Cost associated with http://www.shop-sheffield.com/ website
A Freedom of Information request to Sheffield City Council by N Evans
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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
Firstpoint@sheffield.gov.uk
Sheffield City Council
10 June 2009
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King Rachel (CEX)
Sheffield City Council
7 July 2009
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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N Evans left an annotation (29 July 2009)
To be fair, the council has only paid £20.05 per hit :-)
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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John Cross left an annotation (28 July 2009)
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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