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Seeking Website Development Advice
Posted on 7/24/18 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 7/24/18 at 12:28 pm
Needing some informed opinions on how best to approach a ground up site build.
Site will need:
Landing page
About
Services
Enrollment page with pay options and checkout
Enrollment page offering questions which imports results to a template
Contact
Varied other unique dev needs to ensure all templates can be printed, stored and revisited using userid/pw
Whatever else is unforseen.
Question is, when looking for a developer, what is the usual method of compensation? Flat fee based upon estimated hours? Hourly rate? Is maintenance or add-ons usually available?
Thanks in advance, a ton.
Site will need:
Landing page
About
Services
Enrollment page with pay options and checkout
Enrollment page offering questions which imports results to a template
Contact
Varied other unique dev needs to ensure all templates can be printed, stored and revisited using userid/pw
Whatever else is unforseen.
Question is, when looking for a developer, what is the usual method of compensation? Flat fee based upon estimated hours? Hourly rate? Is maintenance or add-ons usually available?
Thanks in advance, a ton.
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Posted on 7/24/18 at 12:39 pm to Sao
This sounds pretty simple. I'd say your best bet is something online that's kind of out of the box DIY. Hiring a company will make you likely the lowest priority on their list based on the requirements you just outlined.
Posted on 7/24/18 at 1:39 pm to Sao
I paid a flat rate for mine and it included all needed follow up work and changes, guy was really good and nice.
Posted on 7/24/18 at 2:17 pm to Sao
Look at Wix. Super cheap and you can build out as you want. Very user friendly. You could easily have this done for a couple of hundred bucks if you want to spend the weekend working on it.
Posted on 7/24/18 at 10:05 pm to LSUlove
So, if I need a boilerplate doc template with certain criteria via a questionairre imported to exact spaces, something like Wix may be able to capture and work?
Thanks for the replies, Gents. In my head I may be making this more complex than it is.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:53 pm to LSUlove
I second Wix. You don’t need to be super tech savvy to understand.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 9:54 pm to Sao
You can try something like Wix. If you are reasonably tech-savvy you can probably figure it out.
That said, if you choose the right developer it is money well spent. Many of them will have both template and custom options. Templates are significantly cheaper because you are changing colors and content, not building from the ground up. I have worked with vendors who do all-in packages for like $2500, which includes a certain number of pages, X number rounds of changes, etc. Custom sites are much pricier because they are coded just for you. Cheapest custom site I ever quoted was like $10k, and that was for a relatively simple website without many pages or bells and whistles.
Keep in mind even if you build it yourself you will need to pay for hosting your site somewhere. That will run you roughly $100/year depending on the specifics of your site.
If you go with a developer, make sure you ask what is included in the maintenance package they are going to try to sell you. Maintenance packages usually run $50-$100 a month. Some are more. But what you want out of that is regular backups (like at least monthly) that can be restored if your site is compromised and also regular site scans and cleaning to ensure your site is secure and there are no issues like spam links that need to be removed or vulnerable holes in the back end that need to be patched. If something happens you also need to know the cost of rectifying it, the timeline for doing so and the method of billing (hourly?). Had a client dump their developer after their site was hacked and redirected to a porn site and the developer did nothing for a week. We hired someone else who handled it within 24 hours.
That said, if you choose the right developer it is money well spent. Many of them will have both template and custom options. Templates are significantly cheaper because you are changing colors and content, not building from the ground up. I have worked with vendors who do all-in packages for like $2500, which includes a certain number of pages, X number rounds of changes, etc. Custom sites are much pricier because they are coded just for you. Cheapest custom site I ever quoted was like $10k, and that was for a relatively simple website without many pages or bells and whistles.
Keep in mind even if you build it yourself you will need to pay for hosting your site somewhere. That will run you roughly $100/year depending on the specifics of your site.
If you go with a developer, make sure you ask what is included in the maintenance package they are going to try to sell you. Maintenance packages usually run $50-$100 a month. Some are more. But what you want out of that is regular backups (like at least monthly) that can be restored if your site is compromised and also regular site scans and cleaning to ensure your site is secure and there are no issues like spam links that need to be removed or vulnerable holes in the back end that need to be patched. If something happens you also need to know the cost of rectifying it, the timeline for doing so and the method of billing (hourly?). Had a client dump their developer after their site was hacked and redirected to a porn site and the developer did nothing for a week. We hired someone else who handled it within 24 hours.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 11:13 pm to Sao
We used Wix for our business. No complaints.
Posted on 7/26/18 at 2:22 am to pwejr88
Hire somebody on Fiverr
Posted on 7/26/18 at 9:42 am to Sao
You basically hire 3 back-office techies and no front sales. You will have a beautiful eCommerce but with no sales ;)
You should have a team of 4: 1 tech/dev (offshoring when it’s needed), 1 merchandiser (the ones who will make sure your Product Pages have the right content for SEO), 1 Ads/Search manager who will go after affiliates and manage keywords, and 1 Conversion/UX manager who will run A/B testing up to the point you’ll reach at least 5% of eCommerce conversion rate.
For the day-2-day, go for Trello or any kanban tasks tool. GitHub is cool if you plan to code a lot of custom exotic services. It should’nt happen, focus first on configuration and content.
And dont forget about a reliable webhosting. I think it's good to start from the decent and low cost hosting service like https://zomro.net/.
Their plans have many useful resources which are necessary for running a website successfully.
Prices are affordable and uptime is high. Cheers
You should have a team of 4: 1 tech/dev (offshoring when it’s needed), 1 merchandiser (the ones who will make sure your Product Pages have the right content for SEO), 1 Ads/Search manager who will go after affiliates and manage keywords, and 1 Conversion/UX manager who will run A/B testing up to the point you’ll reach at least 5% of eCommerce conversion rate.
For the day-2-day, go for Trello or any kanban tasks tool. GitHub is cool if you plan to code a lot of custom exotic services. It should’nt happen, focus first on configuration and content.
And dont forget about a reliable webhosting. I think it's good to start from the decent and low cost hosting service like https://zomro.net/.
Their plans have many useful resources which are necessary for running a website successfully.
Prices are affordable and uptime is high. Cheers
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