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Origin 3 Website Site Design Closed

Thursday, January 17, 2008

There's news that a website design company called, "Origin 3" had to shut itself down for reasons that are not very clear...

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7972938

But in any case, what amazes me is that this company (as well as many others) could charge business owners $6,000 for what appears to be simple websites. I say simple because they appear to be within my range of capability, and I'm not a very sophisticated web design guy.

Are business people that gullible, or are some web design companies that greedy?

Some of the website designers that I've met personally charge only $50 to $100 for a simple, but still decent looking, website. They charge separately for web hosting, and then set up a retainer for updates.

I suppose I could get into the business of selling $6,000 websites that are effectively simple HTML and CSS. But I haven't because I have this thing called a "CONSCIENCE".

If you're looking to get a real estate website built, just know that a simple, clean looking design shouldn't cost you more than $100.00 to build professionally. Web hosting fees should't cost you more than $10.00 a month. If built effectively, you'd hardly need to update it.

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4 Comments:

  • I cannot speak for other industries, but I work for a company that specifically designs real estate websites. There is a reason that these sites cost more money. First off, our sites are all custom designed to fit the clients need. The real reason is based on the back end. The stuff most people do not see. Our company offers a very complex system of capturing, managing and converting leads. It features a system that will automatically broadcast the leads to agents based on the broker's criteria. The back end also offers a system for agents to network amongst themselves, e-cards they can send out to clients and a listing management system. As you can see, our system is a little more complex then meets the eye. I can not speak for the company referred to in list post, but I can speak for our company. I am, however, new to blogging and have found valuable information on your site. Keep it up.

    talkaboutre.blogspot.com

    By Blogger Kenneth Rolfe, at 3:43 PM  

  • "just know that a simple, clean looking design shouldn't cost you more than $100.00 to build professionally"

    No offense Steve, but if you spend $100 bucks on a design, you end up with a design similiar to this site. Some people may be find with it, but it's definitely not clean and professional looking. You may be able to get away with spending $500 for a ok design but even that is pretty cheap.

    Keep up the content on your sites.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:53 PM  

  • I agree with the last two comments. I am a professional web designer doing a real estate website. Having a simple real estate website is basically unknown as these kind of sites want dynamic data. I am doing one right now for 3,500 and it is a pain. $100.00 for a professional clean design is unheard of because it is just now worth it. Images, Design, HTML (IE6,IE7,Firefox), CSS, and any database and dynamic content are what make up a website and that takes more then $100.00 worth of time, unless you have a premade template you sell.

    By Blogger Julie, at 11:02 PM  

  • In case nobody has been paying attention, we live in a capitalist country. The idea that you should charge a customer as little as possible to minimize your profit and save the customer some money is an ignorant idea that belongs in a fictional place called "Happy Sunshine Land" ... not in the United States. A product is worth what people are willing to pay for it. Supply and demand. Economics 101.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:53 AM  

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