How Much Should You Spend on Your Website?

Nowadays, most small business owners realize the importance of a website. A website is the business' online home, and more often than not, the business' online home receives more "visits" per week than the actual business.

Websites allow your customers to try before they buy.  With the rise of smart phones and tablets, consumers are spending more and more time on the internet than ever before.  
​Younger generations browse and research before ever deciding to step foot on your premises, and some consumers never will step foot on your premises, electing to purchase online and have products delivered directly to their doorstep rather than be "inconvenienced" by an old-fashioned shopping trip.

So how much should you pay for this online presence?  You're used to paying rent, utilities and more for your physical presence, but an online presence couldn't possibly cost the same or more, right?  Everyone's seen the commercials promising $9.99 or free websites.  Why not GoDaddy and forget about it?

The old adage, "Nothing in life is free," fits perfectly with this promise of free or dirt cheap websites.  This initial promise of free websites is designed to lure you in and eventually open your checkbooks.  If you stick to your guns and come away with the cheapest website possible, you'll end up with exactly that.  A cheap website.  With no support, no search engine optimization, no maintenance, and a site that looks like someone with no experience designed it. And in the end, you WILL end up spending some money making your own website. You'll be required to purchase a domain name, pay yearly hosting fees, and possibly pay for some premium plugins and themes. Start adding it all up and you’re investing several hundreds of dollars plus your time.  It could take a newbie upwards of 40-80 hours to put together your own quality website. Is your time worth the learning curve, frustration, and costly mistakes? For most people, this answer is no.

That's where Berry Digital Solutions LLC comes in.  We have decades of experience creating, building and maintaining websites.  We know what it costs, how much time it will take, challenges that will pop-up along the way and more.  Our goal is to remove all of this website stress from your life, so you can focus more time elsewhere in your business.

An added benefit of a Berry Digital Solutions' website is that we are local, hands-on and always available for tech support, training, on-the-fly site edits and more.  If you're business is located in Champaign, Clark, Logan or Union counties, more often than not, we can meet with you at your business location at a moment's notice.  That's the type of customer service you won't get from the national chains promising "$9.99 websites."  

We offer three different tiers of websites, ranging from basic 1-page sites to advanced 100+ page sites with full eCommerce options.  All of our sites include year-round maintenance, edits, and tech support.  Our designs are all mobile-friendly, state-of-the art modern designs that place the focus on user-friendliness and search engine optimization.

Our website prices are about half of the national average.  Our free and custom quotes won't be beat, and our customer service is second to none.  So the next time you're considering a new website or switching from your current provider, remember to give Berry Digital Solutions a call.  You won't regret it!