My website was only $10. My husband is a master at the computer and I helped on the design. We host it. The only thing we paid for was the domain name. Although, I've already changed the way my site looks 3 times. I am sure he'll be sorry for helping me...lol

The price of your website should depend on the level of customization that the site requires. If the website is merely a template site with no search engine optimization, it should cost significantly less than a site that is custom written, designed and optimized for search.

If it is a template website, I'd say it's worth from $499 to $1000.

A semi-custom website using a template that's not optimized can be worth $1500.

A custom optimized website with custom graphics should run you about $3500.

A custom optimized and programmed website with specialized dynamic features should be around $5000 - $10,000, depending on the features.

Hope this helps!

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It's not about how your web site looks, but how it performs. You certainly have an image to uphold, but I rate web sites on how it perform but the number of leads it generates. My site generates over 400 leads a month.

Hello Tucson Arizona Realtor and All

You are all right in your own way My recommendation as a Real Estate Marketing Consultant is to really think of your website as the face of your business 24 hours a day when you are unable to meet with potential prospects, so at the end of the day it should look good. Whether you pay a low or high price on the website should be of least concern (unless as an organization or individual you are financially unstable), it should reflect you as a person/organization and the type of product you are selling. For example, if you are selling million dollar homes, your website should have somewhat of an expensive and rich look.

Templates can get you up and running quickly, but if as an individual/organization you are planning to rapidly expand, I would highly recommend you doing it right the first time such that you can build out your website and add more features and functionality for existing and new clients. Consult with some real estate website development experts before you go out and purchase yourself a template and of course think about the ROI. Think about how many houses you need to sell before you pay off the development of the website.

Are they an outsourcing company? are they also included an SEO specialist for your site? if not SEO specialist also needed for that which the main important for investing or in SEO called it ROI (Return of Investment).

6k is way to much unless you have multiple offices!

Check out elance.com - it is a place where website designers and developers bid on contracts. There are a ton of them who do real estate websites. You can choose your price range and see what you get. I would also say that paying $6,000 to $8,000 is way too much for a website. Maybe 10 years ago when people thought it took a neuro surgeon to build one, but it is common now and you should get a lower price.

All of this pricing is right on the money. However as also said there is no reason in going over 3,000. I have had clients choose me over the competition due to a website alone so I figure the money can be worth it within reason.

I hope my opinion is better late than never. I am not in the web site business and provide this info for your enjoyment only.

I have designed and published two non-template sites using Open Source Realty as the back-end and many more using templates from http://www.ubertor.com or one with http://www.myrealpage.com.

The two non-template sites are http://www.proc.ca and http://www.propertiesbyalexis.com. Focus on the content and layout versus the design which would be custom for you. These two sites cost around $ 2500 including the license for the back-end.

An example of an Ubertor site is http://www.lesliesuttonsells.com, www.anniharkins.com or http://www.ianwatt.ca. The last one for Ian Watt is a customization of a template using CSS coding and is relatively inexpensive and easy to do.

An example of a MyReal Page site is http://www.terriweber.com which is a customized template.

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We have a winner!!!

Some of the ugliest sites out there actually have the highest conversion rates while visitors of some of the prettiest sites out there get lost in the beauty and spend so much time looking thru the houses, they forget to fill out the form or call.

Honestly:

What I specialize on when building sites (mine and clients') is branding. Strong branding is the key.

If you study and understand online behaviour, you can easily build a powerful website for 2.5k max (fully optimized and not including a low monthy SEO rate) which generates more leads and ranks better than some of the producst running 10-25k

Mike Dammann

its free and one account will let you post all your listings for free... editing is easy as well.

All of the self promotion aside ... which needs to be dialed back a notch .... The question you are asking is impossible to answer ... My typical answer to it is how long is a piece of string ... or how much does a car cost ... I say this only to point out that without details on exactly what is required, desired etc. there is no answer you can take seriously

Can something less costly work?..maybe... can something be customized and tweaked? or is custom coding needed from start to finish? ... Lots of things to consider before pulling the trigger on anything with anyone ... Best of luck

I have dumped about 5k in my site this year that includes design, SEO, IDX and hosting plus another 4k on other avenues driving traffic to the site.

I agree with these prices.

I have actually started developing a property listings management system. Check it out (http://www.andrewcarrothers.com/realestate/index.php). I am looking for a test client if anyone is interested. I will integrate + customize my solution for someone free in exchange for some feedback.