Anyone know where I can get a good, cheap website from?

[carlytaylor1986]

I am currently awaiting to get my logo designed, however would like to know what is the best place to get a cheap website that is easy to build and add my logo to that is relatively cheap? xx

 

[Princess Layla]

Do verve design do websites?

 

[carlytaylor1986]

Im not sure? Thats who I am getting my logo through x

 

[Princess Layla]

Mee too! Drop them a line as there a web service link on their page xx

 

[sunshineinme]

Email Carl form Verve and Ruth Mills- they are AMAZING!!!

Fab people to work with and they are supper nice, quick and efficient!

 

[classixuk]

I am currently awaiting to get my logo designed, however would like to know what is the best place to get a cheap website that is easy to build and add my logo to that is relatively cheap? xx

I've designed websites for the last 10 years. I don't think that the words good and cheap go together when it comes to websites, or haircuts, or anything at all for that matter.

I know where you can get a good website, and I know where you can get a cheap website, but I don't know where you can get a good cheap website.

You tend to get what you pay for with Web design. Pay a little more and you'll reap the benefits with client referrals!

 

[bloomingnails]

Have a look at my website, it was done by a fellow geek and was a very reasonable price.

www.lovenails.info

Regards, Lilian

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[Ruth Mills]

I've designed websites for the last 10 years. I don't think that the words good and cheap go together when it comes to websites, or haircuts, or anything at all for that matter.

I know where you can get a good website, and I know where you can get a cheap website, but I don't know where you can get a good cheap website.

You tend to get what you pay for with Web design. Pay a little more and you'll reap the benefits with client referrals!

Yes, there's always going to be a trade-off between price and quality/individuality; the main issue being one of time; a more complex website will generally take longer to create.

 

[YuMeSkin]

I like your website. Can you PM me the Geeks details, please? I want to get geeked too

Have a look at my website, it was done by a fellow geek and was a very reasonable price.

www.lovenails.info

Regards, Lilian

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using SalonGeek

 

[Kim89]

Have a look at my website, it was done by a fellow geek and was a very reasonable price.

www.lovenails.info

Regards, Lilian

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using SalonGeek

Can you PM the geeks details please? Your sites fab!

 

[classixuk]

Yes, there's always going to be a trade-off between price and quality/individuality; the main issue being one of time; a more complex website will generally take longer to create.

Agree with this.

When I said how long I've been designing websites for I should have mentioned that I meant just for myself and friends rather then commercial clients but I've done quite well out of it, making it to the finals of The British Hairdressing Business Awards for Website of The Year. Friends' businesses whom I made websites for also reaped the benefits.

I would never want to do it commercially though. Clients generally think that a website is similar to designing a leaflet and the 2 couldn't be further apart. It doesn't really matter about the colours or the logos when you get a website made - they can be changed in a flash (excuse the pun) - all that really matters is people being able to find your business through a search engine on the first 1 or 2 pages of results for terms they might use when looking for businesses that offer your services.

Years ago this was really easy, because the internet was called "Yellow Pages" and it listed businesses by trade type in alphabetical order in a big book All you had to do was call your business A1 Hair or AAA Beauty to get listed first in your category. Nowadays Google does the reading and offers up the companies whom IT deems relevant to your search terms.

If you're going to pay someone for webdesign you should ask them which websites they have made for others, and which search terms they trigger along with search engine results (free results, not paid for).

Why would you bother paying someone £200 for a website that is permanently placed on page 64 of Google search results? Nobody would get to see it unless they actually typed the address of the website into their browser.

I'd rather pay someone £2000 and be featured on the first couple of pages. One of my websites launched last October has so far brought me in £23.5K in revenue. It took me around 4 weeks to get it ready for the net. If I had done that for someone else I would obviously want a month's wages for my time, but they would have been laughing now as their investment would have paid off handsomely.

 

[Ruth Mills]

Even so, it can still be possible to get on the front page of Google with relevant search terms with a sub-£200 website - I would say that a lot of SEO is a question of common sense - making sure you mention relevant words in the text on your website - especially where you are based - and make sure you make use of heading tags (e.g. H1 and H2) - it's surprising how well you can do with SEO by starting with simple things like that. The way I see it, there is no point spending out extra on SEO until you need to - provided you are happy to take time to think about how you word things yourself.

