1. Informational, Small Business Website
Considered as the most simple piece of work, this type of website consists of 10-20 pages, custom graphics, minimal usage of flash, social media links, email newsletter sign-up, and other basic features. Although a project like this does not take more than a month or two, the duration can increase according to the complexity of the site. Package for such sites can be availed in $2,000 to $8,000 range.
2. Corporate Website
This kind of website can be regarded as a better and bigger composition of the one mentioned above. There are about 25-75 web pages, and you can see the healthy use of animation design, superlative design work, CMS along with search box, intranet, and many other features. It takes a maximum period of 3 months to complete a website like this. Creation of such site can cost up to $25,000.
3. E-commerce Websites
E-commerce portals are a bit complex than informational sites. It requires 100 to 1000+ pages in order to display all the products individually. Product’s images & their description, customer & administrative control panel, payment gateway integration, sales tax & shipping calculator, etc. are some other basic components of a running e-commerce website. In about 4 months, this project can be completed with a minimum cost of $5,000 that can raise up to $15,000 positively, depending on the client.
4. Database Driven Websites
All the sites with dynamic web pages are database driven. Generally, there are 20-2,000 pages that extract their data from the database provided to them. The database can either be on MS SQL or MySQL server. The other requirements of the project are interactivity with the visitor, advanced programming skill sets, administrative control panel, and a time period of 3-6 months. The amount required to create this website stands between $15,000 to $40,000.
CONCLUSION
Based on the requirement and size of the business, the cost of a website differs. Moreover, the above-mentioned prices increase with the number of additions made to the web designing or any other element of the website. The manipulation of the cost of your site is mostly in your own hands.