I'm planning to concentrate my web design on about five page websites HTML
based CSS style sheet some images and text, mainly for service based
companies like solicitors and the like. Assuming these quite simplistic
requirements could anyone advise me on how long such a website should
generally take on average from creation to completion and hosting? And dont
say 'how long is a piece of string'!

How much would most of you charge in the UK for such a site taking into
account hosting, marketing and a months free maintenance. I was thinking in
the region of £1000 for a weeks work. Is this at all reasonable or
ridiculous high or quite low? I have no idea at the moment.

Im just trying to get a handle on these issues for a business plan.

Finally work wise Ive t much of an idea how the work scene is for web
designers in the UK at the moment. Would it be reasonable to expect to get
four such websites a month after say a year of trading and reasonable
advertising. Or in your recent experiences has work been slower or faster
than this? I know for example that in architecture presently you cant get
any good CAD architects or technicians so the skys the limit in the UK for
such work. How does this compare with the web design field. Ive heard its
pretty stable well paid work.

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Regards

Nigel Stutt
Web Site Designer

Email: nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk
Web: http://www.nstutt.freeserve.co.uk

<uk.net.web.authoring , Nats , nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk>
<c95f2h$cuc$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>
<Thu, 27 May 2004 20:20:50 +0100>

You could plan forever and it could even be the best business plan in
the world - but most business plans tend to over estimate the work and
money coming in .

If you are prepared to spend £100 (not to me or anybody I know) then
drop me a email if you think you have the communication skills to just
wing it to see what happens .

Suit yourself - it means jack shit to me .

On Thu, 27 May 2004 20:20:50 +0100, "Nats"
<nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

Design a few works to demo to the client - 1/2 day
1 meeting with client 1/2 day.
knocking out the pages 1 day.

Define marketing? I can't see any value in marketing such a site
(distinctly from changing the general marketing of the business.)

You'd be high compared what I'd expect to pay for such a basic site,
the skill part is only 1 days work, so you could go 500 on that, and
200 say on the monkey part, if you're a _good_ designer who can get
the 500 for that part.

Do you need much funding? If not, then a business plan isn't worth
much other than focusing your own mind on what you can achieve.

I would suggest contacts are much more important than advertising,
what local contacts with your likely customers do you have?

Jim.

In article <c95f2h$cuc$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, Nats <nstutt@nstutt.free
serve.co.uk> writes

I find the biggest factors in terms of eating into my time in the first
year were:

- image manipulation
- graphics creation
- marketing / networking
- my own development

I think you are describing a £300-£600 site. Hosting on top.


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<uk.net.web.authoring , Nats , nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk>
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<Thu, 27 May 2004 20:20:50 +0100>

You could plan forever and it could even be the best business plan in
the world - but most business plans tend to over estimate the work and
money coming in .

If you are prepared to spend £100 (not to me or anybody I know) then
drop me a email if you think you have the communication skills to just
wing it to see what happens .

Suit yourself - it means jack shit to me .

Dont understand this reponse at all Im afraid - you must be trying to say
something but I cant understand what youre getting at! Anyway thanks all for
the other reponses.

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Regards

Nigel Stutt
Web Site Designer

Email: nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk
Web: http://www.nstutt.freeserve.co.uk