Kraml Design offers quality original Web sites at "cookie cutter" template prices!
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If you ask a dealer to tell you how much a car would cost, chances are they'll ask what make, what model and what options. Don't be fooled by "one price gets you a Web site" ads. If a car dealer gives you a price of $3,000 without asking for the make, model and options, rest assured you'll be driving home a rusty Yugo with 300,000 miles on it. You get the picture. |
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| As I was attempting to illustrate above, it is difficult to quote on "custom" creative work. From project to project the time involved can vary greatly due to the complexity of each assignment. Those companies offering flat rates for Web site design are most likely utilizing prefabricated design templates that will be used for other businesses, possibly by your competitors. Flat rates are often inflated. Some design elements may take hours while others may only take minutes. This is why I offer hourly rates with average times as a guide. This will help alleviate paying for time not really spent on your project. Go with true custom design and avoid the embarrassment of "wearing the same dress to the prom." |
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| An average 8 page site may take approximately 15 to 30 hours to complete. This page is to provide you with an idea of what it might cost to design a CUSTOM Web site. A site could actually cost as little as $150 or less if it is extremely simple. On the average it's closer to $500 with planning, illustration, graphics, photos and building of pages. There are also plenty of cases where the cost could be in the thousands. You know your budget, I'll help you accomplish your goals while keeping budget in mind. Once an actual project has been outlined an accurate time/cost estimate can be agreed upon. |
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Hosting buyers beware! Remember to evaluate carefully those "great deals" out there offering "cheap this" and "free that." They're usually "to good to be true" rip-offs. Here's an exception to the rule. I refer my clients (big and small) to a free hosting service by www.DotEasy.com simply to let them get there "Web" feet wet before investing money in hosting fees and services they might not ever need. DotEasy does NOT put any advertising banners or messages on your site. You get a generous 100 Megs of space, 10 email accounts and Web mail. (I've seen $20 per month hosting out there with only one email account and no web mail) Here's the only catch (painless to you and very smart on there part), You "pay" for the free hosting by letting them send you "junk mail." I'm sure you get some now so you might as well get something in return. I do not profit from DotEasy other than to possibly design your Web site. I own a number of sites and to prove my confidence in their reliable FREE service they've been hosting KramlDesign.com (this site) since 2000. If you grow out of their free service you can upgrade (at VERY reasonable prices) to their robust fee based hosting or simply move on to another host of your choice. Kraml Design is here to design for you not to resell virtual hosting. If you desire I can also assist in researching and making recommendations regarding what hosting company to use.
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> New or Redesign of Site
> Options/Additional Pages
> Site Maintenance
> Email Set Up |
New or Redesign of Web Site Includes: (8-12 pages will cost roughly $400 to $1200)
- Initial Planning Meeting and follow-ups
- Concept/design/graphics, building existing pages, coding, ALT tags ($40 per hr. Avg. 15 - 30 hrs.)
- Building of approximately 8-12 pages
- Content (Text and Photos/Logos) is to be supplied by client in electronic form (text input and artwork is additional)
- Site Navigation (Image based created with copyright free art), drop-down menus and mouse-over effects
- Proofs/Revisions/AAs
- Tags- image Alt tags, Meta tags (client is to provide list)
- Posting of designed pages
- Create individual email accounts/sub accounts on virtual host
- Forward domain email accounts to your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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> New or Redesign of Site
> Options/Additional Pages
> Site Maintenance
> Email Set Up |
Options / Additional Pages:
- Assist in setting up domain name and hosting service (avg. $25) included if Kraml Design builds site
- Site Map "table of contents" for entire site ($50 avg.)
- Rebuild of existing Logo ($50 avg.)
- Writing/Editorial services are Available.
- Create new logo ($750 avg. - no royalties, all rights to logo transfer to client upon payment)
- On-Location digital photography -- ($50 min. per location)
- Silhouette images ($50 per hour, avg. photo 15-30 minutes)
- Additional simple pages not incorporated into main navigation ($25-50 avg.)
- Photo/image/Logo Scans, resize ($10 ea. -- discounted if a large quantity is involved)
- Create PDFs of publications ($5 ea. / no charge if the document is/was designed by Kraml Design)
- Addition of new "subordinate" page [includes site branding, though it does not change Main navigation] Example: additional Events page ($50 per hour, avg. page build and post 15-30 minutes)
- Addition of new "main" page to be incorporated into "MAIN navigation" including addition of link on every page ($75+ depending on how labor intensive the addition is to the main navigation. For example new images, possibly reworking all navigation to be fit in)
- Guestbook/Comment Area/Search ($50+) Price depends on scripting and hosting service features
- Email form rather than an email link ($50+) Price depends on scripting and hosting service features
- Training of client's staff to add (FTP) links/images to site ($50 per hour at clients site - add travel if more than 20 miles from Trenton, NJ)
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> New or Redesign of Site
> Options/Additional Pages
> Site Maintenance
> Email Set Up |
Site Maintenance (many sites require little or no maintenance):
- Standard (Simple) Updates to text/revisions/date changes/deletion of outdated items/scheduled deletions or document postings etc.
($50 per hour/avg. time is 15-30 minutes for a handful of changes, would be billed monthly)
- Maintenance Fee Option: A retainer situation vs. monthly billing may also be set up to spread out an estimated cost of maintenance/additional pages. Example: $25 per month to take care of an average of 3 standard revisions/postings a week. (12 per month)
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> New or Redesign of Site
> Options/Additional Pages
> Site Maintenance
> Email Set Up |
Optional Email Setup:
(approx. $50-75 depending on number of accounts and time involved - add travel if more than 20 miles from Trenton, NJ)
- Forward domain email accounts to your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Set up PCs at office to pull from ISP mail
Thank you for considering Kraml Design.
Please contact me with any questions regarding an actual estimate by reviewing an outline of your proposed Web site requirements
Paul Kraml
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