Who are our custom websites for?
Business people who want to update their sites without chasing down a web designer.
Newspapers & magazines that need a simple way to update their sites day in and day out.
Schools that need to publish regular announcements and provide teachers with their own sites.
Churches & non-profits that want to enable non-technical volunteers to do site updates.
Photographers & artists who want to publish their portfolios online.
Bloggers who need a blogging tool that can do more than blog.
Website pricing
- Simple sites from $990
- Custom sites from $3100
- Online stores from $1500
- Advice on how best to set up your website for your business - FREE!
Extra features
Some other features that can be included are:
- additional image galleries
- news sections
- blogs
- forums
- FAQ sections
- wikis
- rss feeds
- event calendars
- password protected sections
- simple shopping carts or product listings
- professional listings
- document download sections
- YouTube and podcast integration
- registration forms with Paypal payment integration
We can also advise on and source the right option for your business so contact us and one of our team will talk with you about the options available.
Free basic search engine starter package
Our free search engine submission service will let search engines know that you exist.
We will submit your site to a small cluster of the most important search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.
To greatly enhance the success and coverage of your submissions, an XML sitemap will be created for your site. Google uses XML sitemaps to crawl sites more effectively and it will help your rankings.
All this for nothing! Worth $55
Web design & development Web content Email campaigns Social Media Advice Web maintenance Search engine optimisation and statistics
Creating custom sites that work with you as you grow
Custom sites allow you the flexibility to have a design created to your specifications and branding. Features such as forums, blogs, directories, calendars and shopping carts can be incorporated into the one site.
We build our custom designed sites using a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows you to add, edit and delete text and images on your site directly from your web browser. We can also incorporate other tools to add custom features.
Our custom designed CMS websites start from $3100.
What you get
- Custom designed website with ability to add unlimited pages
- Custom homepage and internal page design and layout
- 12 sections added by us - you can add as many as you like later
- Detailed contact form that sends you an email
- 'Get a quote' (or other call to action) button on homepage leading to detailed quote form
- Up to 8 stock images included in design
- Image gallery with unlimited images (you can also add more galleries later)
- Embed code widget - for YouTube, Google Maps etc
- Sidebar widget, links box and hilight boxes or ads on the homepage
- News article section with news feed on homepage
- Newsletter signup and archive
- Social media integration
Want to talk to someone about a custom designed website? Fill in our form and we'll contact you!
Custom design is more than just pretty pictures and fonts!
Content may be king but persuasive and compelling content rules the Internet.
If you're going to take the time, effort and expense of having a custom site then you can't afford to ignore the content. Powerful web content and targeted web copy can compel your online visitors to become paying customers - and that's what we want, after all.
At Sauced Out we offer two ways of getting great web content, in conjunction with our partners at Lion Writing. You can either choose to develop your own web content, using the DIY web content guide or have your web content written/rewritten for you by a professional web copywriter by signing up for our copywriting package.
How to get your custom site online
First, you will need a domain name and hosting (if you're not sure what these are, then read our quick guide to getting online) or provide us with access to your existing hosting.
We'll ask you to send us your logo (if you have one), any promotional material you already have such as brochures and flyers, colours that you want to use and the text for the pages (if you don't have text then we suggest you take a look at our copywriting info).
We will use your images and info as well as any stock images to design a site mockup in Photoshop. At the same time we'll set up your software and use a site map to put up a draft site. Then we'll ask for your feedback and work together to get the look and feel right for you.
Once we have sign-off on the design we'll convert it into a functional website and put in any features you have requested such as social media links, YouTube videos, Google maps etc.
Next comes the important part - the text. There's no point in having a good looking site if you don't have anything to say! We'll add in the text and style it up to look great.
Behind the scenes we will set up your Google Analytics so you can receive statistics on who is visiting your site as well as setting up your contact and quote forms so you can receive inquiries from prospective clients.
Once we have your sign-off we'll hand over the site and send you your passwords and links to our video tutorials so you can work on your site yourself (although if you're pressed for time you can always get us to maintain your site for you).
How long does it take?
As soon as we have access to your hosting we'll put up a holding page with your contact details and logo. If we are redeveloping an existing site then we will put the new site up in the background so that only you can see it until it's launched.
If we have all your text and images, contact info, access to your domain name and web hosting panels (or we are arranging these for you) and space in our schedule then we could have a custom site up and running within 4 weeks. However, a more realistic timeframe which allows time for feedback, testing and changes is between 6-8 weeks, longer if you don't get back to us with feedback immediately.
If you want your site up ASAP then make sure to clear space in your schedule to work on the site.
What if a custom site is just what I need but my budget won't cover it at the moment?
There are ways that we can work with you to lower or distribute the cost such as getting you to add content yourself or setting up a payment plan. Alternatively, you might want to consider a simple site and have the cost credited to your account if you upgrade with the next 12 months. Feel free to discuss this with you when we quote on the work.
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