[webproducers] Re: cost to create a website?

given the limited info we have, the quotes mentioned are not
unrealistic.

if we have the entire story - the political landscape, the
organizational goals for the web site, etc. we can tailor our
response differently.

all we heard was 20 static html pages and the company wants to
line items what it would cost to get them built.

i'll concede that it could be a recipe for disaster and/or scope
creep but without hearing any additional information, the
response that i and others have given are reasonable.

plain fact that i'll repeat. a lot of small to medium size
companies don't want to shell out the dough for a professionally
done web site regardless of the virtues that approach has and
often, no amount of impassioned arguements is going to change
that.

and please don't say i'm irresponsible. based on what i heard, i
gave a reasonable answer. one can certainly build a web site for
that and it won't necessarily be cheesy.

if the person doesn't like the answer, maybe he/she should go
back to their manager and re-assess what the web site is to do
so we can have more specific and complete project parameters and
approach the question differently.

p.s. it begs the question...why is the guy running the dept if
he can't do the work himself? my company is getting at least
$50K of web work out of me but i'm salaried and actually know
how to do it.


--- Darren Ernest <Darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > that sounds about right unless the site has a really funky
> > design that features lots of flash or photos that need to be
> > purchased, which can bump up the price.
> 
> How can you say $1500 is about right without knowing anything
> about the
> company or its needs?  If this guy puts $1500 in the budget,
> and it turns
> out that his company needs wants $10,000 worth of web work, he
> looks like an
> female donkey!
> 
> As "producers" I can't believe how irresponsible you are in
> blindly telling
> someone how much these things cost without any kind of needs
> assessment!
> 
> ~Darren
> 
>
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