Website is expensive!
June 6th, 2008
By simply looking at the amount of work involved to build a website, I can not stop thinking why most of my customers believe that website can be done in one or two thousands or even less! Perhaps, the magical brochure emerged from the red ocean works, or simply because web design companies are not doing the job right!?
How can you tell if you have just chosen another one-man-show company or a team?
1. Graphic designer talking to customers directly. Only project manager understand both the language of customer and designer. Designer should get less distraction.
2. Programming logics starts before the HTML interface ready. This jump over eventually sacrifice the user intuitiveness!
3. Designer turn your mock up into HTML version with what-you-see-is-what-you-get tools.. chances is that you never get what you want :)
To be fair, creating a website is really not an easy task, it is kind of design work plus technical skill to make everything fully integrated and right!
June 13th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I am willing to spend RM300k on a BMW, but for RM3k a website it’s damn expensive! If you can do the website for RM300, then it’s reasonable - to me. :)
You say correct or not?
June 13th, 2008 at 10:43 am
What do you want this website to help you?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
now a days people charges very cheap, I heard before 1 page RM50 also have… too bad, those webmaster spoil the market…
June 14th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Great post!
Ya, as a freelance web designer, is unfair.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 am
Yes, i agree with you and there are many more people out there still think that creating a website is CHEAP and EASY. They thought a couple of hundreds will do to get a decent site with all the fancy stuff.