Running a website always involves fixed costs. A website can be compared to a business, which has ongoing operating costs and therefore needs to generate revenue to be profitable.
A website incurs at least the following costs:
- Technology: A website needs a technical foundation to be accessible on the Internet. Technology includes, among other things, a storage space on a server connected to the Internet and a domain, which is the web address of a website.
- Creation: Even though there are now many free tools for creating a website, in many cases it may even be advisable to hire someone to create and technically manage the website – many web designers take care of just that.
- Content: Most websites thrive on the content they provide. There's a reason why many websites publish articles almost daily that can be consumed on the website for free. Creating this content costs money, of course, and you may need to hire staff to do the job.
The technical part behind the website costs under 10 dollars per month. That's a bargain when you compare that cost to a business in the offline world that costs thousands of dollars or more per month.
You rent cheap web hosting – a very good and cheap one is, for example, Bluehost – and build the technical foundation of the website on that. The web address (domain) is already included in many cases. For the administration of the website, you can use WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.
Creating a website is a subject that can be approached differently from project to project. For some websites, for example, landing pages, you can do it yourself and come up with something useful, but for larger and more complex projects, you resort to the help of experts, who have their price.
The content of the website always costs money. Content creation takes a lot of time, and time costs money. Hiring writers for a website is also a cost-note issue, but every website needs fresh content regularly because content attracts potential visitors and customers.
