Designing a company web site requires significant effort. At the minimum, a virtual web site to host the home page with a unique URL (www.yourcompany.com) and several pages of content can be accomplished for as little as $500. Consider that an average expenditure for a small company to develope marketing collaterals can be between $25 to $30K for full color brochures on the corporate profile, product data sheets other support material. The design and development of a corporate web site accomplishes the same purpose except at a much lower cost usually in the $3 to $10K range for an initial design. YOUR COMPANY'S WEB SITE IS YOUR CORPORATE RESUME.

Using the same analogy above, to produce a professional set of corporate brochures requires designers, graphic designers and artists, copy writers, photographers and other professionals necessary to produce the desired results. Your web site requires the same level of professionals in addition to computer/programming skills such as HTML, CGI scripting, Java, and more, to produce the desired results of a well designed and pleasing web site.

The Davisgroup has helped many larger corporations with needs analysis, web site planning, cost analysis, web site design and other technical services for assisting senior management with their future direction on using the internet as a serious business tool.

WEB SITE DESIGN

First and foremost - The Davisgroup does NOT create "cookie cutter" sites - those that use a "template" approach. Your site and its layout and graphics will all be created from the ground up - every item a perfect custom fit just for you. Because our approach is with an eye toward quality and effectiveness, rather than saving a nickel here and a dime there, we do NOT offer "packages" like some designers do.

Second - we do websites, intranets, advertising projects and redesigns for small to medium business customers only. Our clients include Electrical Contractors, High Technology companies, Insurance Industry and other commercial companies.

Third - we understand and believe that if design is the beauty that attracts the visitor to the site and makes them feel confident and at home, it's the technology that drives the site, serving up pages in the proper order and with the proper content at the proper time.

In addition, web technology provides all the mechanisms behind the scenes. The web site has many features and functions - and the graphic interface lets your sites' visitors use this special interactivity. Our prices take the entire mix into account because what's "behind the scenes" is equally as important as the packaging.

We quote on a per-project basis after consulting with you to get the best possible grasp of your needs and goals for your project. We can offer tips and suggestions on where your present design is failing to meet your needs and what new opportunities and options are open to you. If you have no current online representation, we can walk you through the process. You'll find us to be a true partner in your venture because your success IS our success!

Putting the pieces together. . .

How do we do an assessment for a project quote?
We study an outline of the project created after our initial consultation and make estimates of the approximate work hours of each segment, and then for the whole. We cut our ala carte rates in half and figure billable hours from there. (Billable hours are quite a bit lower than actual work hours so you pay for only raw production hours and not set-up time.) We have gotten quite good over the years at time estimates, but always round down to be sure. We do our best to be honest to a fault because that's the way we'd like to be treated in business. This gives us our project flat quote. This sort of quote allows for a reasonable number of revisions of a moderate nature without incurring additional costs.

But, let's say your company has a restricted budget for your online project and you need to get the very most for your quantified dollars. You may want to go with our "First, Best Effort Plan". This is the same service and the same superb quality you'll get with all our work. But other than text revisions and small graphic changes, you trust us on the design. If you've visited our client sites and our examples, you know you can count on us to represent you well, and this can be a big money saver, as it allows us greater design freedom and less time is lost on back-and-forth approval of each small element.

If you've chosen the "First, Best Effort Plan" and at the end of the project find that there are a few items you want to add, change, create, etc - the best bet for most people is to choose the best of both worlds - Have us quote your bid for the total estimated site cost, and go hourly for the final tweaking, finishing touches, and any items "ala carte". These hourly rates are quoted below:

Hourly rate is $75 for Concept Development & HTML Layout and design.
Expert Original Graphics & CGI Development is $95 per hour.
Other items and options quoted by request.