How much it costs to create a website in 2023

Are you planning to order the development of an online store, lending or other web resource for your company and want to know how the cost of creating a website is formed? In this article, we tell you in detail about the criteria that affect the price in 2023, and what nuances when working on the project can expect you.

What the price of website development in 2023 depends on

Website development from IT-company MEGASITE is a fully personalized project, so its cost cannot be fixed and uniform for all clients. The final price of website development is calculated based on the scale of business, type of resource, its complexity and purpose of creation, tools used, specialists involved. Therefore, if you want to know exactly how much a website costs for your business, we invite you to a free consultation in MEGASITE. Our managers will calculate the price of the site depending on your requirements to the resource. Also we will guide you on the terms of development and answer all your questions.

What makes up the price of website development

The creation of the site can be broken down into certain stages, each of which involves certain specialists. In the vast majority of cases, their work is paid by the hour, so the cost of the website for the client is calculated based on the number of hours spent by the team for its development. Let's take a closer look at the stages of website development and their cost.

Market Analysis, Strategy and TOR

This stage is necessary to delve into the client's business, study their services and products. Also, special attention is paid to market research and competitors to understand what they offer to the audience and what solutions are used for this. This stage also includes drawing up a portrait of the CA that will use the web resource. This gives an understanding of the needs of the audience, its objections and tools that will help to present the company from the most favorable side.

Based on the collected data prescribe the goals of the resource, technical requirements for it and the way of realization. All this is formalized in a detailed terms of reference, which will guide designers and developers at each stage.

The cost of analytics and site strategy development starts from $2000. The price for drafting the TOR varies from $1000 to $2000.

UI / UX design

The user comes in contact with the website and its features through the interface and visuals. Therefore, no matter how convenient the functionality of the resource, if the design is poorly developed - users will not be interested in the product. You can as much as you want to offer the best quality product on the market, but if the client can not use the sorting filters or get lost in the navigation, he will not make a purchase, which means your business will lose profit.

Therefore, when we talk about the cost of creating a website, we always lay down payment for quality and human UI / UX design. The average cost of website design in Ukraine starts from $1000. This price includes both the creation of a preliminary prototype of the site design and detailed rendering of all pages.

Front-End development

Simply put, Front-End development is responsible for "turning" the design into a real website, where buttons work, pages open and user interaction takes place. At this stage, the site is adapted to different browsers and device screens. The cost of Front-End development starts from $2000.

Back-End development

At the stage of Back-End (backend) development is the creation of the server part of the web-site - it's databases, architecture, program logic, connection of third-party services. On average, the cost for this stage of work starts from $4000.

Admin panel development

Administrative panel allows the client to independently create new pages, add or hide products, publish company news, etc. This tool allows you to work with the web-site after its launch and without involving developers. The price of this stage depends on what CMS is used - extraneous or "written" specifically for your project. On average, the cost of CMS development from scratch starts from $3000.

Filling with content

Content describes your services, shows all the advantages of goods and persuades to buy or take another action, which is necessary for the company. In this case, the text can perform another function - to be a significant part of SEO-optimization, which will help to promote the resource in Google. The cost of filling one page with content starts from $50.

The cost of the site depending on its type

Developers distinguish different classifications of sites depending on technical characteristics and purposes. One of the most used is the purpose and content of the resource:

• Landing Page development is a one-page site, which is suitable for the fulfillment of one clearly defined purpose. For example, selling tickets to a concert, presentation of a new fitness bracelet with a pre-order record, selling an online course. The cost of such a website starts at $2000;
• business card site - a resource with one or more pages, which contains all the information about the company: its presentation, description of services and contacts. Such a website for business costs from $3000;
• development of a corporate website - this type of website can be called an extended version of a business card site, as the information about the company is presented to the maximum. As a rule, this is a high-tech resource that can be used for commercial, advertising and informational purposes. Such a site has detailed information about the services and products of the company, the ability to search, photo and video gallery. Also, the corporate portal contains an internal area that is used for work by the company's employees. The price of a turnkey site is from $6000;
• development of online store - in e-commerce projects the emphasis is on the online display (catalog), which should be organized in such a way that it was as easy and quick as possible for the visitor to make a purchase. In addition to creating pages for each product line and product, an online store requires specific functionality: sorting filters, a buyer's personal cabinet, shopping cart, integration of payment systems, administrator panel, order status tracking, etc. Therefore, creating an eCommerce site requires a budget from $9000. At the same time, the cost of eCommerce development has a very large "fork" due to differences in the scale of the project - after all, it can be an online store of a local clothing brand on 30 pages, and a full-fledged marketplace, which presents thousands of products.

Also do not forget about the additional costs - it is the connection of the domain and hosting, further maintenance, annual payment of CMS, the release of new content. Of course, this part of the cost is not comparable to the initial investment in the development of the site, but it is also worth remembering.

We want to emphasize once again that all the figures in this article - just a guide, so that you have a rough idea of prices in 2023. If you want to find out how much your project will cost, sign up for a consultation via the feedback button on the website or use the Online Calculation function.