Website Pricing guidelines

We design all of our websites in house. We are a small business and our pricing structure reflects this.

Most of our work comes from referrals. If you are satisfied with your website we ask that you recommend our services so that we can concentrate on what we do best and continue offering quality websites and design services without spending large amounts of time and money on expensive promotion.

Design Charges

Most design and construction is based on an hourly rate of between £20 and £40 an hour.

This keeps equipment up to date, buys expensive software licenses and pays for general business overheads. Digital Visual is a small business and does not charge VAT. For other small businesses and individuals this saves you 17.5 %.

We work directly with you and not with third party companies, so you are not paying a middle man for our services.

 

Update Charges

Updates of HTML and dynamic websites can be undertaken if you can provide your FTP address and a username and password. We charge an hourly rate of £25 for updates with the first hour for new clients charged at £35. There is a minimum of 2 full hours charge and work is undertaken in hour blocks with a full estimate given before we begin any work and a full guarantee to return the site should you not be satisfied.

We also include a full report of the work undertaken.

 

Search Engine Submission and Optimisation Charges

Search engine submission and optimisation. We charge an hourly rate of £25 for search engine optimisation and search engine submission. As with updating charges the first hour for new clients is always very difficult and is charged at £35. There is a minimum 2 full hours charge and work is undertaken in hour blocks with a full estimate given before we begin any work.

Results for rankings within search engines are not guaranteed but we will provide a full report. Other options include paying for advertising space on the major search engines.

Some search engines charge for submitting web sites or charge for express submission of web sites. These fees are charged on top of our hourly rate. We will include a report of the work undertaken.

 

General Guidelines

There are 4 areas to consider when asking for an estimate for a web site

• Design and build
  Each project is different. We will be happy to come and see you and supply a free proposal and an estimate for your project. As we are a small business our rates are very competitive. We operate a 'pick and mix' system, whereby we draw up a proposal, and you select the features that are most cost effective for your business. We may recommend that you opt for our SME small business service full day of designing, building and promotion where you can see your site being created and includes a designer, use of a digital camera, stock images, use of licence software and laptop, or we may recommend that you consider a bespoke design to fit your budget and your individual needs.
  
• Administration area and Updating the site
  Do you want to be able to update the site yourself? If you wish to update the site yourself with very easy online forms we have developed a number of excellent systems. These cost a little more at startup, but have no ongoing costs. If you wish us to update your site from time to time we offer excellent rates. (see above)
   
• Licensing for any stock photographic images that are used within the web site.
  If you opt for our SME small business service these are included. We have an extensive array of photographs in our Library that you can use on your site FREE OF CHARGE. If you have photographs or digital pictures we can use these to customize your website. Unlimited use licence for use of our photographs are charged at £10 each
   
• Hosting and domain name charges
  We can use your own space if you already have web space, or we can arrange hosting. For an overview of why we use rented server space and not 'free' space from domestic ISP's click here. Our Ultra fast hosting services use world class servers situated in telehouse in the centre of London with almost 100% uptime. Our prices for hosting are very competitive and our providers consistently rank within the top 5 hosting companies in the UK.
  
  We use Simply.com to register our domain names and we strongly suggest that you register your domain name now before it is used by another company. It is very easy - just follow type in your preferred name in the top box and follow the on screen prompts.