Your company has just one website, which is not just your first impression to the more than Four Billion internet users, but also is used in a myriad of ways critical to your business. Potential customers use it to compare you and your competitor, to learn more about you, and most importantly to simply be found. 73% of new customers use the internet first when looking for companies to do new business with. That’s a scary figure. So, how do you compare you with your competition?
At Powersites we can help
We specialize in affordable, professionally designed websites that all come with our industry renown support. Since we’re asking you how you stack up with your competition it’s only fair to show how we stack up against ours.
Free Build it YourselfFree | Traditional WebsiteTraditional | PowerSites PROPowerSites |
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|---|---|---|---|
Initial Cost | 50 hours | $2000-$8000 | $99 |
Monthly Cost | free-$55/mo | $20/mo | $99/mo |
Change to Site | 0-5 hours/mo | 0-$100/mo | FREE Unlimited Changes |
No Commitment | usually | ||
Free Maintenance | |||
Professional Design | |||
Basic SEO | |||
Looks good on Mobile | |||
AD Free | |||
Live Customer Service | usually | ||
Assigned Web Specialist | |||
Domain Name Included | |||
SSL Secure Certificate Included | |||
Hosting Included | |||
Unlimited Visitors | |||
FREE Redesign | every 3 years | ||
One Year Cost of Ownership | |||
-- Best Case | 50 Hours w/ ADs | $2740 | $1287 |
-- Worst Case | 110 Hours and $660 | $8940 | $1287 |
Two Year Cost of Ownership | |||
-- Best Case | 50 Hours w/ ADs | $2980 | $2475 |
-- Worst Case | 170 Hours and $1320 | $10380 | $2475 |
So, what does all this mean?
There is a lot to digest, but the biggest takeaway here is that free builder sites have a larger cost than you realize up front. There is a reason why WIX had a $603 million dollar valuation at it’s IPO and it wasn’t because it was giving away free websites. Hidden costs, hidden time commitments and rampant up-selling is prevalent. The second biggest takeaway is the cost of actually changing your site. Businesses change and websites need to reflect those changes. In the traditional model, changes are extra. In the Powersite’s model they are included. Simply pick up the phone or email them in. In both the traditional model and free build model cost of ownership and properly running a site is quite high, either in your time or cost.