Anthony Taylor
New Member
Hi everyone,
I have just joined the forum and am in need of a little bit of budget advice on my first website for a new business project I am launching.
I work as an SEO Executive so while I am used to working with websites on a daily basis I lack the commercial awareness of how much I should realistically be paying for a new site.
I have established that I want to work with a reliable UK based Freelancer (in Leeds if possible) because A) I don't want to pay for the overheads of a design agency and B) My experience of outsourcing is that low prices don't always equate to a quality product.
In terms of functionality/features for the website I need the following;
Logo Design - This will need to be done from scratch.
Content Management System - I will be offering a small number of 'products' so the day to day content management is fairly minimal. Still, I want to be able to easily change nav items, images, content etc, but a large ecommerce site is not needed.
Product Catalogue
Integrated PayPal - I would really like to accept PayPal and credit cards but from my understanding taking the latter involves alot of additional expense and hassle (E-merchant ID etc)
Affiliate Marketing - I intend to work with Clix Galore to promote my business, so it will need to be able to plug into my site. There shouldn't be a problem using integrated PayPal but I might need a little help in this area.
Special Offers - As well as taking PayPal on the website, I need to be able to issue discount codes, i.e. 10% off your next order to tie in with my newsletter and direct mail advertising.
Newsletter (for use with Mailchimp) - A fairly simple design is needed here - header and footer from the website with a content area I should think.
Blog - Not entirely sure how I want this to work yet. I think I will use Wordpress and have embedded within the website if that makes sense, i.e. you click on blog on the navigation and it takes you to http://www.examplewebsite.com/blog rather than it jumping out to an external site.
Search Engine Friendly - The basics need to be there - ability to control meta data on every page, adding alt tags to images, friendly urls, i.e. /search-engine-friendly, robots.txt file, XML/GZIP sitemap etc.
Video - I'd like to be able to add 1-2 videos on the website.
In addition I also need;
Flyer Design (A5)
Business Card Design
That's all I can think of right now, there might be a few things I am missing but that's the gist of it.
So - any ideas on what I should expect to pay for a design and development of the above for a UK based freelancer?
Kind regards,
Anthony
PS - I'd like to stress at this stage I am not looking to hire as I have not finalised my business plan so this isn't a 'want to buy' ad just yet
I have just joined the forum and am in need of a little bit of budget advice on my first website for a new business project I am launching.
I work as an SEO Executive so while I am used to working with websites on a daily basis I lack the commercial awareness of how much I should realistically be paying for a new site.
I have established that I want to work with a reliable UK based Freelancer (in Leeds if possible) because A) I don't want to pay for the overheads of a design agency and B) My experience of outsourcing is that low prices don't always equate to a quality product.
In terms of functionality/features for the website I need the following;
Logo Design - This will need to be done from scratch.
Content Management System - I will be offering a small number of 'products' so the day to day content management is fairly minimal. Still, I want to be able to easily change nav items, images, content etc, but a large ecommerce site is not needed.
Product Catalogue
Integrated PayPal - I would really like to accept PayPal and credit cards but from my understanding taking the latter involves alot of additional expense and hassle (E-merchant ID etc)
Affiliate Marketing - I intend to work with Clix Galore to promote my business, so it will need to be able to plug into my site. There shouldn't be a problem using integrated PayPal but I might need a little help in this area.
Special Offers - As well as taking PayPal on the website, I need to be able to issue discount codes, i.e. 10% off your next order to tie in with my newsletter and direct mail advertising.
Newsletter (for use with Mailchimp) - A fairly simple design is needed here - header and footer from the website with a content area I should think.
Blog - Not entirely sure how I want this to work yet. I think I will use Wordpress and have embedded within the website if that makes sense, i.e. you click on blog on the navigation and it takes you to http://www.examplewebsite.com/blog rather than it jumping out to an external site.
Search Engine Friendly - The basics need to be there - ability to control meta data on every page, adding alt tags to images, friendly urls, i.e. /search-engine-friendly, robots.txt file, XML/GZIP sitemap etc.
Video - I'd like to be able to add 1-2 videos on the website.
In addition I also need;
Flyer Design (A5)
Business Card Design
That's all I can think of right now, there might be a few things I am missing but that's the gist of it.
So - any ideas on what I should expect to pay for a design and development of the above for a UK based freelancer?
Kind regards,
Anthony
PS - I'd like to stress at this stage I am not looking to hire as I have not finalised my business plan so this isn't a 'want to buy' ad just yet