"How much for a website?" is the first question every client asks — and the honest answer is always "it depends." Here is what it actually depends on, so you can budget with confidence instead of guessing.
The three price brackets
Template-based sites ($150–$400): A pre-made theme with your logo, text, and photos. Fast and cheap — right for a simple online presence, wrong if you care about speed, SEO, or standing out.
Custom business sites ($250–$1,500): Designed around your brand, built for performance, optimized for Google. This is where most serious small businesses should be — and where the return on investment starts to compound.
E-commerce & custom platforms ($700–$15,000+): Payments, inventory, user accounts, integrations. Price follows complexity: a 50-product store is not a 5,000-product marketplace.
What actually drives the price
Four things: the number of unique page designs, custom functionality (booking, payments, portals), content volume, and integrations with other systems. A designer quoting without asking about these four is guessing.
Red flags in cheap quotes
No written scope, no mention of who owns the code, "unlimited everything," and no post-launch support. The cheapest quote usually becomes the most expensive project — you pay twice: once for the failed build, once for the rescue.
Our advice
Fix your budget bracket first, then get a written scope with milestones from any developer you talk to — including us. Try the instant estimator on our pricing page to see a realistic range for your exact project in ten seconds.