Portfolio Website Pricing & Competitive
Comparison
BigBlackBag Online Portfolio Websites are priced to fit any
budget.
Use the comparison chart below to see that we offer the
best value in online portfolio website hosting.
Pricing
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Monthly |
1 Year |
2 Years |
Hosting
and Service |
$23.25* |
$199.00 |
$338.00 |
One-time
Set-Up Fee |
$50.00 |
$50.00 |
$50.00 |
New Domain Name† |
$12.00/year |
Free |
Free |
Save $80 when you choose
the 1 Year subscription as compared to the Monthly subscription.
Plus save $12 with a free domain!
Save
15% when you sign-up for
2 Years as compared to the 1 Year subscription!
Students Save
$75.00 off 1 Year subscriptions!
Simply email us your valid student ID
or admission form before purchasing and we'll send you a
coupon by email.
Save $50.00 on 2 or more sites
*A 12 month commitment is required for monthly
subscriptions. A $75 early cancellation fee applies.
You must have a PayPal account as we use their subscriptions service to automatically
receive payments each month.
You can sign up for a PayPal account at the time of purchase. It is free, fast
and secure.
†Domains that we purchase for you include
.com, .net and .info TLDs only. If you want to use any other
TLD, you will have to purchase it separately.
Credit is not given for a
domain that you currently own and its management remains
in your
care.
Optional Disk
Space:
100 MB is included
200MB:
$25.00/year
300MB: $50.00/year
500MB: $75.00/year
1000MB: $125.00/year
2000MB: $200.00/year
3000MB: $250.00/year
5000MB: $300.00/year
Optional Commercial
Proofing Feature: $39/year
Optional Event
Proofing Feature: $249/year (available Sept. 1st, 2006)
Optional Unlimited
Ecommerce: $79/year (the ability to sell 20 items is
already included)
Optional Personalized
Design Service: $300
Includes site design and input
of
30 images.
Additional images are $5 each.
You may add additional disk space, the client
proofing feature or unlimited ecommerce at any time.
No hidden fees!
All pricing is in US dollars.
Sign-up or try us for 7 days free of
charge.
Competitive Comparison
We've outlined a basic comparison of BigBlackBag
features to the leading portfolio web site services. We think
you'll
agree that BigBlackBag easily offers the best value in online
portfolio web sites.
Features |
BigBlackBag |
QFolio™ |
FolioLink™ |
SiteWelder |
FolioSnap™ |
Site On Spot |
Your
own domain name (www.mydomain.com) |
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you have to buy domain
name
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free first year
$15
after that |
you have to buy domain
name |
Email |
3 forwarding
or POP addresses
including webmail
|
$3 per month for
the first address and $1 for each additional. |
unlimited POP
including webmail
|
5 |
unlimited forwarding
addresses, 6 POP/Webmail accounts |
1 |
Customizable designs |
w/ infinite possibilities |
6 choices
|
13 choices
w/ multiple fixed color options.
You may create your own
custom template if you can program html.
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16 choices
w/ multiple fixed color options.
Other colors & designs available with customization.
|
dozens
w/ multiple
color options.
|
16 choices
w/ multiple fixed color options. |
Display unlimited
multiple file types |
images, MP3s, video,
flash, PDF |
$10 per file
(any file type) |
up to 150 images,
video and sound
additional cost more
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up to 200 images
& videos additional cost more |
up to 270 images
only additional cost more |
up to 2000
images
only |
4 viewing sizes for
your images including an unlimited file size |
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Slide show feature |
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Auto-sizing media |
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Auto-thumbnail creation |
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Automatic
name watermarking |
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Automatic copyright
symbol watermarking |
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Download lock |
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IPTC Metadata extraction & insertion for JPEGs |
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Flash Builder
-automatically create your own animated intro
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Categorize your work
in unlimited, self-named folios |
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Categorize
your work in unlimited, self-named galleries |
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4 galleries
additional cost more
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9 galleries
additional cost more |
|
| Electronic Media Kits -
viewers can email your portfolio
to themselves or others | |
PDF format
$40 - $95 |
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Guestbook
feature allows you
to collect your own personal
marketing
database |
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Bulk
email your clients and guestbook entries |
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PayPal Ecommerce |
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Downloads section |
includes password
protected downloads |
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Client
Proofing feature
clients can quickly view, approve,
comment and download high res proofs |
$39 extra |
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Soundtrack |
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Your Logo
or personal image |
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HTML Editor - graphical
interface that lets you add styles, fonts and images to
your pages. Like using Microsoft Word. |
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PC Only |
Unlimited
free updates |
|
$35
minimum charge |
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Disc space |
100MB
additional space available.
|
300MB |
unlimited |
50MB
additional space available. |
unlimited |
n/a |
Bandwidth |
unlimited |
4GB |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
n/a |
Macintosh Compatible
Admin |
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One time
Set-up fee |
$50.00 |
$100
+ per media
costs |
$249.00 |
$250.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
Monthly pricing |
$23.25 |
$15.00 - $18.00 |
|
$45.00 |
$58.99 |
$39.95 |
Annual pricing |
$199.00 |
$216.00 |
$349.00 |
$450.00 |
$647.88 |
$399.50 |
Please note comparisons were made
in Feb 2005, except for FolioLink™, FolioSnap™ and
SiteWelder which were compared in May 2006.
Competitors may have updated their services since then.
Comparisons
were made
with no
intention
to
misrepresent the listed services. We encourage
you to visit the competitors' websites to make comparisons
for yourselves. Some features offered by the listed services
may not be shown here.
Some services offered multiple plans - we compared to their most comprehensive
plan.
Comparisons are based on our most popular 1 Year subscription.
The following trademarks are the property of their respective owners:
Qfolio™ is
the property of Qfolio.com.
FolioLink™ is the property
of InfoSource, Inc.
FolioSnap™ is the property of Applejack Media and Globalcentric,
LLC
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