Agree with this.

When I said how long I've been designing websites for I should have mentioned that I meant just for myself and friends rather then commercial clients but I've done quite well out of it, making it to the finals of The British Hairdressing Business Awards for Website of The Year. Friends' businesses whom I made websites for also retaped the benefits.

I would never want to do it commercially though. Clients generally think that a website is similar to designing a leaflet and the 2 couldn't be further apart. It doesn't really matter about the colours or the logos when you get a website made - they can be changed in a flash (excuse the pun) - all that really matters is people being able to find your business through a search engine on the first 1 or 2 pages of results for terms they might use when looking for businesses that offer your services.

Years ago this was really easy, because the internet was called "Yellow Pages" and it listed businesses by trade type in alphabetical order in a big book All you had to do was call your business A1 Hair or AAA Beauty to get listed first in your category. Nowadays Google does the reading and offers up the companies whom IT deems relevant to your search terms.

If you're going to pay someone for webdesign you should ask them which websites they have made for others, and which search terms they trigger along with search engine results (free results, not paid for).

Why would you bother paying someone £200 for a website that is permanently placed on page 64 of Google search results? Nobody would get to see it unless they actually typed the address of the website into their browser.

I'd rather pay someone £2000 and be featured on the first couple of pages. One of my websites launched last October has so far brought me in £23.5K in revenue. It took me around 4 weeks to get it ready for the net. If I had done that for someone else I would obviously want a month's wages for my time, but they would have been laughing now as their investment would have paid off handsomely.

 

[classixuk]

Even so, it can still be possible to get on the front page of Google with relevant search terms with a sub-£200 website - I would say that a lot of SEO is a question of common sense - making sure you mention relevant words in the text on your website - especially where you are based - and make sure you make use of heading tags (e.g. H1 and H2) - it's surprising how well you can do with SEO by starting with simple things like that. The way I see it, there is no point spending out extra on SEO until you need to - provided you are happy to take time to think about how you word things yourself.

You're doing yourself a disservice though Ruth. Let's face it, most 'designers' who offer something for £200 will end up delivering a template driven 5 page website that looks sort of pretty but doesn't really do much in terms of business delivery. Some are even using software that would be familiar to Noah and his animals back in the day.

I just checked (using Internet Explorer with no Google log-in or cookies etc.) for hairdressers liverpool. There are over 1,200,000 potential results but we are there are the first page. I checked the term "hairdressing" and there are 23,000,000 results but we are there on the first page. My other websites perform similarly.

I think what gets my goat is when people set up as 'webdesigners' and charge for their work because they can press a few buttons on a free software they got from Download.com. Recent example - my dog groomer had been paying £20 a month for a website from a guy who claimed to specialise in pet based websites. It was a 5 page site that couldn't be found for any terms, unless they included her business name. He filled her testimonials page with quotes stolen from American dog groomers sites (which got her quite a few irrate calls), and he filled the top fold of the page with animated gifs and the most horrendous optimized jpgs I have ever seen in my life. Keywords were bolded all over the place and I would say it was an inch away from being blackhat - if he only knew how to hide a few layers no doubt it would have been! LOL £20 a month for that?

I told her to stop by Moonfruit and put something up herself - whilst not ideal it would be better than what he was charging her for.

Of course, I've seen the other side of the coin too. Clients charged thousands for a simple Wordpress install and a template monster download (usually pirated) with a simple logo change that reflects the true ability of the 'designer'. Perhaps that's even more shocking than the former, especially when you view the code and the meta-code still suggests the site is about "website templates, joomla templates, wordpress templates" etc.

