Nowadays, having a personal website has become a necessity in itself. It can be for personal blogs, online stores, company websites, or other things.
It’s just that, most people still don’t know how much it costs to create a website.
What is the Cost of Website Development?
The cost of making a website can start from Rp. 500,000 to tens of millions of rupiah. The cost of the website depends on the type of website that you will create.
- Is the website for personal blog needs? company profile? online store? online portfolio? school website?
- Does your website need special things or functions, or just information pages?
- Does your website require special database management?
- Does your website have to be integrated with other services?
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Estimated Website Development Cost
The following is a basic estimate of the cost of making a website. For the record, this estimate does not take into account the cost of website creation services.
- Domain fees start from IDR 110,000/year. Domain is an extension of your website name (.com, .net. .info, .id, and the like). Domains must be renewed annually. The price also varies for each domain extension.
- Hosting costs start from IDR 150,000 – above 1 million per year. The price of hosting really depends on the hosting provider and the hosting package you choose there.
- Free SSL/Https fee. You can use free SSL from lets encrypt, unless your business requires a special premium SSL.
- Website theme/template fee: free – $60. You can use free or premium website templates.
- Additional plugins/addons: free – $100. You can use a free plugin or addon, then buy premium if needed.
- Content/article creation fee: IDR 15,000 – IDR 50,000/article 1000 words. If you use an article writing service (don’t write it yourself), this price is the standard price for article writing services in Indonesia.
So actually, the cost to create a blog or website is fairly cheap if you do it yourself. With a total of IDR 300,000 – IDR 2,000,000/year, you can create your own website or blog.
The estimated cost of making this website can be greater if you use a professional website creation service.
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Tips for Creating Your Own Website
I want to make my own website, how do I do it?
So if you want to create your own website, please refer to some of the tips that we present here. In these tips, we write in outline only. Later, you can google tutorials for each of the tips that we write.
At least, you already have a grid of what to do to create your own website or blog.
1. Determine the type of website that you will create
Will your website contain only information pages?
For example, you want to create a personal website / personal blog. Or school, agency, or company websites that contain information only (without other data integration). Or maybe create a simple web shop online, portfolio, or website/blog like the blog you are reading this.
If the website you are going to create falls into the above categories, you can create your own quite easily. You can google with the keywords how to make your own website, how to make a website from scratch, and the like.
The type of website above is not too complex, and you can easily create it using a wordpress CMS.
Does your website need a special function?
For example, you want to create an online store with a special purchase form, or a school website with a student database, or maybe a business website that accepts online registration. The point is a website with certain special functions.
If the website you want to create falls within the criteria above, it would be better if you only use professional website creation services. Creating a website like the one above requires special skills, and requires a long learning curve.
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2. Use CMS
Currently you can create any type of website using a CMS (Content management system). No need to master the skills of html, php, css and the like. With just a click of settings, you can create a website quickly.
One of the most popular CMS in use in the world and free, is the wordpress CMS. The process of using it is also easy. In addition, there are a lot of tutorials on Google or YouTube.
Notes; The wordpress CMS here is from wordpress.org, and installed on your own hosting. Unlike the free blog service on wordpress.com.
You can google tutorials on how to make a website with wordpress, how to install wordpress on hosting, how to set wordpress on hosting, and the like.
3. Buy Hosting As Needed
Hosting prices are currently quite affordable. For the initial stage, you can use only cheap hosting and enter your budget. Please see here for recommendations for the best hosting in Indonesia.
If your website is growing and needs better hosting, you can easily upgrade your hosting package or move to another better hosting later.
4. Use Free Themes and Plugins
There are many free themes and plugins that you can use.
Theme is used for setting the appearance of your wordpress website as a whole. If you need a special look, you can learn how to make your website look the way you want with a page builder such as Elementor, or Gutenberg (free).
Plugins are used to add certain functions to your wordpress cms website. For example, SEO plugins, contact forms, security, website backups, and so on.
5. Search for Tutorials on Youtube
Most likely, everything you are looking for about how to create a wordpress website is already on youtube. This is because the wordpress CMS is very popular, so there are many tutorials.
6. Learn How to Research Keyword
Learn how to research keywords or keywords. By mastering this, you can determine website content related to the business or website topic that you will create later.
7. Prepare Article Budget
One of the things that takes up quite a lot of time is the creation of articles/content. If you create a website for business purposes, and you have little time, it’s a good idea to use an article writing service.
That way, you can focus on other things in your business.
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Conclusion
The estimated cost of making a website depends on the type of website you are going to create. You can reduce this cost by creating your own website, if the website is not complex (only in the form of information, without special functions).
Hopefully this article is useful and useful for you!
