Cost associated with http://www.shop-sheffield.com/ website

N Evans made this Freedom of Information request to Sheffield City Council

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From: N Evans

10 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you tell me the total cost to the council of the website
http://www.shop-sheffield.com/

If possible can you split these costs into:

Site planning

Site development

Site marketing

Other costs

Please could you also tell me the average number of hits it has
received per months since going live, if the council considers the
site to be successful, and the criteria it uses to judge success.

Yours faithfully,

N Evans

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From: Firstpoint@sheffield.gov.uk
Sheffield City Council

10 June 2009

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From: King Rachel (CEX)
Sheffield City Council

7 July 2009

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Dear N Evans,

Thank you for your request for information about the Shop Sheffield
Website. I have answered all your questions in the attached document.

Many thanks

Rachel

Rachel King
Communication and Campaigns Officer - City Centre
Communications Service
Deputy Chief Executive's Team
Sheffield City Council
3rd Floor, Town Hall
Pinstone Street
Sheffield S1 2HH
Tel: 0114 2053547
07977 631904
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John Cross left an annotation (28 July 2009)

Total cost to the council:

The total cost of the website was £20,875. Of this amount, the council paid £5,875.

Breakdown of costs:

Site planning - £3,000

Site development - £17,000

Site marketing - £845

Domain name - £30

Average hits per month since going live:

The site has had 293 hits since its launch at the end of April, an average of 147 hits per month.

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£20,875 / 293 hits = £71.24 per hit

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N Evans left an annotation (29 July 2009)

To be fair, the council has only paid £20.05 per hit :-)

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Nicholaus Hall left an annotation (13 February 2010)

There's a good chance that many of the hits are search engine robots, Shop Sheffield staff, stake-holders and Sheffield retailers.

Another interesting site to visit is East Sheffield: http://www.eatsheffield.com/

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