About Website Devlopment Service buisness

Briefs about the buisness model.

Website development consists of following.

1) Understanding client requirements: The client gives the overview about what is to be presented on the website. Including requirements like online order, online payment, response submission etc.

2) Designing: This job consisting making document about how the website shall look. The document is presented back to the client and client must agree on it

.3) Selection of Name etc.: Domain name is name of website like "google.com". All the pages in the website contain this name. This domain name must be obtained from registrar. It requires paying around $50 (per year). The second job is finding a service provider whose computer (web server) shall be used to store website and its data (database). This can cost $100 an year to $1000 on year depending upon speed, bandwidth and space required.

4) Developing: This is the actual website making. This activity can be divided in two parts front end and backend. The frontend deals with how the website shall look and less of technology and more or art. Frontend require experience. The backend is highly technical part.
Step 3 and 4 can be done parallel or in reverse order.

5) Maintenance: This phase deals with unhealthy behavior and new client requirement.
About the money:Earnings:The clients are charged in "man month" spend in the project (for which estimates are to be given before starting). A typical charging from client is $2000 to $ 2500 per month. This can be more if the website required higher technical skills. Client also pays for domain name and web server space.Spending:
A website developer charges around 15000 – 20000 per month (only the salary, in India).
Office space: depends on the location.
Employee benefits
Stationary and computers (buying and maintenance)
Most of the time few developers (employee) must be kept on the bench (not being charged). This give the opportunity of getting new projects. This is one added cost.
Comission paid to the people who get us the project.

Other office staff.

Our own time.