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Website Budget Options

Our speciality is creating bespoke, tailor-made websites that don't rely on cumbersome and heavy off-the-shelf content management systems. This is quite rare for a web developer in the Scottish Borders and it means that we understand every line of code that makes up your website and what the code actually does, unlike many other web design companies in the area. We also believe that our pricing structure is not only competitive, but also more affordable than many other website businesses found locally.

With that said, there are several alternative "online-only" web builder solutions that appear to offer unbeatable value. These include websites such as Squarespace, Wix, and even domain registrars such as GoDaddy. We highly recommend against using one of these services. Not only are there usually hidden costs, but the website ultimately doesn't belong to you, and if you wanted to move to another provider, everything within the website and the website itself will be lost. Additionally, with the extra code required to build such a website, it will undoubtedly be resource intensive, unoptimised, and potentially underperforming.

Our Solutions

At Sandu Media can offer solutions tailored to fit with your budget. Even if that's at the low end of the scale, there are various options we can consider to make sure you are getting a good deal, but also have a website that fully belongs to you and performs as well as possible.

On the lower end, we offer open-source solutions, such as Wordpress to create a quick website that can also be customised with a uniquely designed theme to match your business. Although this type of solution isn't as good as a bespoke website, and it involves much more maintenance, we understand how the code works behind it (unlike most other companies in the area). Therefore, we are better suited to quickly and efficiently fix or even prevent any issues that may occur.

If you don't mind using a template-based system, we can offer a subscription service that allows you the benefits of a simple, yet scaleable website, and the assistance and support we can provide, without the initial lump sum of setup and development costs. Even with this type of cost-effective service, you would still have ownership of the completed website, and it can be upgraded and scaled if your budget increases.

In Conclusion

To summarise, we can offer a web development solution that is tailored to your budget. Avoid the headache and pitfalls of subpar website-builder services such as Squarespace, and have a website that is built properly and matches your needs as budget. Get in touch today to start a chat, and see what we can do for you.