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We are located in Toronto and specialize in web design for small to medium sized businesses.

We offer friendly, one on one service when gathering your information and discuss with you

You can follow step by step the progress of your website until it's released to the public.

There are four expenses involved in owning/operating a website:

• Site Name or Domain Name Registration
• Hosting website
• Web Site Design
• Maintenance/Updates

1. The domain name registration for a .com name is approximately $20-$35 per year. A domain name using the .ca extension in it’s name could be $25.00-35.00 per year. In some cases you may want to get both extensions to make sure you secure the online name.

2. The website must be posted to the internet. The web host which puts your website on their server can run between $120.00 – $250.00 per year. The web host offers up to 10 or more e-mail addresses that you can use for each individual in your company. If your website is an e-commerce website with high volume traffic you’re hosting charges could be $50.00 - $100.00 or more per month.

3. The initial website developed with 6-10 pages and has no database can be made between $399.00 – $1000.00 An e-commerce website to sell products or services online with 10 or more pages demands a lot more planning and development Logos, animations and database can be anywhere between $1,500.00 – $10, 000 + depending on complexity and number of pages, feedback forms, ASP (Active Server Pages), etc.

4. Maintenance or updates made to websites already produced can be set as a monthly fee or by the hour fee. Adding new content like photos and text, dates, and new info keeps your website “alive” and fresh. People return back over and over to your site because there’s always new content. Look at monthly updates as adding spice to your site, anything that keeps the interest of the viewer.

Your Website's Purpose

You should have a clear idea of what you want to tell the public. At minimum you need to tell the viewer who you are, what you sell, where they can find you.

People love pictures, they love interesting design and colors. Viewers will jump around page to page, website to website because they are captivated by images. Rarely will they stay on a site unless some photo is placed on the FrontPage. So placing a few well placed photos on your FrontPage is very important. You should have a good clear picture of your product on the opening page.

Adding Links to Other Websites and Related Topics

It is useful to have a links page to other business that may want to do a reciprocal link back to your website. I’ll promote your business if you promote mine sort of thing.

Depending on what your product or service is, you may have to educate your buyers. By giving them other related Information they will be able to come back to your website with more understanding of what you offer.