Website Design & Development Cost Estimate Calculator

Use this website design pricing estimator to get a ballpark estimate as to how much your website will cost to design and develop.

General
I have an existing web site. (0 Hours)
I need a basic blog site. (3 Hours)
I need a basic, off the shelf, template based type site set up (6 Hours)
I need a completely custom site. (15 Hours)

Site Layout Design
I do not need any unique graphics designed for this project. (0 Hours)
I have all my graphics but they need to be integrated. (3 Hours)
I have a template but it needs minor customization. (6 Hours)
I have a template but it needs with major customization. (10 Hours)
I would like a custom design created for my site. (20 Hours)

Other Graphic Features
I need some custom graphics made. (4 Hours)
I need graphic mouse-over buttons. (4 Hours)
I need a few stock photographs integrated. (4 Hours)
I need a several stock photographs integrated. (9 Hours)

Flash
I need a flash menu. (6 Hours)
I need a short custom Flash animation (3 Hours)
I want my site in Flash a total of pages (5 Hours per Page)
I need a Flash banner (4 Hours)

Content
I will add my content with a content manager (0 Hours)
I will supply pages of content in MS Word or other electronic media (3 Hours per Page)
I need pages of copywriting done for my content (5 Hours per Page)

Public Features
Member Registration (6 Hours)
Discussion Forums (5 Hours)
Auction Interface (8 Hours)
RSS News Feeds (5 Hours)
Classifieds (6 Hours)
Contact Form (3 Hours)
Links Page (3 Hours)
Site Search (4 Hours)
Email Auto-responders (2 Hours)
File Uploads (8 Hours)
Google Adsense Integration (2 Hours)

Ecommerce
Simple shopping cart (5 Hours)
Database shopping cart (10 Hours)
Credit Card Processing (4 Hours)
PayPal Processing (3 Hours)

Admin Features
Off the shelf site Blog (3 Hours)
Custom Site Blog (6 Hours)
Custom Content Manager (6 Hours)
Off the shelf Content Manager (2 Hours)
Photo Gallery (6 Hours)
Member Administration (5 Hours)
Database Reports (5 Hours)
Traffic Statistic Reports (1 Hours)

SEO
MetaTag Keyword Optimization (5 Hours)
Search Engine Submission (3 Hours)
Minor Link Building (6 Hours)
Major Link Building (12 Hours)
Press Release Submission (1 Hours)
Press Release Writing (4 Hours)


 

Average Website Design Cost Guide

Average Hourly Rates

Student/Offshore $15 - $30/hour

Freelancer/Company $25 - $75

Expert Consultant $50 - $250

Professional Firm $75 - $200


Average Cost Guide

Logo Design:
$100 - $250+ (Student or Offshore)
$250 - $1000+ (Professional Designer)

Basic Brochure Website:
$500 - $1000+ (Student / Offshore)
$1500 - $5000+ (Professional Designer)

E-Commerce Website:
$1000 - $5,000+ (Outsourced Offshore)
$2000 - $10,000+ (Experienced Developer)

Custom Database / Interactive Website:
$1500 - $15,000+ (Offshore)
$2500 - $25,000+ (Experienced Developer)