I see a lot of guys who make websites for a living on here, I have a question

[Fatal Jay]

How much does it take for one to make a website (have someone to make them a great website)

and how much is the monthly's on keeping the site up?

The reason why I am asking this, is because I want to make a website.

 

[Eph]

How much does it take for one to make a website (have someone to make them a great website)

and how much is the monthly's on keeping the site up?

The reason why I am asking this, is because I want to make a website.

It all depends. You have to pay for hosting and a domain name. Usually, the domain name comes with the hosting plan, but you can buy it separate so they aren't tied together. If you're going to pay for someone else to actually do the coding it also depends on what exactly you're looking for. A static website (ex: landing page) is pretty easy to do, and so is pretty cheap. The harder it is to code, the more it'll cost you. You've got a range of options though. You can pay flat-fee, or you can pay hourly. Its a buyer's market.

What type of website were you looking into creating?

 

[backbreaker]

You can build a six website for free. Go daddy about 5 dollars a month

 

[Fatal Jay]

It all depends. You have to pay for hosting and a domain name. Usually, the domain name comes with the hosting plan, but you can buy it separate so they aren't tied together. If you're going to pay for someone else to actually do the coding it also depends on what exactly you're looking for. A static website (ex: landing page) is pretty easy to do, and so is pretty cheap. The harder it is to code, the more it'll cost you. You've got a range of options though. You can pay flat-fee, or you can pay hourly. Its a buyer's market.

What type of website were you looking into creating?

Like a mixture of blogging, but also doing reviews on certain media, such as movies, games, music etc.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Like a mixture of blogging, but also doing reviews on certain media, such as movies, games, music etc.

Don't put the cart before the horse. Start a free blog on wordpress or blogger, it's got everything you need to get started.

THEN start blogging and build your audience. Once you've got a decent audience, you can then spend some cash to build your own site.

This is how all the "gurus" that blog on game got started. Blog for free, build some traffic, then once you KNOW you've got readers, then spend the cash to have a site built.

 

[Eph]

In that case, something like that shouldn't cost much. You could probably throw something together yourself, even without knowing much. Only trouble would be getting different things to work together.

But yeah, like Taiyuu_Otoko said, you might wanna look at just a domain name (don't use the free subdomains; ie: .blogspot.com) and one of the free options for now. Get some traffic going, and then expand.

 

[Desdinova]

Like a mixture of blogging, but also doing reviews on certain media, such as movies, games, music etc.

My blog/website is probably similar to the one that you're looking to design.

You can use any of the blogger engines out there (wordpress, blogger), pay for a domain name, and have the domain linked to your blog account.

The thing about my site is I needed webspace for storage. I fork out about $100 ever two years for my domain name, unlimited storage, and unlimited bandwidth. If you just want a domain, it's going to be much cheaper.

Don't put the cart before the horse. Start a free blog on wordpress or blogger, it's got everything you need to get started.

THEN start blogging and build your audience. Once you've got a decent audience, you can then spend some cash to build your own site.

Agreed 100%, and this is exactly how I did mine. There's a lot of popular blogs out there that don't pay 5hit. It all boils down to necessity. For me, it became absolutely necessary that I have webspace to store all my 5hit because all the free services were too unreliable and it was pissing off my readers. Get what you need out of necessity instead of dreaming big and wasting money.

The biggest challenge you'll have is building up an audience. Find websites or blogs that are similar to yours. Send them an email telling them that you like their site and are adding a link to it on your site. Send them a link to your site and ask them to check it out. If they like your stuff, they'll add you as well.

Once you build up a decent audience, it will keep itself going as long as you keep updating. Longevity will also play a big role in attracting people; the more stuff you post, the more likely people will show up from google and direct links to your stuff.

 

[Fatal Jay]

Thanks guys

 

[Fatal Jay]

what happen to all the guys on here who made pages, I want to see samples of your work.

 

[Eph]

Well, you've seen mine already haha. Of course I've since updated it, but actually I wouldn't mind seeing some of your work as well.