The Cost Process

What do you want to spend on your website? Do you have fixed budget constraints or is your budget more open-ended? What do you get for your money?

Here's a survey to help you see the process of estimating costs when creating a website. It might surprise you to find that the website you want might be more (or less) costly to create than you first expected.

Left column = Less Cost		Right column = Higher Cost
"I'm on a limited budget of $1000, give or take."		"I plan to invest several thousand in my website"
"My website will describe a single product, service, or topic"		"My website needs to cover more than one product, topic or service"
"My website will be for an existing product, service, or topic"		"My website will need an online store for several products or categories.
"I want a simple, basic design"		"I want a customized, hi-tech or flashy style"
"I have existing written materials to use as the website content"		"The webmaster will have to create the contents from scratch -- I'll help as we go along"
"I will specify the exact written content and the structure of the website"		"I want the webmaster to write, edit and organize my website"
"I expect the website to stay unchanged for several months at a time"		"I want to update the website monthly or even more often"
"I plan to use just a few graphics or photos"		"I want a lot of graphics and photos"
"I tend to NOT change my mind"		"I like to tweak and fix"
"I know what I want it to look like"		"Give me lots of designs to choose from"
"I am under no time constraints"		"I need the website done by yesterday"

The more questions you agreed with in the left-hand column, the more likely it is that we can design your website in the $1500 ballpark. The more you agreed with the answers on the right, the more likely that you'll need a larger budget for your website. Contact Brainstorm Web Design for a bid.