If you are anything like most of our clients, you have probably spent a fair amount of time asking yourself this very question and searching for clues all over the web. Here at The Author Shop, we've spent a decade defining "affordable" for ourselves. One of the main things we've learned is that most authors prefer to keep costs low by entering their own content. For this reason, we have worked hard to develop a lightweight, flexible and highly customized Content Management System (CMS). Each of our plans — the Author's Choice, the Premium Plan and the Value Plan — is built upon this cost-saving CMS.
What You Can't Afford
We've also learned from our clients' horror stories about their experiences with other web companies. They have taught us that it's far more important for prospective clients to know what they absolutely cannot afford:
- A site that looks amateurish or unprofessional, because you want to put your best foot forward, right from the get-go.
- A site that doesn't function the way it should, frustrating your visitors and probably sending them away.
- A site that's not designed to be both search engine friendly and accessible to visitors using assistive technologies.
- A site you cannot update yourself, because your changes need to be made according to your schedule, not your web designer's.
Get It Right The First Time
Every author should have the website of their dreams. We hope you will take the time to find the perfect web development team for you, because the cost of rebuilding your site can be huge, both in terms of outlay of dollars for the website itself, but also considering the effort and hours required of you when developing content.
From the comprehensive Author's Choice to our economical Value Plan, each of our affordable website plans will help you "get it right" whether you are just beginning your very first website or are improving your web presence with a new improved site. Each of our plans includes a comprehensive set of essential features, and the costs for adding additional features as needed are relatively minimal.