CAN YOU PROVIDE A COST PROPOSAL ?
Yes, if you give us an outline or basic overview of what you want your site to accomplish, where you want your navigation to go, what type of special effects you want incorporated into it. We can give you a fair estimate of the overall costs.
Depending on the additions you may add during the project will greatly affect the over all costs involved. We ask that you simply fill out the Development Cost Evaluator type down the options you desire and submit this to us. Someone will e-mail or call you for more details if needed for an accurate estimate. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO DESIGN MY WEB SITE ?
From the time we receive all your information and content and actually start on the site, allow 3 weeks to 30 days for a basic web site, this primarily depends on complexity. We take all contracts on a "first-come, first-serve" basis, so it's important to reserve time by putting up a deposit.
CAN YOU DESIGN A LOGO FOR MY SITE ?
Yes we can. For a new businesses logo, or if you want your current logo enhanced artistically we can do that as well.
Custom artwork for existing logos, photos, etc. is charged the hourly rate. Always allow for artwork in the price, as this specialization is what will make your web site stand out from your competition.
CAN YOU BUILD A WEB SITE ON CONCEPT SO I CAN SEE YOUR IDEAS ?
No. Unlike a contractor who builds a house on concept and can turn around and sell it to someone else, your web site is customized just for you.
If you want to pay extra for speculation, double the price. We have done this in the past and found that some individuals would steel our concepts, so we can no longer provide site speculations. CAN I WATCH THE PROGRESS OF MY WEB SITE WHILE IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ?
It is not our policy to have people critiquing a work in process. When your site is 60% completed we will put it up in a temporary location for 48-72 hours to enable you to check for errors. Your site is made with information you provided at the onset.
All our clients, when they finally saw their web sites have said, "WOW!" They have always received more than they expected or could have envisioned for the price paid.
If we have a question and need you to comment on a particular detail, we will show you that part of the site for your comments only. WHAT IF I WANT TO MAKE CHANGES AFTER YOU'VE STARTED THE SITE ?
Simple changes are often no problem, if they are brought to our attention before that particular part of the site has been done.
However, as an example, you wanted to add another link to the navigation after the menu had been created, you will be charged for the time it takes to redo the whole menu.
Our policy is to create the site with the information on hand and be paid according to the contract. Afterwards, changes can be made on an hourly rate with a maintenance plan.
IF I'M IN THE AREA, CAN WE MEET FOR AN INTERVIEW ?
Yes we can. A personal interview is granted for some businesses. However the following was used to communicate with most existing clients. We use virtual chat systems, e-mail, FedEx, US Postal mail, and telephone communications.
We have conducted most of our interviews without ever having to visit a client on-site. Case example: One of our client is located in Denmark.
Our client sites and testimonial letters on our web site should demonstrate our abilities. Our contract details is what you can expect from us and what we can expect from you.
Time is valuable and the time taken by on-site interviews only takes away from creative and productive work flow. |
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WHAT A SMALL TO MID SIZED WEB SITE COSTS ?
It depends on how simple or complex of a web site your business desires. Our basic static web site design is very reasonable. You may add on to the basic site with as many options as desired. Plus their are some related fees for domain registration and hosting fees if applicable. We will consider all projects and do out best to provide at least some direction with your prospective project.
We can give your company a good professional site that will provide successful results if advertised properly. Adding on later will cost you more, It is better to pay a little extra now and get a whole lot more robust features in the beginning.
WILL YOU BE HOSTING MY WEB SITE ?
No. We specialize in design and technology development. We will set you up with one of the largest hosting companies as your host unless you already have a server established. We are a full "turnkey" web developer, so if you need domain registration and hosting services, we will handle it for you at no additional cost other that what Network Solutions and/or our hosting provider charge for their services. We have their rates onfile. Just ask us.
After the designing of your web site is completed and payment is received in full, we upload the files, check out the site functions and discuss registration with the search engines.
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO I NEED TO PROVIDE FOR BEST RESULTS ?
Any photos, brochures, marketing or advertising visuals will work. We will scan them at the proper resolution, crop them, size them, compress them for fast loading speeds to work with most connection speeds. Flat images in a web site look elementary and amateur, so we will always give your pictures some custom work. Mainly clean them up if needed and or brighten them
The appearance of your web site is just as important as the appearance of your storefront, home, vehicle, clothing. It makes and leaves an impression on all who see it. As we take great pride in all of our projects, as our reputation lies within each project. WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE ANY GOOD GRAPHIC IMAGES OF MY BUSINESS ?
We can provide them. We will research to find appropriate images for your type of business if you cannot provide your own. The majority of our clients have only given us a skeleton or mental concept of what they wanted on their individual pages and we created the visuals that made the web site unique. These details are what we specialize in. Our reputation lies in successful and visual client sites and nothing short of that is acceptable to us.
However providing us with more material the better, as content is very important. Sometimes if feasible we will take high quality photos on site. Fees will depend on the amount of time used to take shots and film processing fees if needed. We use very high end digital equipment and printing technologies for the the end results.
HOW WILL PEOPLE FIND MY WEB SITE AFTER IT'S ON THE INTERNET ?
We create very effective meta tags for the search engines to find and we can register your site with the major search engines upon uploading your files to your web server for an additional fee. We also recommend you advertise your web site just as you do your regular business.
Put your web address out for public view in all types of media. Contracting us to have the search engines visit your site on a monthly basis is minimal and highly advised. As we have seen in the past the fee will depend upon complexity and size of the over all project DO YOU PROVIDE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FOR MY WEB SITE IF I NEED PERIODIC CHANGES ?
Yes we can do your modifications, whether they are done immediately or 30 days or 6 months later. We do provide an estimated time frame for project completion. Adding new pictures or new pages are charged for accordingly.
We will offer a maintenance contract upon start and completion of the project to lock in the lower fee, as we have seen in the past the fee will depend upon complexity and size of the over all project. |