Affordable Website Maintenance

Affordable Website Maintenance

Last week we were putting some finishing touches to a project called ‘Oliver’s Shop’, a new eshop selling Childrens Toys and Books. I say ‘finishing touches’ reservedly as no website is ever really finshed. In the case of Olivers online shop there are always products to be added, an update or upgrade that needs to be dealt with and of course general website maintenance that must never be forgotten.

Web Maintenance Services

Where there are databases these need to be taken care of too, kept clean, error free and optimised at least once a week and most importantly backed-up. Back up is a neccessary must and invaluable when things go wrong. Without good maintenance a website is more likely to go offline and in some cases not be cost effective to restore. Web maintenance rates can start from as little a 25$ a month (for a small website) or you are charged an hourly rate, all really depends on how much work needs to be done.

Professional Web Maintenance

Unless you have some webmastering skills its best to leave website maintenance to a professional. Keeping a website error free, free from dead links, working with msql databases, repairing databases etc is a time-consuming and skilled job. You can of course learn all these elements by joining a webmastering course, however who has time for all this if you are busy running a business, its best to out-source the work to those have experience.

If you have already spent a $1000+ for your web site it makes real sense to spend just that little bit more to keep your investment in perfect order. There’s nothing worse than creating a marketing campaign and sending would be customers to an error ridden website.

If you would like us to consider your project for a website maintenance contract please fill out the form when requesting a quote.

Our team of developers is here to assist you in making the right choice for your business.