Many businesses and organizations are hesitant to consider getting a website, because they are unsure of the costs they might incur. In fact, most businesses are surprised to find out how inexpensive a website can be, especially considering the amount of exposure involved. The exact price will depend on the size and complexity of the page and whether we use your graphics or ours, but let's look at some of the factors involved:

Websites can reduce your print advertising costs, while reaching a much larger audience. If you take a smaller print ad, but point the ad to your website, the print ad can be not only much smaller, but more effective. This is because, unlike print advertising, nothing is in concrete - your website can be changed in moments to reflect current conditions.

The costs you can expect to incur in getting a website, include the following:

• Website Design - from a hundred dollars to thousands of dollars, depending on the complexity of the site. BeachSite Designs charges a flat $50/hour for actual computer time spent on design or maintenance.
   

• Virtual Domain Name Registration - from $10 to $35 per year, depending on length of contract and "nic" service used. This is the registration process which gives you sole usage of "your company name.com" and is recommended for the serious business, but not required. It's definitely worth shopping around for the best deals - but stick with companies that have been around a while, not a brand new one not likely to last in a changing market.
   

• Web Hosting Fees - This is the company that actually provides the computer home for your site. Costs can range from "free" to hundreds of dollars per month. Most of our sites reside with servers that generally cost about $12-$20 per month with reasonable set-up fees ($0-$25).
   

• Other add-ons like Shopping Carts, the costs of which can vary widely, but can range from free with a PayPal Account to hundreds of dollars per month for one that coordinates with your merchant account if you accept credit cards to hundreds or thousands of dollars. This is one area where we have seen prices go UP, not down in the last few years.

Let us help you sort out the exact costs you might incur and then get you on track to owning your own website! Contact us by email.

ccbeach@beachsite.com 
672 Fearrington Post
Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312
Phone: 919.542.4965

We read an article a while back which stated that the average cost of a website is $50,000 per year! The big corporate sites run to the millions and the smallest ones thousands.

Well, let us reassure you, we are on the low end of that spectrum: our websites cost hundreds or thousands, not tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.