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.

Originally Posted by Tiffani Jameson