Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a Web Site (dollars per year)
Rod Villaviray IFSM 300 June 5, 2005
PC Costs
Employees X Cost* Total
65 $10,000 $650,000.00 Npower, 2002, online
Web Costs
Server software $340.00 MS Windows Server 2003  2005 Zdnet.com advertisement
Site development software $200.00 Dreamweaver 2005 Zdnet.com
Site performance analysis software $1,500.00 Click Tracks Pro 2005 clicktracks.com
Design and Creation Costs
a. Design and set up $15,000.00 Laudon, 2004, page 506
b. Initial layouts $80,000.00 Laudon, 2004, page 506
c. Domain registration $9.00 2005 domains.aplus.net
d. Search engine keywords development and search engine registration $0.00
Ongoing maintenance $0.00
Personnel for marketing $63,732.00 2005 monster.com Salary Center
Training staff (150 hours) $0.00
T-1 line lease $4,800.00 2005 broadband.com
Total $815,581.00
References
Aplus.net (2005). Domain names. Online. http://domains.aplus.net/main.html . Accessed June 5, 2005.
Broadband.com (2005). Broadband.com.  Online. http://www.broadband.com/default.html . Accessed June 5, 2005.
ClickTracks (2005). Products: Pro. Online. http://www.clicktracks.com/product.php .  Accessed June 5, 2005.
Laudon, K. and Laudon, J. (2004) Management information systems. Managing the digital firm.(8th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Monster.com (2005). Salary Center. Online. http://content.salary.monster.com/ . Accessed June 5, 2005.
Npower (2002). The TCO companion handout. Online. http://www.npowerseattle.org/tools/co+calculator+companion.pdf . Accessed June 5, 2005.
Zdnet.com (2005). Reviews: PCs  & servers. Online. http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/ . Accessed June 5, 2005.