The honest answer is that a business website can cost very little or a great deal, and the range is wide because 'website' covers everything from a five-page brochure to a customer portal with accounts and dashboards. Rather than quoting a number, it is more useful to understand what moves the cost.
What actually drives cost
- Scope of content — how many pages, and how much of it is unique writing versus templated
- Custom functionality — booking, enquiry logic, search, calculators, portals, dashboards
- Content management — whether your team needs to edit content without a developer
- Connected features — online payments, maps, enquiry handling
- Design depth — a considered custom design versus a lightly adjusted template
- SEO and performance work — semantic structure, metadata, speed optimisation
A simple, well-built marketing site for a small business sits at the lower end. A content-managed site with a custom design and an enquiry system is mid-range. Anything with accounts, transactions, or admin workflows moves into web application territory, where cost is driven by the system behind the pages rather than the pages themselves.
A better way to scope it
Start from business goals, not page count. What does a visitor need to understand, and what do you need them to do next? What has to be editable in-house? What does the site need to connect to? Those answers define the build, and the build defines the cost.
We do not publish fixed prices because the right scope depends on the problem. Send us what you are trying to achieve and we will give you an honest read on scope and approach.
Frequently asked questions
Is a template cheaper than a custom website?
Upfront, usually yes. But templates can cost more later if they cannot accommodate the functionality or content structure your business actually needs, forcing a rebuild.
Does more pages mean more cost?
Only partly. Ten near-identical pages add little; a single page with custom interactive functionality can add a lot. Functionality and unique content matter more than page count.
