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Website Development Pricing Structure

it_geeks — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:15:26 +0000

#Website Cost #ROI #Design #Development #SEO

Website development as a mainstream has flourished exponentially within a less time. With so many of the service providers spreading out and the Internet opening up the International boundaries, a lot of design variety and skill diversity is available. Despite, this has created a great chaos in the minds of clients. With different Website Development Pricing all over the companies, most of the web design service buyers mull over the reasonable cost of web development. We can find web designers and web design firms asking different amounts at the same time some others don’t even touch a project for less than that particular amount, and even more web designers fall in between these price ranges. So what is the right price for a website design or redesign?

It depends on a multitude of factors::

Quality

There are so many options to save money. However, cheap quality reflects itself negatively, and has the potential of hindering website visitor conversions. On the other hand, if all your marketing budget is spent on just a website design and you have nothing left to market your impeccable website, did you even then made a wise decision ? You need a professionally created website that “talks” to your visitors and does a perfect job at showing them how trustworthy you and your business are. More important however is that you need a website that is “results-oriented” and converts your visitors into customers.

Value

The price to value depends on factors which encompass design and functionality both. You have to know what goes into developing a basic website framework and how much effort is needed to add bells and whistles to the basic core.

Functionality

Many customers require a content management system to enable them to easily add content to the site and update the existing content. Many individuals and businesses however require much more than a basic 5 page website and may include requirements like Flash slideshows, editable jQuery, Contact Us forms, Blog, Forum, Sitemap, Virtual Tours, Photo and Video Galleries etc. Your web design company needs to design and develop this functionality and you will be paying for their time and expertise.

The larger your project scope, the higher the cost will be. Web development costs include scope parameters such as:

The number of pages to be designed.
Programming required
Content authoring and image usage.
Web hosting and domain name purchase.
Video development and video hosting
Logo design or redesign

Expertise and Experience

Experienced web designers is always the best choice. While experienced web design firms with cross-discipline experience will always charge more, they also stand a better chance of delivering superior results.

Good developers must have quality assurance methods, project management tools . Cross browser testing, broken link checks, better cut images, cleaner Javascript code, that loads quickly, are some benefits that make or break a website.

The bottom line is, the decision to hire a web design company should never be price focused, but ROI (return on investment) focused. If the company has the ability to deliver and show you a successful track record, you will never regret your decision.

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Website Maintenance

it_geeks — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:13:38 +0000

A website needs regular website maintenance to function properly. There are many issues related to websites which need regular attention so that the website can remain unharmed by malicious attacks and can always remain updated with the latest information and content. Regular website maintenance is the key to online sustainability. Website owners think that once their CMS website has been built, you don’t need to do anything more to it other than add content but that is just one aspect of the overall website maintenance. Website Maintenance comprises all the activities needed to ensure the smooth functioning and operational integrity of the website like:

Website Publishing
Website Quality Assurance
Manage Communication With Website Visitors
Measure Success Of The Website
Manage technical aspects of the website

The decision of maintaining the website in-house or outsourcing to an agency also depends on the size of the website and also on the availability of people having the required knowledge to maintain the website in-house. Some may lack the knowledge and tools needed for proper website upkeep. Usually people invest a huge amount developing a good website and many times also spend on promoting the website online but in the name of maintenance they assume that only adding content is enough and as they can easily manage that via the CMS very little attention is paid to the other aspects of the website. One needs to allocate a certain budget for the regular maintenance also. One solution is to hire a company that specializes or offers web maintenance services. Hence all these activities can be managed in-house by having a dedicated team or outsource it to different specialized agencies by defining the scope of each agency very clearly and appoint a person in-house to co-ordinate with the different agencies to achieve success or find a company which offers turnkey solutions and offers all these services under their hood.

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How websites can affect your conversion rates

it_geeks — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:00:41 +0000

Mostly total marketing budget is being spent on bringing visitors to their website while very little of the resources are being dedicated to conversion optimization. SEO, PPC, and other ways of generating traffic to a sales page is only the first half of the battle—Websites should apply the following tips to product pages to improve conversion rates to complement their lead generation campaigns. Here are some web design guidelines that can help you improve coversion rates and turn those visitors into customers.

Clean and clutter-free designs allow your landing page to make maximum impact on the visitor. As soon as a visitor lands on the homepage, they should be able to immediately discern what exactly you business is all about and what kind of products or services they could find there. Products and display large, high-quality product images can help a lot.
In addition to text and images, videos are a dynamic and engaging way to explain the usage and benefits of a product, especially in the content would be complex or lengthy. Be sure to create and embed quality videos in the product page and optimize the videos before loading so that the page size and loading time does not hamper the quality of your visitors’ experience.
Discounts are often a reason for customers to be shopping online in the first place and incorporating them in the homepage of your site can create a powerful reason for a visitor to become a customer.
You should give your potential customer a sense of direction as to how they will explore your website once they land on it. The path needs to be well. You can keep the products under the right product category and try to design a drop down menu so different parts of the page can be accessed from any point in the website.
By keeping track of past purchases, you can make rational and attractive recommendations that will likely lead to further purchases.
Customers appreciate the ability to know exactly what is entailed in their purchase from the beginning and will not likely be impressed with a website that keeps shipping fees hidden. If you offer “free shipping,” make sure that it is mentioned in the product page.
Create a user-friendly checkout page that will make the process easy for the customer. It will be a waste of all your previous efforts if the checkout page ultimate confuses or frustrates the customer.

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Conversions & Bounce Rates :: E-Commerce Business

it_geeks — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:25:33 +0000

Reducing BOUNCE RATES should be a priority for any ecommerce business, so getting a professional web designer to help you address this issue may be a good idea if you are aiming to increase conversions. For the uninitiated, the bounce rate is the statistic which indicates the percentage of visitors who arrive on a site and then leave without visiting any other pages. There are a number of reasons that this might occur. If users arrive on your site and find that the content there is relevant to their needs, well written and engaging, then they are more likely to spend time digesting it. But optimising content to encourage visitors to head to other pages, how you display the material is equally important.

The layout of text is essential as you need to make it easy to read and digest. Shorter sentences are desirable, while paragraphs containing three sentences at most will work best. Popups are routinely pinpointed as a source of user frustration, which is why they should be avoided at all costs. This not only includes popup ads, but also interstitials which sites use to advertise promote mailing lists, surveys, app downloads and other elements to visitors. Even if a page is well designed and has strong content, bounce rates may remain high if visitors arrive, find what they are looking for and are given no reason to remain on the site. So including a call to action on landing pages to encourage the desired action is an important tactic in good web design and conversion rate optimisation. Either way, its inclusion will assist in minimising bounce rates.

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