Are you ready to establish a web presence for your organization or business, but overwhelmed by what appears to be a process that is complex and expensive? Unfortunately, this process does indeed seem confusing, given
variety of companies selling their services and inconsistency of pricing from vendor to vendor. But establishing a web presence can be simplified if you follow these four steps.
1. Website Name Registration
Choose a name that best represents your business or organization. while a short, concise name is generally preferred, sometimes a longer name may be remembered by potential users and thus be a better choice. For example, www.mooreselectric.com is not shortest name possible for moores electrical construction website, but it clearly describes site and is easy for user to remember.
When selecting names, come up with several alternatives because your first choice may not be available. Name availability can be checked quickly at: www.networksolution.com
once at Network Solutions website, Click on "WHOIS" link to see if name you are interested in is available. If your first choice isn't available, a number of similar options will be displayed including those with variety of extensions like .info, .biz, .org .ws, .cc and .be.
I recommend that you stick with either a .com, .net and .biz extensions as most other extensions will not be remembered by your users.
The Cost to purchase a website ( Domain Name) is approximately $20.00 to $35.00 per year. Even if you are not quite ready to develop a website, you should purchase Domain Name you want if it is available since cost is low and name may not be available in future.
2. Website Design
The cost to develop a webpage is affected by amount of content, complexity of site and web designer you hire. Because of these wide ranging variables, it is very difficult to estimate what might be considered reasonable design costs.
However, a simple site that is essentially an online flier can be created for as little as $500, while a more complex e-commerce site can easily cost thousands. Don't be afraid to ask several companies for pricing estimates before making a decision.
