Should a website cost $2,000 to build?

[Franco]

Hello

The 2 K is for labour, but not, for ongoing labour. To make updates on a website, someone should continue to work with your website. If you don't know how to maintain websites, then I suggest you pay someone to maintain your website on an ongoing basis. After you pay your 2k, the website should become yours, so you can do whatever you want with it.

It depends. Some people might give you the quote you received because it's fair, but you might find someone who will charge you less than $1700-$2300.

I think your assumption is decent. Some people might accept a one time cost, for the entire project. Give the $100.00 to a web hosting company, and give some money to a domain name registrar. You also would give money to the person who will be maintaining your website. If you are planning to use a credit card, you should make sure you can pay the credit card company back on time.

"Also, are these one-time costs? I'm assuming I'll pay this once, plus maybe $100 a month tops to maintain it, and a percentage of sales to paypal/credit transactions that depend on what my sales are."