Typical email enquiry when we are asked for a quote for website design services:
I just wanted to drop you a quick line to help manage expectations in regards to costs for a project like this ahead of tomorrows meeting.
It is always difficult to ‘spec’ a website without fully knowing the desired design or technical extent. However I can furnish you with a very broad ballpark cost, based on your summary brief and associated required level of content / functionality.
As a bespoke development company (we usually do not use WordPress or any other off-the-shelf or open-source software but can do if required), we can absolutely build any and every desired functionality to your exact requirement, programming in a bespoke ‘hand-coded’ fashion. This can of course include CMS (content management systems), full responsiveness across all popular devices and anything else you need.
Our costs for a bespoke static site or a simple CMS driven site would be higher than most website development companies as you get so much more that just a ‘website’. Additionally, there is the marketing-led copywriting to consider, animations, images/photography, full responsiveness, and optimisation of the site. These stages could easily reach to a further few thousand pounds and are almost more important than the base website itself.
As a ballpark I would estimate a required budget of something over £5000, plus ongoing digital marketing which starts at £500 per month. We always work to a budget and cut the functionality accordingly, so I thought it prudent to manage expectations early on and ensure that this meets with you budget estimations.
We are definitely not the cheapest agency in the area, our clients use us because they are serious about marketing their company and want the very best in form and functionality, you would be more than hard pressed to find creative and development team as highly skilled as ours, and as a full service agency you benefit from a dynamic, broad skill-set all under one roof.
We are very adept at delivering turnkey digital solutions, without fuss and with expectations managed all the way. And with over 20 years experience, you’re in safe hands. I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me directly should you have any further questions.