My ultimate goal is to have a professional, clean, well organized website which is useful and provides the resources the user is looking for. I can usually tell within abut 5 seconds of viewing a web site if it has been done professionally or by someone who is knowledgeable in web design. It's easy to spot the cheesy sites.
I have a pretty clear vision of what I want. I have spent the last two months researching the features I want to implement, design, style, colors, seo techniques, etc.
The document that I have sent to a couple of web design companies is 11 pages long and thoroughly explains my vision, expectations, examples of design layouts, etc.
The problem is: They send me an 11 page price! I have got 3 estimates and they have all been in the $4,000 to $6,000 range. Is that really what it costs for a professionally designed website?? I was thinking more like $1500. I did get one quote in that range but it was from a company in India. In principle I don't have a problem outsourcing especially if I can get the same work for about a 1/3 of the price but after researching some of the web designs in their gallery I found lots of typo's, grammar errors, etc and almost none of the sites that were in the gallery were anywhere to be found on googles search engines.
Can, I just pay for a shell from some of these companies? ie they create the css style sheets, table layouts, etc, and structure and I can fill in the content and add new pages as needed. I won't have any problems with the technical side of updating to my server via
ftp, or changing some code, adding affiliate links, & graphics, etc. What I'm really looking for is someone to create the creative shell which I can add to, etc.
Any ideas, suggestions, or Companies that you would recommend?
Thanks,
Jason
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