Why Choose Havealook Websites?
Havealook’s team structure allows the company to offer a wide variety of pricing levels to customers. The pricing options range from $999 to $2799. The structure provided by the company allows many professional services to be purchased at a much lower rate than would be possible with another business model. The model takes advantage of many of the cost benefits associated with a dedicated team.
Most of the company’s websites are created by a dedicated team positioned to develop multiple aspects of each project at the same time. The company was founded with a team structure that was custom-built to support various functionalities. The efficiency that was built into the structure of Havealook’s dedicated teams allows the company to create professional websites at a high level of quality. Yet the associated cost is kept low.
By intentionally keeping overhead costs low, the creation of lower-cost designs and products has become almost intrinsic to the company’s line of work. The model also allows for a high level of collaboration among members of the design teams. For this reason, many customers find that the packages offered by Havealook are far more comprehensive than what could be found elsewhere.
Some of the packages included with many projects are hosting options that come with the cost of doing business, along with the expenses associated with building a website. Since most of the smaller operations responsible for website planning and development do not maintain a dedicated staff in this area of business, the number of options available to some people is limited at that. Typically, businesses outside of large corporations don’t have the physical space for such teams within their existing offices.
The hidden cost of Website Development
Many people and businesses looking to build a website think only of the initial cost, the design and the development. The costs don’t stop there. Web hosting (i.e., the place where your website lives on the internet) is a continuing cost, which varies dramatically per provider and level of service.
Like any business, there is also a ton of maintenance to be done. At minimum, updates to software, plugins, and security (like patching vulnerabilities). Rats!
What about the people helping to remediate all of those costs (support)? What about the costs associated with sales for the service? If they’re all not strongly considered in the beginning, you can run into some unexpected financial challenges. Ensuring financial feasibility needs to be completely thought out to achieve success for all stakeholders.
Websites from $995
Average pricing for Web Design
A quick look at ‘web design pricing’ in search and you’ll find that the cost of a basic site can easily run you in the neighbourhood of at least $5000. Many businesses set their pricing at numbers that make it seem like you’re getting excellent value for professional web design, development, and support—but may be prohibitive for small businesses and startups looking to establish an online presence at the time being.
Yet, Havealook has figured out everyone’s need for fair pricing and instead operate more efficiently, without forcing companies to pay a premium upfront to gain access to a great web design service. When you think about ‘web design pricing’, the trend in pricing itself is actually much higher, but this should be an important point to make—companies of all shapes and sizes are spending all along the way up. Whether you want or need to be amidst that trend is another story altogether, but at least you have a choice.
Tip for Budgeting Your Website
Businesses need to budget for what they need. Develop website priorities that align with business criteria. Perhaps you really need e-commerce capabilities, or perhaps the main priority is a website that emphasizes the brand, the design is creating a user experience that will help with conversions.
This will allow you to line up resource ducks in a row. If branding is a business priority and design is a key website feature, you don’t want brand and design resources allocated toward the end of website development. You want this to be a priority at the beginning.
And, don’t forget to account for the cost of running a website. The clear and ever-present danger is the budget line for recurring operating costs: the costs for the things that allow a website to continue to stay up and be as fresh as the day it was born. They are the operating costs for ongoing website maintenance, for a content management system (CMS) that requires a license and has to be kept up-to-date; or the monthly/ annual fees for website hosting. For companies with a website, the cost represents that dreaded, negative figure on the company budget bottom line.
Any business that is looking to build their new website or update their old one, must first understand exactly what is involved in the cost of a website. You must understand how much a website will cost you from Website Design Pricing, Fees for Hosting, and running a website post-launch. If you have read the items above, then by now, you should have a good grasp of what you are paying for.
At Havealook Websites, we suggest you speak with us and ask for a quote as we will be able to break the quote down per part. It will clear up a few of the more complex cost points and at least you will know how to go ahead with your website purchase.
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