what price range's considered 'cheap' and 'expensive' for designing a web site?
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depends on what type of website you want to do.  The last guy's response is pretty much for large firms and not a realistic quote for the casual person.  If you are doing an e-commerce site. Try www.oscommerce.com the shopping cart is free but you may have to find someone to upload it to an FTP server for you.   Also vsps.com is another site with a more user friendly install.  Same thing applies to that as well.  If you are just looking to do a website with information rather than prodcut to sell, there are tons of free templates that are available for you to edit through Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver.  Good Luck
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If you are looking for a place to host a business website, check out 1&1.\n\nWith over 5 million customers, 1&1 is one of the fastest growing and most professional web hosting providers out there. With 1&1, you can host a website for as low as $2.99 per month! With even the cheapest package, you get at least one free domain name as well! 1&1 has an extremely easy-to-use Control Panel so that you can manage your websites, FTP accounts, and e-mail accounts with minimal effort. As well as ease of use, they have many advanced features and a complete easy-to-use website building program for those who aren't that familiar with web design.\n\nSee the 1&1 link below and good luck on your website! Send me your domain name when you get your website created, I'd like to see it!
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It really depends on the quality. Usually, web designers sell their templates to people. Templates can range anywhere from $5 to $1000.
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If you want a good graphic designer, you'll have to pay the price. If you want to set a lower price, you will have to accept what you can get for the price.\n\nIf you want a proffessionally designed website, try --\nhttp://mikecox.com/\nor\nhttp://www.finerdesign.com/  \nor\nhttp://www.nrjdesign.com/\n\nIf you'd like to do it yourself, get a copy of "Creating Webpages for Dummies". It is a very informative book and comes with a CD containing several trials of web buiding software.\n\nOr try signing up with Yahoo for your website. They offer a free set of tools for building your site. Yahoo Sitebuilder is quite easy to use.
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It's a tricky question...\nFirst of all is very broad and with a lot of variables.\n\nMost web development companies/firms will give you a price only after having a clear discussion about all the features.\nIf it's made from zero it can cost from 2-4000 $.\nBut... an e-shop is a type of application. Once you do it you can resell it (of course modified to fit the client requests) at a lower price. Let's say just for the argument... 500-1000 $. \nIf you dare to do it yourself then you can try some free fully featured e-shops like osCommerce (http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/oscommerce).\n\nHosting... the least expensive part of the problem. You can find tons of offers. Prices from 25-hundres of $ / month, depending on the account type.\n\n24/7 customer support, maintenance, updates... this you can find only talking with the company doing the e-shop application.\nLike any specialized service it can cost a lot. Again, it depends on what you need.\n\nI hope I've been able to give you a hint.\nIf you can provide me with specific information I can tell you much more. So, write me if you need.
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As with any price question in a free market, the designer whould charge whatever the buyer will pay.  How much do you think a good logo will affect the success of your business?  After you know that, you can decide what it is worth to you.  If one designer doesn't like what you are willing to pay, find another.  Design students are a great resource for affordable talent.\n\nI would think the more pertinent price is what are you getting for whatever price you negotiate.  Do you get to keep seeing designs until you find one you like, or are you paying for 10 concepts from which to choose?  Personally, I would rather pay by number than hour.
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I once faced a similar situation as yours: I needed to design a website for a community helpline, and this place was a fantastic discovery:\n\nwww.rentacoder.com\n\nwww.guru.com is another place where you can place a competitive offer. The good thing is you don't have to pay anything in advance in both places, and there are plenty of people to choose from.\n\nI had my website built for $75 by an Indian, and he was fantastic I should say except for some spelling mistakes on the page which he promptly rectified without complain. The good thing is he worked 7 days time for that trifle amount. But, that was in 2004. Now, from what I hear, rates have risen a bit even in India. Still, it's a far cheaper alternative - try imagining screw an American for 7 days.\n\nIt's always advisable to bargain with Indians....most of them want to take US customers for a ride, but they are still your good bet cuz they are technically sound. Do your homework well and wish you good luck.
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It depends on who you ask to design it. I've seen it go from about $2 to $5, all depending on the skills of the person who made it.
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I run a Graphic Design Company who design and build websites, they range in price from £500 upwards. What sort of site are you after?
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If you think your website has value, then $5 is such a ridiculous amount. \n\nDetermining the value of a website has always been a tricky business; it's hard to put a value on something that is intangible. Some use a 10x valuation formula or 10 times its net profit. Others look at the cost of replicating the website. Other factors that can also come into play include perceived value of domain name, applications developed and running on the website, size of customer database, income and traffic diversification, even branding of the website.
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well... I'd say you could start by going to freewebs.com and make a website there... it's free and they have some basic layouts for you... the only downside is that your website comes with advertisements on it... If you want your own server Yahoo I believe has it wher eyou can register a domain for $9.99 I think for a year... but then you'd have to buy a server and/or run the website off your computer.\n\nIf you want it professional looking and don't like freewebs.com and want to design it yourself... that's where it get's expensive and I'd suggest using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver...\n\nPhotoshop for graphics and Dreamweaver will help you with setting up the pages to where they look nice..\n\nOther then buying those two programs... Freewebs.com is the only place right now to help you get started at least with a basic website...\n\nI'm a graphic designer myself and have helped design websites... you can email me and I'll help you design your website and all... You'd just once again have to pay for a domain then a host if you're not planning on hosting it off your computer.
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Go to www.struif.com and try Site Builder, for a free trial website that you set up and design by yourself - It's fast (10 minutes) and cheap (if you decide to keep it it's only $249 (payable in 2 installments) plus monthly hosting. Very user friendly for nearly any business or personal website. Plus it has the best shopping carts I've seen for ecommerce.
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My media company designs web sites. Our sites start from $300. e mail me for more details.
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There are many places to get a web page hosted. The cost is from $0.00 to $40.00 per. month it all depends what you are willing to pay or how detailed you want the page to be... Here is a site for you to look at.\n\nhttp://www.doteasy.com/
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It's really a matter of taste and comfort level with image applications.\n\nBoth Photoshop and GIMP are amazing programs. Since even the simplest version of Photoshop is expensive for beginning web designers, cost might be an issue here... remember that GIMP is (legally) free.
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The added cost comes in more forms than just money. If you want a great website that will fulfill your agenda, it's better to pay for one than get a free one that will let you down. Especially if you can get one from dreamhost.com at a huge discount by using FREETRAP as the discount code when you sign up.