Website Design Services
As a web designer for companions, I take a very direct and simplified approach to the services I provide. Rather than have multiple web site packages or rates, I offer one solution that includes everything most companions will need to maintain their own website. This fee includes up to 60 billable hours of development time, which is more than sufficient in 98% of the websites I design.
Standard Web Design Fee: $800.00
($400 down / $400 upon completion)
Announcement: This new rate came into effect as of January 1st, 2008 and will not increase again for at least 12 months
This includes....
- Custom and attractive website design (view portfolio)
- One 468x60 advertising banner to match your site
- Photo editing and retouching for up to 12 photos
- Availability calendar
- Mailing list manager
- Integrated membership system (now supports photos AND web pages!)
- Free SSL secure contact form processing
- 1 year of free web hosting and domain name registration *
- VedaCMS Content Management System (new version!)
- Easily update your own page text
- Modify your own META Tags for search engine optimization
- Upload, delete, reorder and edit gallery photos
- Ability to set certain web pages and photos viewable only to members
- Add, edit and delete entries to your availability calendar
- Create up to five mailing lists and send mailings to subscribers
- Click here for complete feature list and screenshots
- Up to 8 public web pages of your choice**
Example Pages: Entrance, Welcome, Bio, FAQ, Rates, Gallery, Contact, Links.... - Up to 4 private (members only) pages of your choice
- XHTML Source code written to web standards and optimized for search engines
- Six months of free, basic maintenance
* This offer is completely optional. After the first year, you will be responsible for hosting and/or domain renewal fees. Visit the hosting page for details and renewal fees.
** "Up to" 8 pages means you can have 8 or less static pages (pages that can be edited with VedaCMS) of your choice. Discounts are not provided for websites needing less than 8 pages. Click the sections below for information on adding additional pages or dynamic functionality not possible with VedaCMS to your site.
The Development Process
Once you have sent your deposit and project details, your website will commence in the following three stages:
- Stage 1: Design (7-14 Days)
Creation of the website design concept and first draft. The first draft will be presented to you for approval as a mock-up (screenshot) or coded web page.. - Stage 2: Development (3-7 Days)
Coding your design concept into the actual pages that make up your complete website. This also includes installing and setting up your content management system, which publishes your text content and gallery photos to their respective page. - Stage 3: Testing and Launch (1-3 Days)
Final updates, testing and public launch of your website
Note: Please be sure to read my Terms of Service page, which fully covers project scope, timelines and expectations.
Additional Information
Additional features and content pages can be added at the following prices:
- Static Content Pages: $20.00
This is any page that can be updated using the content management system included with the new standard web package.
Examples:
Itinerary, Static Reviews Page (reviews that you manually add yourself) - Dynamic Content Pages or Functionality: $50.00
A dynamic page is one which requires additional software to pull content to the page that goes beyond what your standard Content Management System can do.
Examples:
Blog, Chat Room, Message Board, Multi-Album Gallery Content Management System or Dynamic Reviews Page (a reviews page which allows your clients to submit their own reviews). - Special Functionality: price upon request
Anything that doesn't fall in the two areas above will be quoted on an individual basis.
Examples: Membership system, e-commerce solution
Basic website maintenance (minor text updates and code tweaks) is included free of charge for the first six months after your website is finished. Once six months have passed, website maintenance/update fees can be paid at the following rates:
- Per Hour: $30.00 (with a $15.00/30 minute minimum)
Once I receive your down payment and project data, it generally takes 1-2 weeks to have your first working draft ready. If you like the design I've come up with, an additional 3-7 days are usually needed to finish tweaking your site for public launch. On average, a website (from start to finish) takes between two and three weeks to complete. Additional time may be needed if you require a lot of modifications be made to the initial draft.
If we cannot agree on a design for your website within 30 billable hours, you are welcome to cancel our contract without being required to pay the remaining balance. However, your down-payment will not be refunded, as this will go towards covering the time already put into your project.
Additionally, if we haven't established and agreed upon a design concept within 40 billable hours - we may need to discuss additional fees needed to keep your project going. This policy essentially protects me from situations where the time needed to complete a project far exceeds what I am making a return on. This is almost never an issue. Over 98% of the websites I design are finished within the initial time estimate.
Important
Please read this blog post for important payment information.
