Web designers typically charge about $75 per hour. A business website could potentially cost between $5,000 and $10,000, with $6,760 being the average cost to set up, design, build and create content for a basic website. This figure also includes maintenance and training the client. Custom websites will surely cost more.
Whether your business operates offline or online, it’s crucial to build and maintain a website in today’s digital world. How much should a website cost, though? On average, the cost to build a website, which includes launching and designing it, is $12,000 to $150,000, while routine website maintenance ranges from $35 to $5000 per month — or $400 to $60,000 per year.
You’ve seen websites like that of Microsoft, Apple, T-Mobile & Sprint, Coca-Cola, and Samsung, do you seriously believe any of these websites were built for a $1,000 a month? Go ask yourself, will you go bust your brains and creative juices out for a measly $1,000? No, right? And neither would I. Because it’s not worth it.
And if that’s the only amount you can pay monthly, I do respect that, really I do; but ask yourself, can you live decently and comfortably with a thousand bucks monthly in your place. Add into the cost of gas money, food, apartment, etc. I really bet you can’t.
Businesses outsource because they need to — they need to save on cost of labor. So if you’ve managed to save 50% be grateful and don’t be a cheap fuck, okay? You’ll get what you pay for.