Ern Berck Digital

Pricing

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Pricing Summary

These are current baseline prices for our website review, design, and management services. For more details please see our website Services page.


01. Website Review

Are you ready for a change, but don’t know where to start?

  • What we do: We review and advise, but don’t touch.
  • Starting cost: $300
  • Timeframe: 1–2 weeks

02. Website Design

Do you need a new website?

  • What we do: We create your content, pages, layout, navigation, styles, interactions, everything.
  • Starting cost: $3,000
  • Timeframe: 4–12 weeks

03. Website Management

Do you dread the thought of managing your website?

  • What we do: We can manage all aspects of your website presence, including organic online marketing.
  • Starting cost: $100/month
  • Terms: 3-month minimum term. Billed in advance. Runs until canceled.

Hourly rate

We really don’t have an hourly rate, because we typically don’t work on an hourly basis. Instead, we charge a set fee, per project. That way, you’ll always know what your website will cost. No surprises, no hidden charges, no upsells, and no nickel-and-dime invoices for minor changes. What you agree to at the beginning is what you’ll pay. Period.

Getting an estimate

Shortly after a client calls we do a bit of research and come up with an estimate on cost. We also clearly list our baseline fees here, and on our Services page.

Obviously, we can’t be exact at this stage, but if a potential client is going to have sticker shock, we try to get it over with as soon as possible. As we gain more insight into your project, we’ll get more precise with that figure.

Hopefully, by the time you get a proposal, your estimate won’t be a big surprise. And, if we get deeper into the project and discover that it’s more complex than you originally described, we’ll discuss it together.

Deciding on a budget

How much do you want to spend? This question makes most clients nervous because they think that the designer is trying to trick them into revealing their budget so that they can take all of it. Unfortunately, that happens sometimes — But not around here.

Give us a number and we’ll tell you what you can get for that amount. Then we can talk about whether you need that much design. But most of all, that number tells us how to guide you toward the best solution and avoid designs outside of your price range.

Design is a solution to a problem within a set of constraints. There is no bigger constraint than your budget. So don’t make it a secret, don’t make it a mystery. It’s a budget, not a missile launch code. It’s the biggest data point you have, and we need to know what it is.

/ This is our approach

If you say your budget is $10,000, and we think that amount is appropriate, we’ll show you a $10,000 solution. If you say $5,000, we’ll see if we can build a $5,000 solution. But they will be two different solutions.

We won’t charge you $10,000 for a $5,000 solution just because we know you have the money. But the worst outcome is for us to develop a $10,000 solution when your budget is $5,000. That would be a big waste of our time, and yours.

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