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Web design cost varies a great deal from one designer to the next. In fact, it is safe to say there is no universally accepted price for any web design project.
However, in this article, I will attempt to give you an idea of what it will cost you to design a functional quality website. The breakdown I give here will be greatly influenced by my own 12-year experience as a web developer and interaction with several other top-notch web designers in Nigeria.
The cost of creating a website can be divided into 4 basic categories. These include;
Note: SSL certificate is now a must for all browsers and search engines. So if your site doesn’t have it, it will be flagged as insecured. That alone is a big dent on your reputation. So, therefore, it’s now a must-have feature.
So below is an outline of all the monies you are likely to spend on your next web design project. Also beware that since there is no fixed price, I will stick to price ranges. Finally, Naira/dollar exchange rate fluctuation is one of the most important factors you need to have in mind. For the purpose of this article, exchange rate is pegged at NGN1200/dollar
NGN15,000 – NGN25,000
N15000 – N25000 per year.
Owing to the increase in the exchange rate, this is the price you are most likely to pay for a name that is free and available for registration.
If you need a .ng domain, the price ranges between N15,000 – N18,000.
However, you may want a name that is already taken by someone else. For that, you will have to place a backorder for it (that is contracting a domain broker like Godaddy or Namecheap to purchase it for you as soon as it is free).
This costs about $69. But if you are buying from another individual, then the price can be a lot higher – running into thousands of dollars.
Generally, if you don’t have a specific need for a particular name, just choose an alternative.
Personally, my normal strategy for getting the names I want is to go for the .com.ng or .ng extension.
For example, when I was launching a new startup back in 2015, I wanted www.thesummary.com but of course, that wasn’t available and I couldn’t change the name of the business, so I simply opted for thesummary.com.ng. And the site went on to do quite well. You too may apply this same strategy.
= $60 – $168 (N90,000 – N252,000) per year
= $360 – $1700 (N540k – N2.55Million+ per year)
= $1600 – $4200 (N2.4Million+ – N6.3Million+) per year
Note, these estimates are provided based on Nigeria’s current exchange rate of NGN1200/$
web hosting comes in various categories. There are generally 4 basic categoriesIt could be;
The category you choose depends on the number of visitors that come to the website on a monthly basis.
If you need just a business website for your company, it is okay to use shared hosting.
On the other hand, if your website is going to serve a large audience, it’s safest to go for a VPS or cloud hosting.
This type of hosting is recommended for blogs with a lot of visitors monthly or a church or association with a large membership
Prices charged by developers in Nigeria vary greatly
NGN70,000 – NGN7 million and much more
It is important for you to know that having a website is not a one-time expenditure. This means that for your website to remain online you will have to be paying annual hosting and domain name renewal fee. And it varies a lot from one website to another.
In conclusion, your web design expenses revolve around the domain name, cost of hosting, SSL Certificate, and programmer’s fee which is determined by factors such as the type of website you need and the features involved.
| Website Feature | Cost |
| Domain name | |
| .com/.net/.org | NGN15,000 |
| .ng | NGN12,000 – NGN18,000 |
| Backorder domain ($69) | NGN103,500 |
| Web Hosting | |
| shared hosting ($60-$168) | NGN90,000 – NGN252,000 |
| Cloud/Virtual Private Server (VPS) ($360 – $1700) | NGN540,000k – NGN2.55Million per year |
| dedicated server ($1600 – $4200) | NGN2.4Million – NGN6.3Million per year |
| SSL Certificate | |
| SSL Certificate ($30 – $1000) | NGN45,000 – NGN1,500,000 |
| Templates | |
| WordPress/Joomla theme ($60 – $250) | NGN90,000 – NGN375,000 |
| Web Developer’s Fee | |
| 1-5 Pages | NGN70,000 – NGN350,000 (depending on the level of experience) |
| TOTAL WEBSITE COST BREAKDOWN | NGN265,000 (Excl SSL certificate) (NGN310,000 (Incl SSL certificate) |
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