[AuRavelling79]

What are the costs involved in setting up and running a website. I know nothing.

Thanks.

[Kwackers]

Depends what your after. You can set up a basic wordpress site and get a template installed for less than £100 if you do it yourself. There are a lot of designers that will give you a generic template, say 8 pages and incorporate your logo for like £250-350 though. Have a browse round Google.

[bobplum]

yola.com  nothing

[Blue Frog Systems]

Yearly running costs will be domain and hosting.

You can get free sites, but they are limited to what you can do with them and usually have advertising somewhere on them.

Next option is a template website... standard layout where pictures can only go in certain areas and content is static.

Last is a customized website.... built to your spec. These cost more than the template websites. You basically can have nearly anything you want (layout/buttons/pictures/forms) on there and can have a content management system which will enable you to change your website as your business grows / changes. Also you can intergrate twitter and facebook updates to keep your website updated easily (a regular updated site will rank high in google rankings - along with good seo)

[PureClean Window Cleaning Ltd]

i would recommend vistaprint, its about £120 a yr, ive had a few hundred pounds of work off it since march when i made it. easy to make as well. be nice not to have to canvass again.

[SB Cleaning]

Think i payed £95 for mine from Mike at Studio arts check him out mine has payed for itself over and over again.

Only had it a year!!

[Erithwc]

you can spend endless amounts of money on a website i did my current one my self but i want to get a proppers one done soon by a web designer that another window cleaner told me about.

some times it's better to get stuff done by a professional you only have a few second to impress a potential customers and if your site don't look right or takes to long to load you will lose that potential customer

[Nathanael Jones]

What are the costs involved in setting up and running a website. I know nothing.

Thanks.

A domain name will cost £5 or so per year,.. hosting can cost as little as £3 per month (its often worth paying a little bit more, but not much).

You can get free software to build it (search download.com) if you want to do it yourself. If you decide to get a designer, it can cost as little as £99 and up to £700 or £800 depending on what you need. Most window cleaners don't need anything too complex, so I wouldn't expect you realistically to pay more than £250 odd for a designer.

[Viktor]

I know a team of website creators, they can make a professional looking website, for around 400 gbp.
They are team of several guys, some working on design,  another on coding and stuff, and one on SEO.
They working on my site now, really happy with them.

[craig rob allin]

try gbbo . " getting british business online " its completely free you can customise it and make changes as often as you like !

[Frankybadboy]

i would recommend nat jones well worth the cost and does what he says and what you want.

[Nathanael Jones]

i would recommend nat jones well worth the cost and does what he says and what you want.

Thanks for the recommendation.

I reckon Malc could come up with a catchy tagline too, along the lines of "everything that glitters/glistens not being "Gold""..

[joshem]

If you would like a basic site built I am able to do this. My window cleaning website is: http://www.isleofthanetwc.co.uk for a guide... The cost wouldn't be a lot.

Thanks

[bobby p]

i would recommend vistaprint, its about £120 a yr, ive had a few hundred pounds of work off it since march when i made it. easy to make as well. be nice not to have to canvass again.

but your websites not with vistaprint whats that all about? i believe youre DISSING THE VISTA so to speak

i have a vistaprint website its 4 quid a month,3 pages,good value

[PureClean Window Cleaning Ltd]

i would recommend vistaprint, its about £120 a yr, ive had a few hundred pounds of work off it since march when i made it. easy to make as well. be nice not to have to canvass again.

but your websites not with vistaprint whats that all about? i believe youre DISSING THE VISTA so to speak

i have a vistaprint website its 4 quid a month,3 pages,good value

i forgot to type it out properly, thanks for informing me, check them now they are definitely vistaprint.

[bobby p]

although i rate Vistaprint as a good deal,i once made a mistake of ringing them on a trivial  issue using my mobile. turns out the call ended in Trinidad and cost me over 10 quid