Web Design can be quite confusing at times. Client feedback suggests often times business owners don’t understand the pricing model for web developers and designers. Web Designers and Web Developer pricing can be quite different when you understand each title function. Web Designers deal with how the front end of your website will look. Web Developers solely deal with the back end of your website. Some individuals may possess both skills and can be really great at both. As for a standard pricing model to get the work completed you must follow the hourly method. Let’s assume it takes a designer 40hrs (a typical work week) to complete your website and the hourly rate of charge is $75. Multiply the hourly rate by the full hours of labor (40) then you get a sense of how much things cost. In this small test case your website will cost at least $3,000 to complete your branded website design.

The reality is web design and web development are time consuming. In todays world there are alternatives in regard to DIY (DO IT YOURSELF – WEB PLATFORMS). You will pay a subscription price lets say $14.99 or $50.00 per month for services. These are great options however if your running a successful business that requires all your time for other functions of the business, then how can one produce effective results when it comes to web design or web development. Keeping up with the competition, marketing, sales, back end, plug-ins, updates, security, etc. can be time consuming even after your website is published. Does your overall brand permeate across your company print and digital collateral? Is your website customer friendly and if so how do you measure user data? What about your overall local SEO plan? What about setting up the proper meta data in your header tag? What about indexing your website to Google or Bing? These are a few important aspects of web design and web development that are important to help with your website success.