TotalDesignZ.com pricelist ....well, sort of
  
 
At TotalDesignZ.com, we do work ranging from $500 and above to 5 figure jobs and
sometimes even 6 figure projects. What this means to you as the customer is that there
is no job too small or too large for us. This is evidenced by the extensive list of services
that we offer. We will be more than happy to make a few changes to your existing site and
we'll only charge you for the actual time spent and we can also make you a 6 figure corporate
site the likes of which you have never seen. We have made 5 page sites and sites with over
500 products. We can charge you by the hour or give you a fixed price and we offer the option
of a work log in Excel format. We know of no other company that offers this much. We also
accept many forms of payment including Letters of Credit and equity in the website we're making. 

You won't find any actual prices for our services for a simple reason. It is impossible to quote
a price for making a website without having more details about the project. Anyone quoting
you a price after only been asked like this "How much for a website?" is sure to rip you off.
The reason! They will tell you anything to get the job and when they can't deliver on budget
simply because they gave you an off the wall price, you will not hear from them again and
you're stuck with going to court. Depending on how much you paid, it may not be worth 
your time which is what low budget companies count on.

Here are just a few things that decide how much a site will cost:

• Number of pages?

• Will the site have any programming such as ASP, Java, CGI scripts,
  Database and so on. This can really drive the price up.

• Shockwave or Flash? Streaming video or webcams?

• Any graphics such as pictures? How many? Will they be delivered to us ready
  to use or will we have to retouch, resize, resample and compress? Many clients
  have what they think is web ready art but the reality is often that the images
  are way too big and must be redone, recompressed (if possible) or in any
  other way reworked to keep their site fast loading. Note that we are known
  for our fast loading sites!

• Forms, discussion groups, auto responders, mailing lists and custom designed
  counters are other features that cost extra.

• Will we receive all the information in digital format or do we have to retype
  all text? Will scanning be required?

• Does the site require e-commerce and other shopping features? If so, how many
  products and what features will the site require? Does the client have a merchant
  account, security certificates and so on? Have they chosen a hosting company?
  Have they selected an e-commerce program?

• Will we be doing Search Engine Positioning? If so, at what level? Who is their 
  target audience? What country and what engines will we be targeting? What
  language? What is their competition for the chosen keyword/s or phrase/s?

These are just a few of the question a serious web design firm will be asking. If you are
paying for a company website and your design firm fails to ask you any of the above,
look somewhere else. Does it seem complicated? Well, anything lesser won't do the job!
Do you really want someone to design your site that takes the job so lightly as to not
even ask you what you really need? We didn't think so. Why would you then even 
consider giving them your business? At TotalDesignZ.com, we care, we have the
knowledge and we deliver. Every time, on time and on budget. Ask our clients!

General pricing rules are:

• All design work to be paid with 50% up front.
  
  What we consider design work?
  Web design (graphics only and complete sites) and all other graphic
  design such as any Vector and Bitmap Graphics, Custom Photography,
  3D design, Animation, Architectural Design and VRML type graphics,
  Custom Graphics, Banner Creation and any other work that involves graphics.

• Exceptions to the 50% rule above are:
  Search Engine Positioning, Business Card Design, Logo Design
  and all printing services. Projects in these categories must be paid
  in full in advance.

• For projects over $50 000 a 30% fee up front will be accepted with
  the subsequent 30% to be paid after approximately 60% of the work
  has been completed and the remaining 40% to be paid on delivery
  of the completed job.

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