How much does it cost to create a website
Comparisons of the costs of creating a site with WordPress or free site editor, then with an agency.
FREE SITE CREATORS
The cost of creating a website vary a lot depending on the tools or services you use to create it. Creating a website using a content management system (CMS) such as WordPress, yellow pages, wix or Webself costs between 50 Euros and 300 Euros per year, while the cost of website design by a specialized web agency varies. between 500 Euros and more than ten thousand Euros.
Whether you’re building a site yourself or hiring a designer to do it for you, you need a reliable, affordable web host. The French OVH has been operating in the French market since 1999 and has since expanded abroad. It allows you to benefit from a hosted site at controlled costs, but beware, technical support is known to be bad. You will therefore have an interest in knowing the subject and not needing help. Other hosts such as Infomaniak or O2 Switch also offer hosting.
Site building costs for free site builders
The most affordable way to create a website will always be to create it yourself. It will cost you anywhere from nothing to around $300 per year, depending on the level of support you want to have with it and hosting. “Homemade” websites are no longer reserved for people with technical know-how. Intuitive builders like WordPress, Webself, or Wix make it easy to create sites for those without any programming knowledge. However, beware: these free site editors have perverse effects, which should not be overlooked:
Free website builders are not recommended for SMEs, freelancers or self-employed entrepreneurs who want to grow, as they generally do not allow you to connect your own domain and display ads, for example. In addition, it will be almost impossible for you to build an adequate SEO. Given these undesirable characteristics, we recommend focusing on WordPress.
However, what is the use of your website if it must remain in the shadows, unreferenced and unvisited, and above all not credible?
“Free” or inexpensive always sounds too good to be true. The problem with “premade” sites is that you become the product of those companies. Due to the low financial contribution, these site publishers use the sites created on their platform to: both redirect traffic to the “mother site” and thus offer their services to your visitors, but of course also display advertisements.
Building a site with wordpress
WordPress allows you to create your site yourself, without significant cost.
WordPress is one of the most popular website building platforms due to its low cost, comprehensive functionality and intuitive interface. Hundreds of free WordPress “themes”, or “templates” are available and allow you to benefit from a good graphic base as soon as you install it. Given these offers, WordPress is a good option for SMEs, freelancers and e-commerce sites wishing to grow.
WordPress Site Cost
The use of WordPress itself is free. It is a so-called “open source” system, which does not impose user rights. However, users must first purchase hosting and a domain name before they can use WordPress to create their website.
Although many WordPress themes and plugins are free, some are paid. It depends on the economic model chosen by the developer of the module compatible with the platform. For example, premium themes can cost between $20 and $150, depending on design features, integrations, and functionality. The modules and plugins have a price ranging from 5 € to 100 €, or are based on a monthly payment system. Premium modules are generally easier to use and include more features than the free versions.
building a site with wordpress: the positives
WordPress is one of the most popular web CMS platform in the world. It was one of the first CMS to allow non-coders to build complex sites using pre-made themes, plugins, embeds and embeds, along with amazing menu-based customization options . Its “open source” model also makes it a free tool forever.
- Free Themes: Themes or “templates” serve as WordPress website templates. They can be easily found online and are very customizable.
- No-code options: it’s easier today to set up a site without much programming knowledge, unlike in the past.
- Great customization: WordPress integrations and plugins can be added to WordPress sites for additional functionality, such as product catalogs for e-commerce sites wishing to sell online, modules collection of emails (opt-in, such as mailchimp). There are tens of thousands of plugins available in WordPress, and the customization possibilities are almost endless.
- Online Resources: There is a large community of WordPress developers and users. This allows a great reactivity of the network as well as a great stability. Professional sites running under WordPress are thus very protected.
CONCLUSION
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