Today every business needs to have a website. The internet is quickly replacing resources like the telephone directory pages and even news papers. A website allows the public to see information like products selections, business description, pricing, locations, hours of operation, and even contact information. All this from the comfort of their home. A well designed web site allows the target public to find the website easily thorugh existing search engines.
Today, everyone can afford a website. You can purchase economy hosting ( just a page with information with email ) for less than $50 a year, the internet site name(domain) can cost as around $12 a year or a buck a month. The site design for a single page is a one time fee of $100. The maintenance for changes can be as little as $35 per change or you can sign up on maintenance plan for a set charge a month based on your needs.
To be totally honest, a person on a budget can get all the above without the site name for free. While testing my business plan, I experimented with the free sites.
So why pay? There are several reasons why you should pay for a site especially for a businesss. Most free sites that are free have no gaurantee of continued service. That is, while the provider has excess space, the service is available. A website with an owned domain name allows as to the credibility of a business. It shows that the businesss has the resources to do things correctly. No one can take your domain name if you own it. Our hosting is backed by Go Daddy, a major player in hosting, gauranteeing the resources for hosting will be available and state of the art. Your business can have a professional site with a small inital outlay and a very manageable maintenance fee.
We offered a variety of services from complete website design and management packages or a la carte pricing for hosting, design, maintenance, and marketing. You can have as much support as you want. if you are a do it yourselfer, we get out of the way and let you work. But, we are here to help if you should need it.
An example of a Business website is Performing Arts San Antonio, www.performingartssa.org. Our friends at PASA requested a site with video, music and a shopping cart. The cart is economy style still but the site has over 26 pages. We love PASA. Please visit them and support the arts in San Antonio.
Performing Arts San Antonio