| More and more small businesses are now seeing the | | | | websites, as these designers are usually people who |
| need to have a presence on the internet. Because | | | | are working from home, not big corporations, so their |
| they are small, their budget for doing this is also small. | | | | prices should be reasonable. |
| So how do small businesses get themselves onto the | | | | To compare the cost of hiring a web designer with |
| internet without have to learn web design and | | | | the hosting package that includes web design, just |
| without it costing too much? | | | | add the total cost of the hosting and domain name |
| The first step is research. Many website hosts will | | | | to the cost of hiring a web designer. |
| offer packages that include hosing, domain name and | | | | The other things you will need to consider in |
| web design. You will need to do a search for hosting | | | | comparing web hosting companies is the expected |
| companies and do a comparison of what each one | | | | downtime, the amount of space you are able to use |
| offers. | | | | to host your site, the amount of bandwidth allowed, |
| Some companies offer free hosting but their domain | | | | the number of email accounts allowed as well as |
| names are more expensive than others are. Others | | | | whatever other special benefits they may offer. |
| will offer low priced domain names but will charge a | | | | So, what you need to do to set up a low cost |
| monthly fee for hosting. The best way to compare | | | | website for your small business is research. Research |
| the different hosting companies is to work out how | | | | website hosts and website designers. Work out the |
| much the yearly cost is for the hosting and domain | | | | total cost per year. Compare the website size and |
| name combined. This will give you a total figure that | | | | bandwidth. Finally, you will need to contact the |
| can be easily compared. | | | | company that has the package you are looking for. |
| However, what if you need someone to design your | | | | However, before you sign up for anything, you also |
| website too? As I said above, some hosting | | | | need to make sure that they can deliver what you |
| companies will offer this service in a package with | | | | want for your web design and your web site. Make |
| your hosting and domain name. Again, you will need | | | | sure that your web designer is able to show you |
| to work out a yearly total for comparison. There are | | | | examples of sites they have designed so that you |
| also many web designers who would be willing to | | | | can see what they are capable of. This will give you |
| design your site for you at a reasonable price. A | | | | a good idea on whether they will be able to deliver |
| good place to look for web designers in the freelance | | | | what you want for your website. |