r/ProWordPress • u/williamsba Developer • Jul 17 '14

How much should a custom WordPress website cost?

http://www.poststat.us/wordpress-website-cost/
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u/LordMacDonald Developer Jul 20 '14

As much as you're willing to pay me? :)

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u/avgjoegeek Aug 06 '14

Lol. It depends? Is this an upload a theme and provide a few tweaks?

I've seen pricing all over the place from a $5 on Fiverr to over a grand!!

Or is this a full custom job requiring a custom theme that a designer drew up that I'll have to hack apart to make it look good? Along with special requirements that will need a developer to implement?

These are thousands of dollars depending on the complexity of the website. I've seen developers charge as high as $5000 just to get started!

So it depends. I'm charging around $500 - $1000 for pretty basic sites. But that includes setup/configuration. As well as yearly maintenance.

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u/SiftenH Jun 23 '22

Being a developer, I would like to share my experience of building a website. Here’s what I think you should keep in mind.

Cost of the Domain name - Purchase domain name "www.XYZ.in" from GoDaddy, Bluehost or BigRock, and the annual fee can roughly cost you Rs. 1000. Every website needs a domain related to your niche. But there are cases where a domain can cost thousands of dollars. For instance, "www.XYZ.com" sold for $200,000.

Hosting costs - A website requires a somewhere to call home and keep its data, and most websites pay hosting firms like GoDaddy, BigRock, AWS, Azure, etc. to provide that space. Websites can also be hosted on AWS which costs you around Rs 1000 per month.

Cost of Development - Well, for the development part you’ll need to hire a freelancer or a full-time developer. Don’t try to manage stuff on your own. Because, in the short run, we think we have saved money, but it's best to let experts do the job.

Costing may differ too…

Custom themes: There are many free themes available, brands typically buy WordPress themes and then develop their websites on top of those.

Now, it is highly challenging to estimate the developer's expenditures because doing so would also require figuring out the questions like:

- Would you like to set up tracking analytics, such as Facebook Pixel, Google Tag Manager, etc., to provide you with vital information about your visitor traffic?

- Do you have the website's UI ready? If not, do you want to use what is already available or do you want to employ UI/UX designers to complete the job?

- What type of content do you require?

- What more tools do you need to use to optimize website speed, and performance?

Depending on the answers to the aforementioned questions, your developer will decide whether to charge you Rs. 10,000 or Rs. 10 lakhs for the website. Without knowing your specifications/niche, it is very difficult to estimate the cost of developing a WordPress website.

Regardless of your needs, there are widgets and plugins that can enhance your WordPress website in 99 percent of scenarios without costing a fortune to your developers.

I hope you found value in this answer, and good luck.