Website Asset Rather Than Expense
March 15th, 2007 by James in Web DesignThere seems to be a misconception by many businesses that a website is an expense. Of course this is true to the extent that a properly built and marketed website costs a decent amount of money, but so does a new building to facilitate your employees and day to day business. If we want to make a further analogy, the land the building sits on is also an asset. A website sits on a domain or URL (or URI) rather than land. There are expense associated with buildings; electricity, taxes, water, upkeep. There are expenses of owning a website; domain registration, hosting, upkeep. Buildings are sold for a lot of money. Websites are sold for A LOT of money. Both a business’ building and a business’ website can increase the value of the business.
So remember, a well built, search engine friendly, properly marketed, high ranking website can not only increase your business sales, but also increase the value of your business, sometimes more so than any other business asset.<
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March 19th, 2007 at 9:58 am
As a freelance web developer, I couldn’t agree more and not just for the sales aspect of a well-designed website.
My work consists mostly of creating custom content management systems. I do great work and charge accordingly and it’s amazing how many companies will balk at a few thousands dollars for a system that will literally save them hundreds of person-hours (and therefore thousands of dollars in productivity costs) a month…
Eric E. Smith