You are reading this; you must be considering getting a new website and are wondering what a website will cost you to build. Today we are going to answer this question for you.
The price of a new website will depend on two factors, functionality & who you hire to develop your website.
Price in South Africa typically ranges from R500-R100 000, which is a wide range of pricing in-between.
What you should consider before getting a quote:
Here are some things you should consider.
What do you offer?
Are you offering a service or product? If you are selling a product, it would be wise to build an eCommerce website so that people can buy directly from your website.
If you are offering just services, then a standard website will be the better choice for you.
An eCommerce website usually cost a bit more than a standard website.
How many pages?
What pages do you want on your website? You should take some time and think about this, as it can impact what your website will cost you to develop.
Most websites would have at least five pages, such as home, about, service, blog, contact, but some times you might want a page for each of your services.
Any special functionality?
Will you need any specif type of functionality for your website?
Do you need an online booking system?
Do you need a directory for cars/property listings?
Take some time and think about what functionality your website will needs.
Do you have content?
Have you considered the content for your website? You will have to either write content and take photos for your site, ask your web designer if they offer content creation or if they know someone who does.
Having someone else create your content for your site is usually faster than creating it, and most of the time, it will be better content than if you did it yourself.
The only downside of having someone else write your content is that it will cost extra money.
Hosting & maintenance?
Every website has to be hosted on a server somewhere so that people can visit your website.
Hosting is usually a monthly fee that you will have to pay.
The latest monthly service most web designer/developer offer is a maintenance care plan so that they can take care of your website every month to make sure that your website is up-to-date and secure.
The three types of web designers/developers in South Africa
Now that we’ve thought about what you may need to consider for your new website.
Let’s look at who you should choose to build your new website.
Website for R500-R6499:
Most people in this category are not a good choice because they’ve most likely just learned how to build a website and now trying to make money from this skill by selling websites.
These websites can do more harm than good for your business.
There are probably a few decent web designers in this price point who may be good and are just starting and trying to build a portfolio.
They will probably be charging between R5000-R7499.
Websites for R7500-R29 999:
This price range is mainly for freelancers and small boutique companies like us.
In this price range, you will most likely get a good website for your business with most of the functionality that you could need for your website.
We would pick a web designer/developer to build a website in this range over the other options.
Websites for R30 000-R100 000:
In this price range, you will find mid-large agencies that offer website design and development.
You will get a good website in this price range, but it will cost you more than you should be paying for the agency prices for your website.
That what a website can cost to build in South Africa, we hope that this will help you make an informed decision when picking someone to build your website.
