The honest answer is: it depends on what the site has to do. A five-page site that explains your service and collects enquiries is a very different project from an online store with hundreds of products and payment integrations. Here is how pricing usually breaks down so you can compare quotes fairly and avoid paying for things you do not need.
What drives the cost
- Number of pages and custom design. A template with your logo is cheap. A layout designed around your brand and customers takes real design time.
- Functionality. Contact forms are simple. Booking, payments, member areas and integrations add development time.
- Content. Copywriting, photography and product uploads are often forgotten in early quotes.
- Search setup. Page titles, structure, speed and tracking should be built in from day one, not added later.
- Who builds it. A freelancer, a small agency and a large studio price very differently, and offer different levels of support.
Three typical levels
A starter site covers a handful of pages, a contact form and a mobile layout. A business site adds more pages, stronger design, speed work and search setup. A premium site adds custom features, deeper content structure and integrations. Our own packages follow this pattern and the prices are listed openly:
| Package | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Website | $499 | Up to 5 pages, custom design, mobile layout, contact form, basic SEO |
| Business Website | $999 | Up to 10 pages, blog setup, booking or quote form, analytics, speed work |
| Premium Website | $1,799 | Up to 20 pages, animations, editable content system, full technical SEO |
| Store Starter | $699 | Up to 25 products, cart and checkout, payment setup |
| Store Pro | $1,199 | Up to 100 products, filters, discount codes, abandoned-cart emails |
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Full details are on our Packages page. Larger or more unusual projects, such as custom stores and apps, are quoted individually.
Costs after launch
The build price is not the whole picture. Plan for these as well:
- Domain name. Renewed every year. A standard .com is usually a modest yearly fee.
- Hosting. Monthly or yearly, depending on the provider and how much traffic you expect.
- Updates and maintenance. Security updates, backups and fixes, either handled by you or by someone else.
- Email. A professional address on your own domain is worth setting up.
- Marketing. A website does not bring customers on its own. SEO, social media and advertising are separate, ongoing costs.
How to avoid paying for things you do not need
- Start with the pages that matter most, such as home, services, about and contact, and add more later.
- Write down what the site must do on day one. Everything else is a later phase.
- Use your own photos where you can, and supply your text so the quote does not need to include copywriting.
- Skip features you will not use in the first six months, such as member areas and complex integrations.
Questions to ask any agency
- Who owns the site and the domain when it is finished?
- Are hosting, updates and support included, or billed separately?
- What happens if I want changes after launch?
- Do I see the work before I pay in full?
That last one matters. We build first and you pay after you have seen the finished site on our pay-after-built starter option. For a longer checklist, read how to choose a web design agency, and to understand timing see how long a website takes to build.
If you want a fixed quote for your own project, ask us here and we will reply within one business day.