What are the costs for a WordPress website?
Many web designers don't give out the cost of a website until you ask for it. This is certainly legitimate.
I divide the cost factors for a website into 4 categories.
Functionality
One of the biggest cost factors is the functionality. What requirements does a website have to meet in terms of functionality? Let's imagine you need a website for a roofer. Unless you want to sell roof tiles over the Internet, the site does not need to have many functions. Here the common standards are sufficient. A normal contact form and possibly a Google directions sketch.
More complex it would be, they operate e.g. an online costume rental. For this, of course, a website would have to offer many additional features. Either the web designer programs these extensions himself or falls back on ready-made solutions. In any case, it increases the price compared to the roofer website.
Design
There is no second chance for the first impression, they say. This is certainly true for a website as well. This is not about good or bad design, but about the amount of work for the designer. If you want unique images or want animated gimmicks that are made specially for you, this will quickly drive up the price.
Uniqueness
With a premium theme, very appealing and professional websites can be created. The costs for a premium theme are manageable. Most customers use such paid themes. These are then customized to the wishes client. Even though these themes are paid and really almost everything can be personalized, they are still themes that are heavily used. If you like uniqueness, that can quickly cost several thousands of dollars since theme development is expensive. But that way you can have a unique website. However, this is not an option for most customers.
Content
Another cost factor is the content. Here, too, it is crucial what kind of images you want to use. Extra made pictures from a photographer are of course very expensive. If you use various image services the costs are kept within limits. Here, professional images cost only a few euros. Furthermore, it is crucial whether you can provide texts, or commission them. There are some other services involved, I will list these separately again below.
Why should I pay a WordPress web designer?
Many individuals create their own website using a CMS. The basic system costs nothing and the installation is very easy. So why should I pay money for it? This question is asked by many who need a new website. Especially since the money, for example, when starting a business, is not exactly in abundance. I would like to bring a little light into the darkness with this article. Why you should hire a professional for your WordPress website?
Choice of content management system
Besides WordPress, there are numerous other free CMS's on the market. For several years, however, I realize that most clients go exclusively for WordPress. This is by far the most popular content management system. WordPress is the most used CMS in the world. More than 60% of all websites have been realized with WordPress
Professional Standard
Every good web designer can take over the care and maintenance of a foreign customer website without much training. If your web designer is no longer able to take over the support of your site for various reasons, you will find a replacement very quickly. Provided that your previous designer understood his craft and built the homepage professionally. If he did not, it can be expensive. Because another web designer, will not deal with a bad system that he has not built himself. Instead, he will advise you to rebuild the entire site. Which of course is connected with immense costs. As the saying goes: "he who buys cheap, buys twice".
SEO Ready
There are numerous small levers that a web designer knows to optimize the website for search engines. Search engine optimization costs money and can be booked as an additional service. However, many customers do not do it, or want to optimize the site at a later date. It is therefore elementary important that the web designer from the beginning, the SEO rules. Only then your page will be well placed or even listed in the search results. If the web designer did not pay attention to this from the beginning, it will be very difficult for them to correct these mistakes afterwards.
Security
The most popular CMS in the world naturally attracts hackers. Countless pages are hacked every day. In the worst case, they are no longer accessible and the data lost forever. Professional web designers always pay attention to security. Already during the installation, many mistakes are made by laymen. This offers hackers security holes that can endanger your system.
Sustainability
A serious web designer gives you after completion of the order, the possibilities to conclude a website maintenance contract.