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COSTS

Cost of writing up your web catalogue $A495, exclusive of the domain registration and hosting costs set out below.


Registration of ".com.au" domain name: currently $A45p/a.

I have found that .com registration, while cheaper, attracts mostly U.S. and other overseas viewers.
Cost of hosting with a local service provider: currently $A77p/a.

I tried quite a few service providers over the years and have found a local one to be the best by far.


ONGOING MAINTENANCE

Six months as part of the above cost, and thereafter a new contract would need to be negotiated.

With some small businesses, just an occasional update will do. A one-off update of all pages costing $80.

 

I CAN DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR SMALL BUSINESS A NEW WEBSITE

THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND ON GOOGLE

First you decide on design, or I can use my own experience and some research to select a suitable design and colour layout.   It makes the design phase simpler and cheaper by copying elements, or a whole website design from the websites I have already made.
The factors controlling success of the website would not be affected by such repetition of design.
If you already have a small business website which has proved to be disappointing, we can look at it and decide whether to continue the format or start again.  The problem may only be with poor copywriting.
I can cut out the excess old-style code and correct design faults on existing sites. Existing sites will soon improve their search-engine rankings after optimisation, and visitors are much more likely to respond as you want them to when the site usability and call to action are improved.  A few business-specific illustrations can help in a website, they are not just for decoration, they make the site look better, which encourages people to look further.

What do you need to provide for content for your new website?

Generally you need to describe in detail just what your business does. This may seem perfectly obvious to you, however I may need some details to be written down. You could just tell me, and I could write it down and check that what I have written is your idea of goods and/or services offered by your business. The copy is then edited and care is taken to make sure that potential customers can understand your message in the way intended.

Illustrations, Photographs, Logos

Most new websites contain illustrations of some kind, and most businesses have a logo.
If you need photographs on your website, I can easily add them.
Some stock photos may need to be purchased from specialist photographic websites, and I can do that. An example may be city views, aircraft, or famous people.
I can make or copy logos. This issue would naturally be discussed in the design phase.

Flash Animation

I recommend you not use any moving images at all on your site, because they tend to distract people from reading your “Call To Action”.
For that reason I do not usually include any animated images in any new websites I produce.