7. How long does a website last?

<p>When you budget for a big project, like a website redesign, you might wonder, &ldquo;How long until I have to budget for this again?&rdquo;</p> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p>Odds are good the cost of web development is more now than it was when you originally had your website built. That makes &ldquo;How long does a website last?&rdquo; a super valid question, and one that I hope I can shed some light on today.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_0c6186-14"> <div class="kt-inside-inner-col"> <div class="wp-block-group"> <div class="wp-block-group__inner-container"> <h2>Transcription</h2> <p>0:01<br />Hello again this is Monica Pitts - Welcome to Marketing with Purpose. With me today is the one and the only - Mrs. Stacy Brockmeier. We are going to tackle kind of a&hellip;I don't want to say it's nasty. It's not nasty, but it's hard. So websites are kind of like cars. Okay, you get one. And you know you're not going to drive it forever. But it's a little bit easier to understand how long a car is gonna last.</p> <p>0:30<br />Yeah, there's no odometer on the car. Websites don't have that.</p> <p>0:45<br />When you're getting ready to make a purchase, like a website, people are asking themselves like how, how long is it going to last? What does it look like budgeting for this thing? Now it might not be your first one but the web is evolving and it won't be your last. Absolutely. So Stacy, when people ask you, let's say, five years ago, if people asked you how long the website would last, what would you say?</p> <p>1:11<br />Definitely five years ago, I would have said, Oh, five to 10 years.</p> <p>1:16<br />What would you say now though?</p> <p>1:17<br />Three to six. It changes so quickly. So even just think about your cell phone. What did your cell phone look like 10 years ago? Mine was a flip phone. Maybe that was around the time razors are really cool.</p> <p>10 years ago?</p> <p>Is that maybe a