South Coast Web Solutions do not charge any initial design fee. Instead, we will design a skeleton site for you to view and if you do decide to become a client we will not charge you anything until your site is fully designed and functioning online.

Everything is done by email, phone and post and this enables us to keep our charges to a minimum. Absolutely everything that you need is included in a small monthly charge payable by standing order.

Your monthly payment covers the initial consultation, design and implementation of your web site, hosting on a fast business server, yearly submissions to search engines and directories and maintenance of your site. We will also register a .co.uk domain for you.

We currently have three categories in our pricing structure. The criteria for deciding which category a site falls into is based on the size of the site and the amount of maintenance that it requires.

If your site is just a single page site and requires the minimum of maintenance then the Basic Package will be right for you. The Business category is for sites with more than one page (we do not place an absolute limit on the number of pages, instead a 'reasonable number' is applicable) that require fewer than seven maintenance changes a year. If you require a more complex site with more frequent updates then the Business Extra category is the one for your business.

SCWS sites compare favourably with the most expensive of all designers and yet we will design and maintain your site for a fraction of their costs.

When comparing these charges with other web design & hosting companies please remember that with SCWS there are NO hidden costs, everything is included, and that the design is done with absolutely NO payment at start-up. The only additional charge is for Domain Renewal which costs £12.99 for two years.

The maintenance that is included is defined as changes to existing prices/text/photographs on your site. It does not cover new pages or changes of the design structure of the site. If, in the future, you do decide that major changes are required to your site, the appropriate costings would be calculated at that time.

ECommerce enabled sites take longer to design, need a secure server to process transactions and are more complex to maintain - we therefore charge more than for our other sites. To fully understand what an 'E-Commerce enabled' web site is, please see our 'E-Commerce' page.

Our charges for a site complete with facilities for people to pay by credit or debit card online, including continuous use of a secure SSL server with 128-bit encryption are as follows:

Initial design and implementation: From £1000 depending on the number of products to be included.
Monthly maintenance and hosting: £30 - payable by standing order
Yearly renewal of secure server: £150 - includes domain renewal fee

Again there are no hidden charges - everything you will need to pay is listed above.

A site designed to take credit card payments does, however, take slightly longer to design and implement than our other sites. On average it takes us six to ten weeks until completion and implementation.