How much does a WordPress website cost? And more importantly, how can you influence those costs yourself? The price of a website depends, among other things, on how you build it or have it built. We list the options for you, so you can discover how much time and money each option costs.
And just as importantly, how future-proof the choice is. This makes it easy to avoid having to incur high web design costs again after a year (or even sooner).
Website costs, time, and future-proofing
Having a WordPress website created is not difficult, if you have an unlimited budget, all the time in the world and are not concerned about future-proofing. It is these three elements that make it more difficult. You want to keep a close eye on the costs, avoid spending too much time on it and ensure that you can use the website for a long time to come.
We have listed three options for you to create (or have created) a website based on WordPress. For each option, we assess the costs involved, the time required, and the future-proofing. This will give you a good idea of what you need to be critical about in order to get started in the right way.
Options for a WordPress website
What options do you have for creating a WordPress website (or having one created for you)? Traditionally, there are three, which we have listed for you below:
- ✔ Web design agency
- ✔ Website builders
- ✔ Do-it-yourself WordPress
Web design agency
This is the easiest option, as you can leave it to experts who know what they are doing. The agency will discuss your requirements with you and incorporate them all into the website. This method is particularly popular with larger companies that have the budget for it.
The website costs are relatively high, because the agency keeps track of the hours worked. You pay on the basis of an hourly rate or a package price. In both cases, the agency earns its money by working on your website, preferably for as long as possible. This drives up the website price and also makes it a lengthy process. Do you want to get online as quickly as possible at a competitive price? Then this may not be the best choice.
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Website builders
How much does a WordPress website cost if you do some or all of the work yourself? It becomes a lot cheaper if you use website builders such as Jimbo, Wix, Squarespace, Strato, etc.
Keep in mind that these tools offer all kinds of possibilities, but also have a relatively long learning curve. Especially if you have no experience with them, it will take a lot of time to master them. You save on the website price, but you have to invest a lot of time that you could have used to work for new customers.
In addition, you are often limited in the number of functionalities and links you can use. Furthermore, you are ultimately tied to one of the providers, which means you are dependent on their pace of innovation and growth. Switching is not easy, because you then have to rebuild the website.
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Do-It-Yourself WordPress
Want to do it all yourself to save as much as possible on website costs? The WordPress CMS is available free of charge. By building your website yourself, you can save as much as possible on web design costs. Keep in mind that building a website involves more than just installing WordPress. You will then need to configure all the functions, secure them and maintain them. Hosting companies do not deal with software, so unfortunately they cannot help you with this.
You will need to build and set up the website yourself. You will also be responsible for the plugins, the server and, for example, the WordPress theme. You will need to ensure that these are properly compatible with each other. And if you encounter problems with updates or plugins, unfortunately you will have no one to turn to for help in resolving them.
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About OneTap Online
Want the convenience of a ready-made website, but don’t want to pay for a developer to spend hours building it? At OneTap, we like to go a step further than the builders available, so you don’t have to build the website yourself.
We have more than 100 free professional WordPress themes available. These are website designs that you can use immediately. In addition, the important plugins are already installed and the website is completely ready for use. You pay a fixed amount per month for this, including maintenance and updates. What’s more, you can count on business e-mail, SSD WordPress Hosting, server installation and WordPress configuration. You don’t have to do any of this yourself, and you don’t have to worry about the high hourly rates charged by web design agencies.
With OneTap, you can have your complete WordPress website up and running within 15 minutes. And if you still want support from experienced specialists, we have a number of useful add-ons for that.
