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In recent months I have seen an steady increase in the number of requests and queries for “single page website designs”.

In the days gone past, these were typically very poorly designed, with lots of information crammed into a very long page. Mostly, this was done to avoid costs, because it was pretty simple to setup a single page and fill it with text and images.

More often than not, these single page designs we’re also used for very dubious companies, brands and products. We all know those sites right, where you are usually instructed by some guru that if you buy their book or CD, you will learn all the secrets in the world and make millions of dollars… Don’t you think they would be able to afford a better website if that were true!?

However, the single page design concept is back – but this time, it’s back in the right way. This style of site can be very useful for a company that does not want or have the time to generate a lot of content. A small business, that wants a nicely designed, editable (through a CMS) single page design would benefit from this type of product.

If this is the type of product that you think would appeal to your customers – then get in contact with me now.

Check out this example of a great single page design website: http://maek.biz/

I am often asked this question fairly early on in the process and my answer is usually “somewhere between $1,000 and $20,000 generally, but tell me about your business”.

Buying a website is like buying a car. You have cheap cars, expensive cars, luxury cars, SUVs and 4WDs. If you wanted to buy a car, the salesman is going to ask you what you plan to do with it. If you tell him you’re planning on driving around Australia camping in the outback, then he is likely going to tell you to buy a reliable 4WD with extra large fuel tanks, good tyres and a bull bar.

If you say that you just need a reliable city run about and only use it to do around 25km a day to work and back, he might suggest you buy an economical hybrid model that uses less fuel and saves you money.

It’s the same when buying a website. Once you tell me what you want it to do, how you want it to perform and the types of clients you are trying to attract, I can then start to get an idea of what type of website you will need, and how much it might cost.

If I’m asked right off the bat on as the first question on the phone “how much is a website”, then I’m reasonably confident that the client isn’t for me, and will wonder how they even got my details (because I make sure I don’t turn up in Google search results for CHEAP WEBSITE!).

I’m not about providing the cheapest websites to anyone – if that’s what’s needed you don’t need my advice. My goal is to find the perfect solution using the right products, the right web design company at the right budget.

Best thing is that because I know the industry and have access to trade prices, I can save my clients money in the process as well as educate them along the way.

It’s a misperception that using a web consultant is expensive. The truth of the matter is that if you call up 3 web design companies for quotes over the phone – then thats the expensive way to do it because if I called them for you, I’d get it cheaper

So… how much is a website from me? Less than it would be if you try to arrange it yourself.