8000 per year
- Web development and design : INR15000 - INR70,000 (one-time cost)
- SSL cert : INR600 - INR5000 a year
- eCommerce capability : INR20000 - INR80000 (initial cost)
- Plug-ins : INR2000 - INR7500 (initial cost)
- SEO : INR6500 - INR20000
- Maintenance charges : INR3500-INR8500 per year
As shown in the table, prices vary widely due to a variety of factors. For a more accurate estimate, you need to dig deeper into those factors.
Your Website's Scope
The highest price point in website development is determined by:
Whether you agree to a fixed or hourly rate
Team experience
Team members' hourly rates
For fixed projects, you must agree on the total cost based on an estimate of the project's completion time. The hourly rate of the project team varies depending on availability, experience, and skill set. An experienced web design firm will typically charge more per hour. A less-experienced team may need more time to finish the project. When looking for a web design agency, make sure they have the skills you need, such as SEO, illustration, or UX testing. Don't be afraid to ask about the agency's past projects and what they did to finish them. Small business owners frequently believe that the cost of a website is limited to design and programming (back end). While these two processes account for the majority of costs and tasks, there are several other factors to consider that could significantly affect the project's cost.
Three factors influence the total number of hours required to complete your website:
Difficulty
Website features
Web page Dimensions
Let's examine each one.
Difficulty
website-complexity
Complicated means that your website has a lot of unique features and business requirements.
Simple web projects take less time to design and develop than complex web projects.
Among the variables to consider in website complexity are:
- The difficulty of navigating your website — the sections you want visitors to see.
- Your website's visual design elements, such as collages, illustrations, videos, and animations.
- Company branding, persona targeting, and product branding.
- Just how much data and content users will have to interact with.
- Whether or not you want the site to connect to external databases.
The importance of animation in web design
Website features
Here, website functionalities refer to the specific tasks your site must be able to perform.
Building an e-commerce website or one with customer accounts takes a long time.
Among the variables to consider in website functionality are:
- Product range (e-commerce)
- Number of items (e-commerce)
- account member/client
- Detail for each product (e-commerce)
- The content type is determined by the content type.
- Scheduling
Website size
The size of your website will determine how much work goes into creating it and its content. Among the variables to consider in website size are:
- Number of pages on your website
- Required copywriting and content creation
- Web page templates, e.g. resource, gallery, product, etc.
- Level and type of automation, such as creating page content using dynamic built-in logic and product data
- Original media such as video on the website. (The web hosting vendor's servers may not be able to host certain media types, especially large files.)
