Having a website nowadays to reach more potential customers is a must. With different businesses coming-up in the market every day, showcasing your company or business value via a wider audience is relatively critical. Websites are your 24/7 storefront; it allows existing and potential customers to know more about your business and the products or services you are offering. All these features without the need to have a physical person trying to engage your visitors directly. A professionally designed and structured website will provide you better sales conversion at a lesser cost of maintaining a brick and mortar store. But what is the real cost of having a website? Websites are not something to be built and later on, leaving it at the same state over time. Websites require frequent updates to make it continuously relevant and aligned to your business objective. It also requires a different marketing method designed for the digital world. On a typical website implementation and operation, you will need to take note of the following average cost drivers:
- Website Design (Need to consider responsive design to accommodate devices with smaller screens)
- Website Development (Content Management System or an E-Commerce platform to use)
- Website Domain Name paid annually (the actual URL of your website – e.g., www.j2e.tech)
- Website Hosting paid either monthly or yearly (where all your website assets including images and web pages will be stored)
- Search Engine Optimization/Marketing (to put you on top of search engines such as Google or Google Ads)
- Webmaster Services or an Employee to maintain and update the content of your website.
With the above items, a typical website project may cost you around 50K – 150K pesos to deliver the actual website. Note that the price mentioned does not include the cost yet to maintain and operationalize it. So, is having a website a worthy investment for your business? YES. It should not even be a question in this day and age. The most important thing to consider when embarking on this journey is to be able to select the right tools, partners, and strategy to proceed and go beyond the digital space. With J2E.tech’s Website as a Service (WaaS), your business can have a professionally designed website without the huge upfront cost and even a much lower price to maintain. We cover all the above items (Website Design, Domain Registration, Web Hosting, SEO, Monthly Webmaster Services, Yearly Website Refresh/Redesign) on a reasonable monthly fee for as little as 4,995 pesos (USD 99) per month, ALL-IN. And that’s not all. If you pay on an annual basis, you can get two months free, which means you will only be paying for the ten months and get a full year of services. Check their WaaS product by clicking here or visit https://www.j2e.tech/services/website-as-a-service-philippines-waas/.