Chris Garrett Starts Blog Design Service

21 Jul
2006

Posted by David Peralty as WordPress News, WordPress Themes

The realization that people want customized blog designs has increased the time that designers are willing to take on WordPress themes. Chris Garrett, a well known graphic designer has created 449. Â£449 is what it will cost you to get a design created by him, and ported over to a WordPress theme.

We’ve called this little breakout branch “449″ because that’s how little we charge for a fully functional blog, just Â£449 (find out what this is in your currency). For that price, you’re business will get a beautifully designed and fully functional Wordpress blog, ongoing support and, undoubtedly, a boost in sales. We’ll even host your blog for you!

Your custom Wordpress template will consist of the following:

Homepage (Recent Posts)

Archives Page (for dates and categories)

Basic static page template.

Search Page.

Contact Page.

We will also set-up Wordpress and provide you with free hosting and domain name for 1 year (if you require it).

Compared to some other deals, that cost multiple thousands of dollars to get from design to working site, this deal is pretty good. Remember though, those in the US, this price is in Great Britain Pounds, which means you are looking at around $830 USD, still a great deal for a wonderful designer and a fully working, custom theme. Check out 449.chrisgarrettmedia.com for a portfolio of examples as well as more details.

I would love to hear what people think about this. I know Chris and others think there is a market for something like this. Do you agree/disagree? Let me know.

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14 Responses

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July 21st, 2006 at 7:44 am
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[...] Chris Garrett Starts Blog Design Service. Últimamente veo todos los días una nueva empresa de diseño de blogs, en este caso tenés buen diseño (tampoco el mejor diseño) por un precio asequible. Gracias Jorge. [...]
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July 21st, 2006 at 1:02 pm
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[...] And if Chris Garett Media’s (is this the same Chris Garett at Performancing? lol, probably not) new 499 project (via Blogging Pro) is anything to go by, up-front pricing seems to be the new marketing strategy. And now that prices are all in the open, cheaper prices to attract those shell-shocked from the $XXXX prices quoted earlier seem to be the result. Chris Garett, for one, is just (think comparatively) charging a fixed Â£449 (or around US$830) for a complete blog design - from homepage to search results page. [...]
Shawna

July 21st, 2006 at 11:53 pm
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Are people serious? Nearly $1,000 for a blog? What un-knowing people are buying designs at such rediculous prices? This is obviously for people who have money burn.
59ideas

July 22nd, 2006 at 3:39 am
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If you look hard enough, you could outsourced it to some Indian, Chinese or East Europeans freelancers for much much less.

On the other hand, not many of them (the outsourced alternatives) are well verse with the latest “Standard based design”, CSS, AJAX and the hype.
Mike Businessblogs.org

July 22nd, 2006 at 10:07 am
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I believe that blog designs can range in the 1,000s easily and be more than worth it. How would you like to have a blog such as http://www.catavino.net ?

How much do you think he paid for it? If you have a blog for many years, a good design can be one of the best investments you’ll ever make

- Mike Dammann
Donna

July 22nd, 2006 at 7:38 pm
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But, you can find designs just as nice (if not nicer) for FREE at any open source web design place. Heck, there are nicer ones on themes.wordpress.net.
Pete

July 22nd, 2006 at 8:29 pm
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Yes and you can also buy a $1,000 car so why buy a $30,000 one?

Jeez give him a break. He is a professional designer not someone that does it as a hobby and is happy to get $20 for his “design”
Mike again

July 23rd, 2006 at 5:05 am
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What is better, to have the same design as many others … or your very own unique one? If you are a reputable business, I would suggest to stand out with something that’s only yours. Sure, a lot of great blogs have the same themes (some are even blogspot ones *shudder*), but you shouldn’t miss out on an opportunity to impress your potential customers. Even if it costs a few extra bucks

Mike Dammann
Justin

July 24th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
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I have worked with Chris Garrett in the past and his work far exceeds any other designer I have ever worked with. Chris’s assistance and expertise has lead to some of the most attractive sites I have interaced with.

If you read, way to go Chris, fabulous idea! Hope it works out for you (by the way this is cheaper than your last quote to me )
Gerard @ Interweb World

July 27th, 2006 at 5:50 am
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That’s a very enterprising notion, considering the limited amount of work being done - Chris seems to have been very specific about what will be done.

Essentially a lot of designers could offer this service with some good XHTML/CSS frameworks and then customise for each client.

As a web designer, it’s not a bad idea, because you get the one-time introductory work, avoiding scope creep, and possibly repeat work when templates need tweaked.
varun

August 14th, 2006 at 10:45 am
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seems over priced !!

Nearly 1000 USD for a blog design /porting ?
David

August 14th, 2006 at 11:16 am
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I thought so too, until I looked at other designers promising the same service. Most were in the 2-3k USD range…
varun

August 15th, 2006 at 12:39 am
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That means that I need to see Chris’s Work samples
Dan

August 21st, 2006 at 3:40 am
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I wouldn’t give Â£449 to a person who doesn’t know the difference between “you’re” and “your”.