Services Offered - Costs

Different Sized CompaniesEvery business is unique, and so too are the requirements of its website.  For that reason, it is impossible to give a one size fits all answer to the question...

        "How much is this going to cost me?"

That's why the development methodology at Web Creations by Z starts with a free consultation to determine your requirements and examine any materials that you might already have on hand.

That way, if you have a company logo... if you have printed materials or text already written... if you have some pictures or graphics... You may already be half way there.  If not, that's okay too.  We can interview you and write your story... we can come to your location and take pictures...and in conjunction with our affiliates, we can design and create graphics for you as well.

After our consultation, Web Creations by Z will provide you with a written estimate for all of the work required for your site.  It comes with a

guarantee that you won't pay a penny more*... and good news, if it takes us less time than we estimate, you pay less!!

Charges

Our estimate is based on the project’s requirements and breaks out our maximum charges in each of three categories: development charges, administrative charges and material costs.  Our standard rate is $40 per hour unless specified otherwise below:

Development Charges - standard hourly rate up to maximum per estimate.  This includes website development, and database design and administration, and site enhancements.  Items such as on site photography and retouching, basic graphics creation, and content creation are generally included in the estimated development charges at a lower hourly rate.

Administrative Charges - $25 per hour up to maximum per estimate.  This includes time spent for domain registration, hosting, Email account administration, and search engine optimization.

Material Charges - these are charges that usually pertain to hosting agreements (see below) or in the case where we need to have one of our affiliates create advanced graphics for your site.  As with our other charges, all of these will be spelled out and capped in our estimate. Written Estimate and Requirements Document

Our estimate will be based on a Requirements Document that will be provided along with the estimate.  Once you approve the estimate and Requirements Document, we will guarantee that the price you pay will not exceed our estimate*, provided that there are no changes in project scope initiated and approved by you, that require significant additional time or cost on our part.

Support - Web Creations by Z will be there when you need us.  If you know that your site will require timely or periodic updates, you can purchase our time in advance at discount rates.  Also, see our Custom Development page to learn ways to lower your frequent updating costs by serving your site's content from a MySQL database.

Hosting with Email - Web Creations by Z provides hosting for the sites that we develop or maintain for as little as $5 a month, depending on the services required.  Typical start-up charges coving the first year's domain registration, hosting, email and set-up start at just $75. 

* - Details of guarantee provided with written estimate and available upon request for prospective clients.

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