Unique pricing
Always transparent.
My prices are the most competitive you will find anywhere, simply because this is not my day job; I work out-of-hours, working with one client at a time.
I charge a £200 non-refundable deposit (after a free in-depth consultation, of course) with the outstanding amount payable upon completion and only when you are completely happy 😊
Level 1 sites
£750 (delivery time approx 2 weeks)
Running costs not included - see here.
👍 Online/phone consultancy and email/video communications via Loom
👍 Installation of a Ghost theme (see below)
👍 1 Admin can be allocated to your site
👍 Configuration and styling of theme
👍 Placement and styling of content that you provide into a number of different pages/sections (to be agreed)
👍 Configuration of your own custom domain (you will need to provide this - I can help if needed)
👍 Full training video
Choose from these themes:
This website is built using this free Ghost theme. Note that the demo theme looks different. Themes can be customised - more so concerning placement of information as opposed to style.
Graphic design and content creation services are additional.
Level 2 sites
From £950 (delivery time 2-4 weeks)
Running costs not included - see here.
👍 As above but with more flexibility in the design (choose from the themes below)
👍 2+ Admin can be allocated to your site, depending on the hosting tier you choose
Choose from these themes:
Bright Themes
Themes can be customised - more so concerning placement of information as opposed to style.
Graphic design and content creation services are additional.
Running costs
Please refer to the services below:
Hosting: From £9 per month
You will need to pay for hosting with Ghost here. Level 1 websites start on the Starter plan at £9 per month and allows up to 500 subscribers before moving to the next tier. If you require a Level 2 website the price starts at £25 per month.
Annual plans are available at a reduced cost.
Custom domain names: From £8 per year
I recommend registering domains with GoDaddy.
Contact form: from free
I recommend Cognito Forms. There is a free option but it uses the Cognito Forms branding. If you're fine with this, it's free. Otherwise, it's £12 per month. Alternatively, you could simply publish your email address.
Annual plans are available at a reduced cost.
Analytics and cookie notification: from free
You could use Google Analytics, which is free. But it requires the installation of an annoying cookie notification banner on your website. I recommend using CookieYes, which does start at free.
Google Analytics is overly bloated and complex. I recommend Plausible which doesn't require the use of cookie notifications and is simple to use. Plausible is £9 per month.
Annual plans are available at a reduced cost.
Email: £4 per month
I advise using a professional, privacy-centric email service and linking this to a custom domain name. For example, info@yourname.co.uk. I recommend Proton Mail.
Other considerations
Search Engine Optimisation
Ghost does have built-in SEO functionality (Search Engine Optimisation) but I do not make any claims to guarantee that your website will appear in search engine results pages (SERPS) under any specific keywords; this will depend on elements such as your content. There are many other ways to get noticed, such as Pay Per Click, social media, networking etc.
E-commerce
If you have a small inventory, several e-commerce solutions can be successfully integrated into Ghost websites, such as Ecwid and Shoprocket. However, I always recommend Shopify for e-commerce. Shopify isn't strong for blogging so you could consider running a Ghost blog as a subdomain to a Shopify install.
Booking systems
If you want to add a booking system, consider paying for a dedicated service that addresses that need and linking to it, or embedding it into your website. For example, Calendly allows you to set availability and take bookings and can be embedded in a specific area of your website.
Maintenance
Level 2 websites will need theme software updates - usually at least once per year and often twice. Depending on the complexity of your design, these typically range from £50 to £100 per year.