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Re: Feedback on my website please!
This is a bit misleading....
The scope of work involved dictates what it's going to cost. But $600 - $900 is WAY too low. In the end you'll have a site not much different than the one you have. An average freelance rate for design is about $50 / hour. And for web development it can range from $50 - $100 for a freelancer depending on what kind of programming is needed.
Sure there are cheaper alternatives, but you get what you pay for. Personally, I wouldn't want a student to build my business' website. I would hire a professional freelancer. Consider it this way - would your clients hire a student to be their realtor? There's a reason they hire a professional and pay a fair price.
All that said, this is what I suggest:
Identity Design - work with a designer to develop your brand. A brand is not just a logo, it's people's perception of you and your business. A good logo is a part of it, but not the be all end all. I would budget $1,500 for this.
Website Design - Not just the overall look and feel, but usability, and functionality. What do you need the site to do in terms of functionality vs. the user experience you want to create for your visitors? Is it a case of just posting your listings? Or do you want to include more on your site? (blog, industry news, market reports, mortgage information, etc etc)
Once you have determined the overall structure of the site then the actual design phase begins. Working with the designer you establish the look and feel and once you're happy with everything you go on to the next step - development. For this planning / design phase I would budget $2500.
Development & programming - I take it you would like to upload your own listings and photos which means you will need a content management system. There are a number of turn-key solutions, or you can go completely custom. Naturally a customized solution is more expensive, but turn-key solutions still need some work to get everything to jive with your specific site.
Assuming you opt to go with a turn-key CMS then I would budget $3000.
So all in you'd pay $7000 for a professional site and have the ability to update your listings yourself. How does that compare with the average commission you make on a sale?
And just for reference, the agency I work at recently built a similar site with a similar scope. We charge $6,500 as a flat rate for identity development and the site design and development combined was $14K for this particular project. But for that you get a whole team with years of experience and of course and agency has overhead to pay, etc etc.
If you want to pick my brain feel free to PM me and we could go grab a coffee sometime.
Hope that helps!
- C.
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The scope of work involved dictates what it's going to cost. But $600 - $900 is WAY too low. In the end you'll have a site not much different than the one you have. An average freelance rate for design is about $50 / hour. And for web development it can range from $50 - $100 for a freelancer depending on what kind of programming is needed.
Sure there are cheaper alternatives, but you get what you pay for. Personally, I wouldn't want a student to build my business' website. I would hire a professional freelancer. Consider it this way - would your clients hire a student to be their realtor? There's a reason they hire a professional and pay a fair price.
All that said, this is what I suggest:
Identity Design - work with a designer to develop your brand. A brand is not just a logo, it's people's perception of you and your business. A good logo is a part of it, but not the be all end all. I would budget $1,500 for this.
Website Design - Not just the overall look and feel, but usability, and functionality. What do you need the site to do in terms of functionality vs. the user experience you want to create for your visitors? Is it a case of just posting your listings? Or do you want to include more on your site? (blog, industry news, market reports, mortgage information, etc etc)
Once you have determined the overall structure of the site then the actual design phase begins. Working with the designer you establish the look and feel and once you're happy with everything you go on to the next step - development. For this planning / design phase I would budget $2500.
Development & programming - I take it you would like to upload your own listings and photos which means you will need a content management system. There are a number of turn-key solutions, or you can go completely custom. Naturally a customized solution is more expensive, but turn-key solutions still need some work to get everything to jive with your specific site.
Assuming you opt to go with a turn-key CMS then I would budget $3000.
So all in you'd pay $7000 for a professional site and have the ability to update your listings yourself. How does that compare with the average commission you make on a sale?
And just for reference, the agency I work at recently built a similar site with a similar scope. We charge $6,500 as a flat rate for identity development and the site design and development combined was $14K for this particular project. But for that you get a whole team with years of experience and of course and agency has overhead to pay, etc etc.
If you want to pick my brain feel free to PM me and we could go grab a coffee sometime.
Hope that helps!
- C.
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