The cost of developing a website depends on many factors, and it is impossible to say exactly how much the site will cost without knowing the details of the project. To calculate prices, developers must be informed, at least, of such project requirements as a technology stack (if the client has any preferences regarding this), functionality and deadline for the project.
However, an approximate cost can be calculated based on the time it takes to create a particular type of website or development phase.
The cost of developing the site according to their types
We have divided development costs into popular categories of websites. For convenience, we express the number of development hours, not the dollar equivalent. This is due to the fact that different software companies may have different rates per hour.
Business card or business site
Typically, such business sites serve as a business card company on the Internet. In other words, they are created so that the client can contact the company online and, as a rule, does not contain any complex functionality.
Business sites consisted of several pages, among which most often there are such pages as “About us”, “Contacts”, “Blog”. As we already mentioned, such sites rarely have complex logic and use simple functions, such as support for downloadable content or newsletter subscriptions.
Accordingly, the average amount of time spent by developers to create a business site from scratch can vary from 190 to 260 hours of development. Time depends entirely on the amount of functionality, as well as on the complexity of the design and animation.
Online stores
E-commerce sites range from small to large online stores. It is difficult to predict even approximately their functionality, since everything depends on the particular business. The average time spent by developers to create an e-commerce site can vary from 350 to 750 hours.
Landing page
This is a website consisting of one single page. Typically, sites of this type are created to motivate customers to take appropriate actions, such as buying 1-2 products or participating in conferences. Such sites are quite minimalistic and do not have a large number of functions in order not to distract visitors from the main goal.