Estimating Costs
Estimating Costs
Here’s an overview of how much some of the services that I’ve reviewed may cost you. This will help give you an idea of the economic costs of thoughtfully running a fully-featured web presence.
In general, your highest costs are likely to come from consultants and developers that assist you – as their hourly rates will vary from $50/hr up to $200/hr.
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| Services | Basic | Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | $25/mo | $500/mo |
| DNS Services | free | $25/mo |
| Site Theme & Design | free – $100 | $5,000+ |
| Domain Name Registration | $15/yr | $15/yr |
| Email Hosting | free | $120/yr |
| Email Lists e.g. Mailchimp | free | $15/mo |
| Social Media Management e.g. HootSuite | $9/mo | $39/ mo |
| Marketing e.g. online advertising | $0 | $250/mo |
| CRM e.g. Highrise | $24/mo | $100/mo |
| Backups | incl. or $5/mo. | $165/yr |
| Customer Support e.g. TenderApp | $5/mo. | $100/mo. |
| Code management e.g. Github | $7/mo. | $7/mo. |
| Monitoring e.g. SimpleMonitor, ScoutApp | $10 | $15/mo |
| Consulting | $75/hr | $250/hr |
| Software Development | $50/hr | $150/hr |
| WordPress Smartphone App | $199 | $10,000+ |
| WordPress eBook Publishing | Free | $5,000+ |
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