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Business Management and Design.com charges $40 per hour for web design, which is under the average market rate (read why in the article “A Philosophy on Economics”). However, whether you use BMD or another web design company, you should know what to expect in the way of start-up and ongoing costs. Read the article “Does Your Business Need a Website?” for an overview of costs and other ‘need-to-know’ information.

BMD Website Services

Website Design: Website development costs vary considerably depending on the purpose it serves. For an information website such as this one it takes about two hours to produce one page. The allocation of time factors in setup, linking, image sizing, writing or getting content and much more. That means that a five-page ‘information only’ website will cost approximately $650.

BMD works closely with each client to achieve the end goal, which is a website that looks and feels ‘right’ both for the client and their customers.

Website Maintenance: Some websites require little or no maintenance. This usually applies to ‘brochure’ type websites where the information is static and used as an extension to a business card. Other websites are dynamic and require updates on a regular basis. In addition, experience has shown that websites, more often than not, grow and change to meet the demands of a changing market place.

Typically maintenance packages are charged monthly for ‘x’ number of updates for a specified fee. However, given the factors noted above BMD takes a slightly different approach. Package costs are determined after a period of three months during which maintenance charges are billed at $25 per hour. The average is then used as the package cost. Keep in mind that a good maintenance package does not just include updates. It also includes ensuring that the website is linked across the Internet and has the best possible ‘ranking’ on the major search engines.

Hosting: $5.95 (Cdn) per month (payable one year in advance) includes:

Free Domain Registration .(com, .biz, .net, .org) or transfer
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