How Much Should A Website Cost?

Whether your business operates offline or online, we all know that good web design is crucial. But here’s the tricky question: How much should a website cost?

Web design prices for business websites can easily range from $2,000 to $75,000, while annual website maintenance can cost anywhere from $400 to $60,000. These prices are based on the size and features of your site. Depending on your website, you may pay less (or more) than these estimates.

There are a couple main ways to build a website: use a website builder or hire a web designer. Which method you choose will have a huge impact on how much your website costs. For example, creating content can be free with a web builder, but can cost over $5,000 if you’re using a web designer. However, in most cases, businesses will partner with either a freelance web designer or web design agency.

On average it costs around $200 to build a simple website, with a monthly cost of around $50 per month to maintain it. If you hire a designer/developer, expect that estimate to increase to around $6,000, with an ongoing cost of about $1,000 per year.

Website builders are usually the cheapest way to build a website. While sites like WordPress and Wix are technically free, open-source platforms, you have to pay for hosting, themes, plugins, and a lot of times even professional help from a developer. A third-party website builder still requires design experience, which can increase your total cost. Even though these platforms can help your team create an attractive website, they don’t ensure a user-friendly site, which is critical if you want to create conversions on your site.

Hiring a web designer is the most expensive option. Realistically, you don’t want to pay less than $5,000 for a web designer, otherwise you might end up with a disappointing end result that you’re not happy with, but that you’ve still paid a few thousand for.

You need to choose the right method for you. Hiring a web designer is expensive, but it takes the technical hassle out of your hands. Using a website builder is cheap and easy, but it’s also the most time consuming and hands-on approach.

Unsure of what the best option is for your company? Reach out to us at request@kennedyrowecollective.com. We’re here for all of your web development and design needs. We know that the right vision is everything.

You don’t have to know the whole journey or even all the answers, but if you don’t get started everything will remain the same. Let’s build your future.