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After all these years it still befuddles me how out of whack web site costs can be.  I would love to say "you get what you pay for" but I have seen great sites with good maintenance at low prices and high price sites with poor design and no upkeep.

I've seen quotes as low as a few hundred dollars to $90K!  The last one shocked the heck out of us.  

Anybody looking for web design and hosting should do tons of research and make lots of reference calls.  And know what you want and need before you start so you don't end up paying for stuff you don't need and don't find yourself short of what you do.

And be very cautious with the idea of having the local college computer science class do it.  I've seen that one go both ways.

Erich Rose

Erich Rose Design
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On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Gordon, Neil wrote:

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> So I don't really understand this stuff, but I bet somebody out there
> does.  I need a reality check.
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> We pay a small provider a modest fee (like $40/month) to host our
> website.  The website is "built" in Drupal.  There are rather frequent
> updates to Drupal which is apparently a function of its open-source
> nature.  Anyway my web hoster charges us $100 per hour to install the
> updates ($400 this month).  Is this normal or was I born yesterday?
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> Thanks.  
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