London- thanks for deterring me from spending a bundle on my website. Just saw someone say they make custom sites for $1500, and i thought about investing it it but I do believe I'll pass! Originally Posted by exoticentyce
It's definitely not worth spending $1500 for a provider website unless you are an agency. What I've learned is that a good programmer designs solutions that meet the needs of his/her clients. A individual provider's site is far different from a Fortune 500 site that has a million users hitting it at once, multiple data sources, and thousands of dynamically generated application pages, ect.
Well-done pictures and an intimate, cozy look-and-feel seem to go a long ways in the provider website business. I'd recommend that an easy place to start would be with a free site editor:
http://www.pagebreeze.com/
or try Coffeecup, ect..
They will allow you to build websites for free, and you can build some very impressive websites if you have enough persistence and artistic flair.