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Approximately 90% of all websites we build fall within the $3,000-$10,000 range. 5% of our websites are in the $15,000-25,000 range. But there are also websites that fall under our Golden package for $1,600.
It all depends on what your website is meant to do. Joomla Biss offers flexible packages and custom web design solutions. Our most popular website design package for small businesses is a Gold package for $1,600. This package includes a full set of the most important functionalities a typical small business would want to have. Please review what is inlcuded in our Gold website design package.
In practice, however, a lot of our clients order additional features, such as, for example, a dynamic calendar of events, store locator, job board, financial reporting, document management system, membership management system, payment process, etc. All such features - and many others! - can be added after your base website has been built. Please not that once we provide you with our official quote, we commit to it for the full duration of the website design project. Our web design contracts are fixed-cost and all-inclusive.
Most clients find that fixed-cost contracts are a much safer choice for them versus contracts based on a per-hour billing. With hourly billing, your initially low quote can increase to 50% and more for “extras” and "not included" items by the end of the project.
Joomla Bliss offers our clients a fixed-cost all-inclusive contract where we commit to a mutually agreed budget for the entire duration of the web design project until its full completion. This includes basic SEO, training and post-launch support. During training you will learn how to use your Joomla website and how to conduct basic SEO on your website to maximize its ranking on Google.
Yes, before we start a website project, we create a project plan. We then request that the client review and approve it. Our payment schedule is tied to the project plan.
As a rule, a new website for a small business takes 2-3 weeks. For a medium business a new website takes about 2-3 months. As a service provider, we are financially motivated to complete the project on time. Most marketing folks find that getting their management to review and approve things ends up being the main challenge.
In most cases the answer is "Yes". In some cases, for a large website design project, more than one meeting maybe a good idea: at the very beginning and then mid way. However, we have clients in Toronto with whom we never met in person. If meeting time is an issue, we can schedule a teleconference via Skype or other software. For management of the website design project, email and phone communications are often sufficient.
Planning on undertaking a website design or website redesign project? Allow us to present the ultimate website redesign checklist.
Plan your project. Prepare. Do homework
Define website requirements and create an RFP (request for proposals) document
Most common items to include in the website design RFP document:
Source qualified web design agencies
Hire the most qualified web design agency for your project
Start the design and production process
Coordinate with the web design agency
Organize project files properly
Manage quality and conduct QA
Manage your management wisely
Joomla Bliss is a specialized boutique website design firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We will be delighted to talk to you about your website design or redeisgn project. We work on a fixed-cost all-including contract basis, and our quote includes Joomla and SEO training as well as granular project reporting and post-launch support. Call Anna at 613.231.6308 or email her to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your website design or redesign challenges and objectives.
Usually – not much. If you have a good web hosting company and a good website design agency, then the process is usually predictable and painless. but there are a few things you want to consider before selecting a web design firm:
One of the standard sales practices in the web design space is to provide clients with as low a quote as possible - initially. You may get a low initial quote but at the end will be paying 50% or even more for “extras”. It is important to clearly discuss what is included in the quote and what is not.
Joomla Bliss offers our clients a fixed-cost contract where we commit to a mutually agreed budget for the entire duration of the project. This includes project management, training and post-launch support.
Another great advantage of working with a boutique web design firm like Joomla Bliss is the fact that we nurture and baby our clients. With larger agencies, after the first or maximum two rounds of corrections, clients are usually requested to invest more to get the job done exactly the way they want it. Joomla Bliss makes sure that at the start of the project we clarify all the requirements and discuss layout samples in good detail. And later, we do not charge for rework. We work until the client is fully satisfied with the results.
If you are working with a larger web design agency, and if your project is not very lucrative for them, your communications with their project managers and account executives (yes, you will have to coordinate with both!) will leave much to be desired. With Joomla Bliss, on the other hand, you will enjoy nearly instant communication and outstanding customer support.
The same goes for post-launch support. With larger web design agencies, clients are usually required to sign up for an annual maintenance contract. Joomla Bliss provides free customer support for the first two calendar weeks after launching a website to the client hosting environment. This time is usually sufficient to clarify those issues that may have gotten overlooked during training (training is also provided as part of the contract at no additional cost). If further maintenance or support are required, we offer highly flexible website maintenance SLA options.
Joomla Bliss appreciates that a website design project involves multiple stakeholders; it requires clear and consistent communications and disciplined project management practices. We understand that some rework is unavoidable and will work until we are ensure that the client is fully satisfied with the results. Based on our experience and client feedback we developed what we believe is a “ZERO-RISK” strategy for our clients:
While it is not possible to completely avoid all risks, it is quite possible to minimize and avoid all high and medium risks, and we are proud to have developed the type of a risk-free process for our web design clients that does exactly that.
As opposed to many online marketing agencies and web design firms, who often put big words around small things, Joomla Bliss has different work ethics. We deliver high-end products but at the prices that even small and non-profit organizations can afford. With Joomla Bliss, our clients get a Ferrari for the price tag of a Toyota.
If quality is important to you but your budget is limited, Joomla Bliss is the right type of a service provider for you. We are a small and tight team who has been working very closely together for the last 6 years. As opposed to other agencies, we have no churn and our designers are not recent college grads. All our designers are University-educated professionals trained in technical fields, including software development, and our project manager is PMP certified.
We take pride in providing outstanding customer support and approach all clients with the utmost care and attention.
And what is also fantastic about us is that we work on a fixed-term contract basis, where all your expenses are agreed upon in advance and never increase by the end of the project. This includes training and post-launch support. This, alone, is a rare thing in the web design industry.
Further, our methodology offers our clients a "ZERO-RISK" project development where clients are never presented with any surprises and satisfaction is always guaranteed. We will not release a website until you are satisfied, even if we have to redo it all over again.
How can we afford to operate inthis way? We are a small boutique firm, we do not rent physical office nor do we hire expensive Account Managers.
If you are planning a web design or redesign project, call Joomla Bliss at 613-231-6308 for a free consultation with no obligations.
If you love quality things that last - you will love Joomla Bliss.