Is this a good price for a full website?

Ok, so I’m looking to hire a web designer and this is what he gave me, he’s just starting out and his portfolio of mockups are pretty nice!

Premium Website – $1999

This package is ideal for small business that requires data collection tools and audience tools such as website memberships. You get a custom logo. Also provide downloadable content from your website such as PDF menus & guides.

What’s Included:

Custom Home Page
Custom Contact Us Page (Includes Map & Form)
Custom About Us Page
Photo Gallery/Slide Show (unlimited photos)
Links Page
Frequently Asked Question Page
Request A Callback/Quote Page
Custom Logo/Banner
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Storage
SEO (Search Engine Optimized)
Create Password protected areas on your site. (Member Only Content)
Free ".com" domain & Hosting
Your Website Can Be Setup in 30 Days or less !

$15/Month Maintence Fee ($180/yr) *First 2 Months FREE*

I just saw one of his sites, & there very good! He not only designs them, he is able to maintain and update the site ($15 fee). And he uses a site called squarespace and he writes CSS & HTML in addition to the features on squarespace. But he makes the logo and templates in photoshop. The squarespace site provides unlimited bandwidth & that’s why he uses it v.s go daddy.

I got my website from a professional web designer starting at $499.

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11 Responses to “Is this a good price for a full website?”

Himanshu_SEO on December 13th, 2011 at 2:35 am

view my profile php.deogharonline.com i can give you a batter quote for your project you can email me himanshu.208[@]gmail.com
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Jake on December 13th, 2011 at 2:51 am

Seems expensive for effectively repainting the cosmetics of a pre-programmed site environment like squarespace.

You might look at the alternative pre-designed site template as a starting point that can just be modified by a developer which can be put on almost any hosting service.

This site has a design selection form that narrows it down quickly.

http://www.templatemonster.com/

Unfortunately the result of competitive spec. one-upmansship the majority of $5 – $9 a month shared hosting sites now offer "unlimited" bandwidth as well as including a free domain name, real world performance varies considerably depending on how many of hundreds of sites share your server, (godaddy hosting doesn’t have the best rep.) a squarespace for example pays affiliates a $100 finders fee for bring in new business account customers, these commissions probably skew the host review site results and developer choices

Actually if you are talking about http://www.squarespace.com/ they seem to be providing a preassigned environment that your description of photoshop tailoring would fit. Having a site put on this platform should cost considerably less than building a "normal" site since a minimum of hard core coding is required.

They mention the ease of editing a "style" (part of their proprietary system?)
http://help.squarespace.com/customer/portal/articles/10902-what-is-a-style-

I see a lot of sites using subdomains there, like many free hosts arrange their accounts.

This google search shows lists these sites that one could review in addition to the official edxamples:
site:squarespace.com time

From their help section:
Squarespace websites are hosted at Peer1 Networks in New York City. Peer1 boasts a 100% network uptime guarantee, and is an extremely reputable hosting provider. From their website,
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Laura on December 13th, 2011 at 3:40 am

I got my website from a professional web designer starting at $499.
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Karan on December 13th, 2011 at 4:04 am

Visit http://www.up.biz for a quotation
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B K on December 13th, 2011 at 4:17 am

So you are going to get more than one quote? Right?

You do know that "squarespace" is basically a website builder. All he seems to be offering is a customised template. It does seem a little expensive to say the least, especially when you consider that you could do it all yourself at a fraction of the cost by getting a squarespace account yourself.
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Kristi Boulware on December 13th, 2011 at 4:29 am

As said previously this is a high quote for someone using a template builder. These are not custom made sites. Contact some other people for additional quotes. We usually build a basic site out starting around $500.
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Peter Y on December 13th, 2011 at 5:34 am

Might as well get one yourself at:

wauportal.com

They show you how to build one yourself with their super easy to use website builder and unlimited pages.
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Taylor Mananahi on December 13th, 2011 at 6:16 am

That’s somewhat expensive. Many you can try our offer. Web designers in the Philippines is somewhat more affordable.
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xchasingsummerx on December 13th, 2011 at 6:35 am

Personally, I would recommend JT Images, you can check out their site here: http://www.jtimages.com/
They can design a fantastic, professional looking site for you with all kind of features including e-commerce and set you up with a domain name. They will also use their SEO skills to help you rank on google and protect you from spam and viruses with their email filtering program. They can even get you started with a marketing campaign to expand and increase your business.
No harm in checking them out either, they do free quotes
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Nita K on December 13th, 2011 at 6:41 am

You can go with these if you have some fund to spent. if you dont want to spent some money initially when you start up a company, then you may want to spent less on all these things. one option to go with godaddy for 50/ year hosting and find some good free html templates or CMS templates for your website.

you can find all kind of free templates here

http://www.templateswork.com
http://www.e-webtemplates.com
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