Thursday, November 5, 2009

Website Design Cost: Factors To Consider

By Tim Morgan

Website design cost depends greatly on the business or individual who is having the website designed. There are many options and variables that can affect the cost of a website design. Among these is the functions that an individual wants on their website, how interactive the website will be, and how often the website will be updated.

When comparing website designers and the costs they charge it is important to have an idea of what the end product should look like. Many individuals enter into contracts with website designers with only a faint idea of what they want and continually make changes to the initial website design. While the website design cost will normally be charged as a project, the changes and alterations will be added to that cost and can change the final cost of the design a great deal.

With a clear vision of what the end product should look like and be able to do, the business owner gives the web designer the opportunity to offer advice and provide some functions to enhance their website that may have not been thought of previously. By collaborating and working with the web designer as a partner an individual can receive an effective and efficient website for a minimal investment.

After explaining the end use of a website a web designer can advise an individual on which type of platform will be most cost effective and efficient for their use. A static website is one that has each page created individually and is more appropriate for a website that will not need updated information added regularly. A dynamic website is one that is very mobile and versatile and is automatically updated by the information from a database that feeds the templates of the website information continually.

The web designer will also be able to advise on the best design for the website. Some guidelines regarding the most effective marketing strategies on a web layout. The product or service that an individual has will dictate the type of layout that will be most effective and one of the six basic designs will be the foundation upon which the website is built.

After the final website design cost has been paid the web designer may be added to the business family as a contract employee who will return at regular intervals to update and make changes to the website depending on the trends that occur in the website market. Websites change regularly and when a new trend becomes popular the website designer will be able to make the adjustments to an existing website fairly easily to keep it up to date.

By using a company that has both a website developer and designer on its team a business can see a cost savings as well as an effective and efficient progression of their website design. Website developers have the necessary programming expertise to create certain functions that may not be available to individuals who cannot program a system to do the function. Web designers however have the expertise and knowledge to create a website that will increase a business' value and marketability on the Internet.

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