Cost apart from the website itself:

Registration of ".com.au" domain name: $A45

I have found that .com registration, while cheaper, attracts mostly U.S. and other overseas viewers.

Cost of hosting with a local service provider: $A77

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


COSTS

Cost of writing up your web catalogue exclusive of the above costs is $A495.

Extra pages over 6 will be written and fully optimised for $80 each.


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.



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Small Business Brochure Web Sites

I specialise in helping small local business owners in South-East Queensland to promote their products and services on the Internet with an affordable range of web design solutions.

The cheapest way to get a credible internet presence it by publishing a small website known as a web brochure.
If this format is suitable for your business, I will optimise the content of your web brochure to make sure it ranks highly in the search engines, thus bringing it to the attention of qualified customers who are searching on the internet for your product or service.

Generally a brochure website is a static website displaying your products and services. A small business would typically have a site containing around 5 or 6 main pages. For example:

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Services/Products
  • Contact Us
  • Industry specific information
  • Terms & conditions

Additional pages can be added at minimal cost, to meet your unique requirements; for example, new products or services.

Many single-operator and very small businesses may not have a logo to put on top of the brochure, and I can design something for you. Not necessarily a logo, maybe something generic.

I can help you to get a suitable domain name if you don't already have one. It is very important to choose a good domain name for any website, and then to find out if it is still available. Sometimes it seems to take ages just to find a name that is not taken these days.

I will set up the email accounts and hosting for your website.
You must avoid falling for so-called "free website hosting", among other things, that would detract greatly from your credibility. Businesses with free hosting look like "fly-by-nighters".

Contact by your potential customers will be either by phone or email form. The use of a simple form stops email harvesting to some degree, and then a bit of extra code weeds out those nuisances who put your email address onto an automatic spammer.


The Internet provides a cost effective means of marketing your business online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


If you are in the Brisbane area, and are considering a new small business website or want to be found on the internet, then contact me.



Anything you put here is not likely to be seen unless someone is really interested in your site.