Pricing

Good question. The truth is, since I do consulting work on the side, I can set my rates lower since I do not solely depend on this income.

However…that isn’t the entire picture. Some companies who produce basic websites using the same technology that I am using, start their base pricing around $10,000 and can go upwards of $30,000+! Crazy! Some companies even charge based  on the amount of pages you want on your website.

Not me. I am a firm believer of not price gouging for the same exact open source technologies.

When I do website work, I will present a contract up front with the total that I will charge. Barring any major new changes that you throw into the mix, that quote will not change.

I charge by the hour ($50) and most normal websites seem to take around 40 hours. Depending on your specific need, it might be less, or it might be more, but a general starting rule is about 40 hours. Contact me to discuss your needs, and I can provide a detailed break down.

That’s a good question. Choosing someone to build your business’s website is an important decision.

I can create real mock-ups for what I have in mind for your website. You can click around, and see the vision that I am thinking. You can customize whatever you want, or even present your own ideas for what you have in mind.

If you like what I have mocked up, then you can fully commit to KZ Technology Consulting, otherwise there is no obligation. You will get top notch support, and you can also view my previous website work and visit those sites.

I do not have to host your website, but I would prefer it. This ensures that someone is always keeping it up to date and maintaining the back end. This means you are paying me directly for the yearly hosting and maintenance of it. I use a variety of hosting methods, from shared hosting to robust VPS. I will make sure that you are aware of the differences, and that your website is on the appropriate type of hosting.

However, I am flexible and will work with any requests of my customers to tailor any of my services to your need. 

The type of hosting you would need primarily depends on how many visitors you anticipate getting on your website.

For example, if you will have a high traffic eCommerce website or a website selling a high number of event tickets, you would want VPS hosting.

If your website is mainly an informational business website where people go to read about your company or sign up for services, typically shared hosting will be fine.

Shared hosting is cheaper because as the name suggests, you are sharing a slice of a server and it’s compute power with other users. VPS hosting stands for virtual private server, so you are not sharing the server with anyone else, but you get an entire virtual server to yourself (hence the higher cost). Dedicated hosting is where you essentially own the entire physical server (not a virtual server like in VPS) to yourself so this option is even more expensive than VPS.

There are other types of hosting than these 3 I’ve mentioned above, and depending on your need, these other types can be discussed if needed.

That’s a great question, and an important one. I take security seriously, and use several measures to keep sites secure. I use Cloudflare’s CDN to help with basic caching requests and prevent DDoS attacks. I use features which limit the amount of login attempts to prevent brute force attacks on your site, and on top of this, every site that I create gets setup for automated backups. In the rare event something goes wrong, there is a backup waiting to be restored. Backups are stored off site from the web server, so that way they are isolated. Web hosting is done through AWS, which is already the largest and most secure cloud provider in the world. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me to discuss.

My previous work can be seen in my portfolio here. Here you will find everything from websites that I have done for businesses, as well as business networking jobs, security camera installs, custom software development etc.

In my opinion, a website can never be 100% complete! You always want to keep updating and adding new content to your site (news articles, photos, videos etc).

It all depends on how large or small your website job is, but a production ready website can generally be done in about 1 month.

Right now, the lead time to start building a new website is just a few days. If you need one built, I can start ASAP.

Yes absolutely! When the project is completed, the website is all yours even if I am hosting your site. After all, you paid for it!

If you choose to let me host and maintain the website, but after time you change your mind and want to move your website somewhere else, you can do that. (these details are written out in more detail in the contract)

Absolutely! In fact I WANT you to know how to do things yourself, and I will always be here to answer those questions about “how do I achieve this?”. From someone who wants all involvement, to someone who wants nothing to do with managing it, I can fit into your needs.

Don’t get stuck with someone who creates a website and won’t transfer knowledge to you, or who creates one so tightly coupled that only they can manage that nightmare!

Every day the tech industry is evolving. In today’s era, millennial’s and others want to get as much information online without dealing with calling or talking to people.

I post my rates and pricing online because I firmly believe in 100% transparency. I have chosen businesses over others before, solely because of the information they provided online was better than the other, and I didn’t have to involve talking to someone. In turn, I hope someone will see my upfront pricing and decide to go with me over others for this same reason.

Yes! Hosting prices include an SSL certificate. SSL certificates provide an extra layer of encryption between the person visiting your site and the web server. It also verifies that the domain by showing a padlock next to the web address, and displays the “https://”.

In my opinion, SSL certificates are a requirement for all domains now days. Google search will rank a website with an SSL certificate higher than a website without one. Plus, any websites taking online payments need an SSL certificate to be compliant.