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T he prices of web hosting seems to vary according to the complexity of the site that is being developed. If you want database content then you are often charged more than is required. nevishost webspace comes with advanced features but costs less than some space with significantly less. As long as you do not exceed your 20GB monthly allocation for data transfer your annual costs remain the same. To put that in perspective you would need to have around 20,000 (twenty housand visitors) per month each downloading a megabyte of data from your site to exceed this limit. If you are going to do this you need a dedicated server and the costs are significanlty higher than a small business can afford.Costs for webhosting are annual costs are are currently £80 per year D evelopment prices are the most significant costs you will encounter when putting together your website. If you are able and willing to do this yourself you will do well do so as this can add up over time. Once your site is built and you want further changes you will often be charged for the simplest of 'tweaks'. The development of websites by nevishost is a much simpler process and costs are easier to predict. Hourly development rates are £15 per hour. The potential costs of a site development are agreed before work takes place and any changes to the original agreement are discussed before any charges are made. These costs are also kept down if a content management system is developed so that changes can be made by the site owner without returning to the developer. Typical quotes for small businesses have been in the region of four hours work for a three to four page site with some content management built in. Take this site as an example. I can change the prices in bold on this page on the Internet using a page with direct access to the database behind it. This would take all of ten seconds.D omain names are the last problem for you when it comes to costs. You have space, you have a site and now all you need is the right name for it. You can purchase domain names and handle them yourself for very little money. However, be aware that low cost domain often come with a sting in the tail. Some will make you carry advertising banners on your site and other will charge you heavily if you decide to transfer it away from the original site or to another owner. Sometimes you will even find that unscrupulous developers register the name for themselves and only allow you to use it while you are their customer. The costs for nevishost to register a .co.uk domain for you and to set it up to point to your site and email is £15 per year. You will only be required to suggest what you want as a domain name and nevishost will do the rest.To makes things really simple here is an example of what you could have from nevishost for around £125 per year- One years web hosting - includes 1 Gb web space, 20Gb bandwidth per month, as many pop3 email accounts as you like, a database for dynamic content and full ftp access. Full details here... Two hours development and/or administration time for your website. Small websites have been built on this kind of time including those with content management. Your .co.uk domain name registered in YOUR NAME and administered to point to your site and email. If this sounds like the kind of thing you are after contact us... |
