Cost of Applegreen websites

Website design and build

All of Applegreen's websites are invidually designed for the client and built using hand-written, browser-ready code. Because of this, the final cost of a website can vary according to a number of factors:

• the number of pages;
• the number, quality and provenance of images (they can be be bought from licence-free suppliers);
• whether you prefer to have complete over the design or simply leave it to Applegreen;
• whether other platforms are to be integrated, such as a blog, Facebook, Paypal, Linked-In etc;
• how much thought you have already put into the structure, navigation and content of pages.

A basic site can cost around £300. To that you need to add the purchase of a domain name and the cost of hosting — Applegreen can help with this as well.

Applegreen does not charge for meetings with the client, only for actual website work carried out.

Website maintenance

Updating your website is crucial to maintaining its relevance. Avoiding the pitfalls of out-of-date information is one of the advantages of the web over print: you can change your address if you move, you can allow the cost of your products to go up. Visitors expect website owners to take full advantage of this, and will quicly navigate away if their information is clearly wrong.

When planning your website, think carefully about how it can be updated, and who will do this.

Applegreen currently charges £25 per hour (no VAT) for maintenance. This is strictly timed by the clock, with invoices being submitted whenever £100 is reached unless agreed otherwise.

Last updated: February 2012