DicksWebs.com

Pricing:

The basics: Domain name: $30 for two years, Hosting: $12.95 per month at a hosting company, and $300 to $500 to someone for creating the pages suitable for hosting, such as DicksWebs.

What is needed in order to have a website?

Non-E-Commerce Website - means that your site is for information only, and you will not be selling products and collecting credit card information from your website. You'll need:

1. A Domain Name - http://www.mywebsite.com Cost: $30 to $60 for two years - renewable

2. A Hosting Company - space on a server computer for connection to the Internet. Cost: $12.95 per mo.

3. A Webmaster to create your web pages, upload them to your server and make needed changes to the website. (in the case of DicksWebs - this cost would be about $300 to $500 for a NON-E-COMMERCE SITE, depending on your needs) Content for pages supplied by owner. (photos, text)

E-commerce Website - site is for information and selling products, collecting credit card information, collecting taxes and shipping costs, depositing the funds in your business checking account - 24 hours a day. (There is now a much less costly way to do this. Ask us about it)

You'll need:

1. A Domain Name - http://www.mywebsite.com Cost: $30 to $60 for two years - renewable

2. A Hosting Company - space on a server computer for connection to the Internet. Cost: at least $35 per month, depending on number of products and other needs.

3. A Merchant Account* - a business banking account that allows Internet connected deposits. Of course, these folks charge for their services.

4. A Gateway* - an account with a third party that securely performs the credit card processing, verifies the card, processes the orders, sends an e-mail to the customer and the website owner verifying the order, finishing the sale. Of course, these folks charge for their services. Here's a great article on this.

5. A Webmaster to create your web pages, upload them to your server and make needed changes to the website.
(in the case of DicksWebs - this cost would be about $900 - $1200, depending on your needs. This pricing is based on 10-12 individual products. Price for more products, as with anything else, is negotiable.) Content for pages supplied by owner. (photos, text)

*The website owner is responsible for acquiring these accounts. DicksWebs will help in making them function correctly.

Things you should know:

You will find many offers to create websites that offer FREE domain names or FREE hosting or something else FREE, or at a lower price. We all know nothing is FREE, and the costs have just been moved to another area. When shopping around for a Webmaster, keep the big picture in mind.

Make sure that the Webmaster you choose helps set up your new e-mails that you get with your account.

One of the most important things to consider when choosing a hosting company is the ability to contact them by phone (preferably an 800 number) when a problem arises. Webmasters usually have tried many hosting companies and have settled on one or two that are most reliable in this area.

The Merchant Account and the Gateway Provider can sometimes be obtained from the same banking institution. This part of the decision making should be researched carefully by the website owner.

DickWebs usually uses templates in the creation of your website. When the website is completed and up and running on the Internet, you will be supplied with a CD of the completed website and all passwords related to it. At this point, you do not own the template, but you own complete rights to the finished product.

While others require payment in full before the project is begun, DicksWebs requires 1/2 payment before starting, and final payment when the website is up and running on the Internet. The above mentioned CD will be sent to you when this final payment is received.

Other website owners have retained DicksWebs on a monthly or yearly basis for periodic maintenance on the website. Or, you may wish to just pay for each instance of maintenance. Minor changes are included in the original cost for 30 days, after the website is up and running, and is paid in full.

DicksWebs invites you to compare our costs with others, and make an informed decision. Creating and maintaining a website requires a cooperative and friendly relationship between the Owner and the Webmaster, and DicksWebs will always try to maintain that ideal.

DicksWebs

PHONE: 817-236-6031
FAX: 817-236-3022

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