How much does DIY WordPress Management Cost?

At Web321, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver a great website and maintenance package for a lower total cost than you could get elsewhere. That said, we know our solution isn’t going to be right for absolutely everybody! One alternative: Do It Yourself web design (think Wix, Weebly or Squarespace).

How does Web321 stack up against doing it yourself? Find out below.

The Basics
The "Y" in DIY means that you'll be putting your time into this - we need to find out how much that will cost. We also need to know where you plan on building and hosting your website.
Wage
How much is the person doing the work getting paid? If it's you, how much is your time worth per hour? If it's someone else, how much is their time worth?
Please enter a number from 16 to 250.
Hosting Decision
Do It Yourself can mean building it with a well-known DIY builder like Wix or Squarespace, or a builder provided by your web host.
- Wix
- Squarespace
- Weebly
- GoDaddy Builder
- Regular Hosting
Learning Web Design
Let's look at how much time you'll need to get the concepts down and learn the builder.
How Long Will You Learn?
How much can you sink into getting a handle on web design concepts?
- No Time - I already know Web Design
- Brief Intro Course
- Longer Intermediate Course
- Expert Level Certification
Course Cost
About how much will the course cost?
- Free or N/A
- $99 course
- $499 course
- $999 course
Learning Costs
Here's how much you will spend in lost earnings and wages to learn web design:
Design & Content
Now we'll find out how much time and effort you'll put into your graphic design and website build.
Web Design
Estimate the complexity of your build from simple (6 hours) to advanced (75 hours).
- Simple
- Basic
- Advanced
Graphic Design
Estimate the complexity of your graphic design from simple (5 hours) to advanced (20 hours).
- Simple
- Basic
- Advanced
Written Site Content
Estimate the complexity of your written content and sales copy for the site from simple (5 hours) to advanced (40 hours).
- Simple
- Basic
- Advanced
How Many Pages?
How many pages will your site have?
Please enter a number from 1 to 20.
Design Costs
Here's how much you will spend in lost earnings and wages to design your site:
Third Party Costs
Let's estimate your costs for your hosting, domain, design assets and annual licenses.
Hosting
Costs per year
Domain Registration / Renewal
Price per year
Clipart, Images & Media
- All Free
- Some Premium
- Mostly Premium
Plugins and Application Licensing
Plugins give your site additional functionality beyond the basics.
- None
- Some plugins & additional apps
- Many plugins & additional apps
Upfront Third Party Costs
These are one-time costs for your site's art and media.
Recurring Third Party Costs
These are the costs for your plugins, licenses, domain registration and hosting that must be paid annually.
Upkeep And New Content
How much time and money will it cost to maintain your site?
Updates
If you've built your own site with your host's WordPress or other website builder, you'll need to update the software and plugins regularly to keep the site secure.
- Minimal (1 hour per month)
- Moderate (2 hours per month)
Back-ups
You'll need to perform regular backups to keep a restorable copy of your site in case of data loss or hacking.
- Minimal (1 hours per month)
- Moderate (2 hours per month)
Content Updates
How much time will you spend adding new products, sales, blog posts, etc. to your site each month?
- Minimal (1 hour per month)
- Moderate (4 hours per month)
- Frequent (8 hours per month)
Upkeep Costs
Here's how much you will spend in lost earnings and wages to update and maintain your site:
Total Initial DIY Costs
This is the sum of all upfront costs for your DIY design, as well as expenses incurred before your site's first anniversary.
Learning Web Design Basics
Web Design Labour
Third Party Costs
Upkeep Costs
TOTAL (First Year)
Second Year DIY Costs
This is the sum of your recurring upkeep costs and third party expenses in the 2nd year of your site.
TOTAL (Second Year)
Third Year DIY Costs
This is the sum of your recurring upkeep costs and third party expenses in the 2nd year of your site.
TOTAL (Third Year)
Extrapolated Costs
This is how much you'd pay per month if you divided the total 3-year cost into 36 monthly payments.
Total All-In Costs
Monthly
Congratulations! You can make a Do It Yourself website and save some money.
Hours Spent
This is how many hours you'll spend learning web design, and designing, deploying and maintaining your site:
If that seems like too much - in terms of time spent, upfront cost or total cost of ownership, let us help you. We take care of everything above and more... so you can spend your time building your business and serving your customers.
Contact
If you'd like us to contact you to discuss your options, leave your email here.
Phone
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1-844-4-WEB-321

1-844-WEB-321

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1-844-WEB-321

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The Basics

Learning Web Design

Design & Content

Third Party Costs

Upkeep And New Content

Total Initial DIY Costs

Second Year DIY Costs

Third Year DIY Costs

Extrapolated Costs

We'll take good care of your website.

1-844-4-WEB-321

[email protected]

1-844-4-WEB-321

[email protected]