What are the costs for having a website?

Setup

  • Initial build: the basic site and menu system. This involves analysing your requirements, and making a menu system that will make navigation easy, and allow expansion for the future. Some pages may need to be invisible to all but you and your staff.
  • Design: you may have a particular brand that needs to be reflected in your site. We can arrange for a Graphic Designer to plan all the aspects of your site's appearance, or you can choose a theme from a set of existing designs.
  • Graphics: the templates, logo, banner graphic, important photos and graphics for the front page and other pages
  • Users: the people who will update the content need to be entered, and set up with appropriate permissions.
  • Email: You might want to have just one or two email addresses that have your site's domain name. These can be redirected to your usual email address.
  • Training: you and your staff will need assistance with populating and maintaining your content.
  • Search Engine Optimisation: keywords and good structure are important to keep your ranking high, and a marketing strategy for your site is essential. We will manage these in partnership with you.

 Add-ons

There is a range of modular improvements and extensions that can be included. These range from simple news feeds to sophisticated booking systems. Simple modules are quite easy to set up,  components that require configuration and connection to data sources are charged by time.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with details of your particular purpose.

Examples of add-ons:

  • your own email address
  • Blogging
  • RSS News feeds
  • Forms for users to send you information
  • Community, with list of users who can log in
  • Email contacts
  • Newsletters
  • Flash animations
  • Google Map
  • Google ads
  • YouTube embedding
  • Portfolio
  • Product Catalogue
  • Shopping Cart, Credit Card transactions and PayPal. (These will need special treatment, for example Secure Server Certificate, dedicated IP address, suitable bank facilities)
  • Telephone support after the first month

Ongoing charges

  • Domain name: this can range in price from $15 to $70, depending on the particular address.  .com is cheap, .co.nz (or anything with .nz after it) is expensive. Why? Ask the domain name vendors.
  • Hosting: we look after your site with backups and updates.
  • Site management. We make any changes you need, add modules, make new graphics, set up mailing lists, update ads, manage your SEO progress, report on traffic. You can set your own level of management in consultation with us.
  • Third Party software. Some features that you might like may have to be licensed from another company, eg accounting systems, payment systems, shopping carts, booking systems. The best ones are usually not free, but are generally inexpensive.

Prices (in $NZ):

Basic website: $500

This is for a site with one section, one menu and associated pages, simple text logo and banner, 3 simple components. Training for editing your content is included. This includes one hour of training.   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

Site hosting: $30 per month, paid in advance. If you increase this to $50, this gives you one hour of management and maintenance service, any time needed beyond that is charged for. We can arrange other management schemes and prices,  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

Add-ons, training and extra management is charged at $60 per hour.

Annual costs: $15 domain name (.com), $70 per year (.co.nz). Paid in advance.