How much would a website cost me? What do you charge for a website? How much is a website? Or my favourite, what’s the going rate for a website these days?
These are the type of questions I am asked over and over again. I can never answer.
Would you ask a builder how much they’d charge to build you a house? No. You would show them the plans. You would discuss the materials and what work, such as the kitchen, you’d like them do and not do. Possibly you would state your budget. And so on.
Once the builder understands your requirements they can draw up a quotation. The same applies to web development. Until I know what you want I cannot give you a price.
Ideally the first approach should be statement-then-question: Here is what I need. What would you charge me?
However, more often than not I find people do not know themselves what they want or need. That is not a problem. We can sit down and analyse your requirements, thereby defining the “here is what I need” statement.
Then the “how much does a website cost?” can be easily answered.
