Overpriced for What Is Actually Being Offered
## Overpriced for What Is Actually Being Offered
I looked through this website because I wanted to understand what exactly justifies charging **€1,000 for a 10-page website and €2,000 for a 20-page website**.
After looking at the website being used to advertise these services, I still don't see it.
Mira, there is nothing wrong with using WordPress. WordPress is a perfectly legitimate platform and excellent websites can be built with it. But **using WordPress does not magically turn a basic website into a €1,000–€2,000 professional web development project.**
Here are my main problems with this offer:
* **The seller's own website is supposed to demonstrate the quality being offered.** If this is the showcase, I would expect something considerably more impressive for these prices. The site is basic and does not demonstrate the kind of sophisticated design or development that would make me say, “Yes, now I understand the price.”
* **Where is the portfolio?** If you want someone to hand over €1,000 or €2,000, show them several real projects demonstrating what you can actually do. Screenshots, live websites, case studies, mobile layouts, before-and-after comparisons — something. Claims are not a substitute for evidence.
* **The pricing model makes very little sense to me.** Ten pages cost €1,000 and twenty pages cost €2,000? Web development does not work like photocopying, amigo. Once you have created reusable navigation, headers, footers, styles and page templates, another simple content page does not necessarily represent another identical amount of work. Complexity matters far more than simply counting pages.
* **It is unclear how much actual development is involved.** Are we talking about custom PHP? JavaScript? CSS? Custom WordPress themes? APIs? Databases? WooCommerce customization? Performance engineering? Or are we talking primarily about configuring WordPress, installing existing components and adding content? Those are very different levels of service.
* **The offer is far too vague for the money being requested.** What exactly does €1,000 include? SEO? Performance optimization? Accessibility? Security hardening? Backups? Analytics? Cookie configuration? Custom code? Plugin licences? Revisions? Maintenance? Post-launch support? The customer should not have to guess.
* **The sales copy does not help.** Expressions such as “flair and excellence etc.” sound particularly strange on a website trying to sell professional design services. “Etc.” is not exactly the strongest way to explain why somebody should give you a four-figure sum.
* **Calling something “web development” creates expectations.** WordPress configuration and web development can overlap, but they are not automatically the same thing. If you advertise development, demonstrate development. Show the technical work.
Con todo respeto, **the biggest problem here is not WordPress. The problem is the mismatch between the price and the evidence presented to justify that price.**
A genuinely professional WordPress developer can easily charge €1,000, €2,000 or substantially more. But those prices are normally supported by expertise, a strong portfolio, custom work, excellent UX, technical optimization, integrations, project management or some combination of these things.
Here, I am being asked to accept the price first and apparently discover the value later.
No, gracias.
If you want premium prices, **show premium work**. Give customers a serious portfolio. Explain your technical capabilities. Define exactly what is included. Show what distinguishes your work from somebody installing WordPress and configuring an existing theme.
Until then, based solely on what is actually demonstrated on this website, **I do not believe €1,000 for 10 pages or €2,000 for 20 pages represents good value for money.**
The website should be the argument.
Right now, it is the reason I question the price.