I just wish people would see that getting a website done is like hiring a photographer for an event - one creates something you could do yourself, the next guy might create magic you could never have imagined. Web designers are not born equal and when you find a good one, reward them handsomely! :Grope:

 

[Susie H]

Ruth my luvy, you are worth the money, lets face it you are worth much more than you charge, that's something I think everyone can agree on, you're web sites are right up at the top of the search, you have pride in your work and we are so glad that you decided to create a profile and join us when you did.
The issue is with others who think that because they have done an online course that they are an expert, that's not entirely their fault, the training centres tell them how much money they can make, it's their job to tell them that, but like every other trade out there, including our own, one course does not an expert make.
So anyone wanting real, fantastic value for money, from a web designer who cares, talk to our very own Ruth Mills. She's amazing and gets a 5* rating from everyone who uses her services For web design that is:biggrin:

 

[ADiva1]

Don't do CHEAP anything! Ruth Mills is worth her weight in gold and you will get an affordable website from her. Remember, your website represents you and your work, so if you are going to do a CHEAP one, that would tell all about you. If you don't have the money to do a decent site at the moment, then save up, its so much worth it. Not CHEAP, but it does not have to be overly expensive as well....

 

[Ruth Mills]

You're doing yourself a disservice though Ruth. Let's face it, most 'designers' who offer something for £200 will end up delivering a template driven 5 page website that looks sort of pretty but doesn't really do much in terms of business delivery. Some are even using software that would be familiar to Noah and his animals back in the day.

I just checked (using Internet Explorer with no Google log-in or cookies etc.) for hairdressers liverpool. There are over 1,200,000 potential results but we are there are the first page. I checked the term "hairdressing" and there are 23,000,000 results but we are there on the first page. My other websites perform similarly.

I think what gets my goat is when people set up as 'webdesigners' and charge for their work because they can press a few buttons on a free software they got from Download.com. Recent example - my dog groomer had been paying £20 a month for a website from a guy who claimed to specialise in pet based websites. It was a 5 page site that couldn't be found for any terms, unless they included her business name. He filled her testimonials page with quotes stolen from American dog groomers sites (which got her quite a few irrate calls), and he filled the top fold of the page with animated gifs and the most horrendous optimized jpgs I have ever seen in my life. Keywords were bolded all over the place and I would say it was an inch away from being blackhat - if he only knew how to hide a few layers no doubt it would have been! LOL £20 a month for that?

I told her to stop by Moonfruit and put something up herself - whilst not ideal it would be better than what he was charging her for.

Of course, I've seen the other side of the coin too. Clients charged thousands for a simple Wordpress install and a template monster download (usually pirated) with a simple logo change that reflects the true ability of the 'designer'. Perhaps that's even more shocking than the former, especially when you view the code and the meta-code still suggests the site is about "website templates, joomla templates, wordpress templates" etc.

I just wish people would see that getting a website done is like hiring a photographer for an event - one creates something you could do yourself, the next guy might create magic you could never have imagined. Web designers are not born equal and when you find a good one, reward them handsomely! :Grope:

Yep, I quite agree there; OK my background is that I've been in Java web development for 12 years - but getting more than just a tad fed up with all the corporate bull... my greatest interest lies in designing web *applications* as opposed to just web *sites* - so - for example - designing a content management system from scratch in Java and then perfecting it over time - using cool technologies like XQuery - and leveraging Open Source software for doing things like resizing images and whatnot.

 

[sjmand]

http://www.salonalchemy.co.uk/ Ruth is very helpful and efficient her service is of the best quality and very reasonable hope this helps

 

[lisa.sharrock]

There's another similar thread going on and I've already added my comments but just to recap, I'm another Ruth Mills fan.

You only have to look at the amount of great feedback she gets on here and on her Facebook page to know that she's good at what she does.

 

[traceyashley]

Hi I’m just doing my website at the moment; my brother is a web designer for the big companies. I wanted his to design it but he has been contracted out for a few months in London so he has recommended a website for me which is free and you design it yourself it is so easy and then you have to pay something like £29 for the year to be published it is amazing . My friend also used this site and her web site looks so professional. This is the website Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog Hope you like



Tracey xx

 

[Kathie]

There's another similar thread going on and I've already added my comments but just to recap, I'm another Ruth Mills fan.

You only have to look at the amount of great feedback she gets on here and on her Facebook page to know that she's good at what she does.

I think I've just commented on that thread too