"How much does a website cost?" is one of the hardest questions to get a straight answer to, because the range genuinely runs from $0 to $50,000+. Here is what actually drives that range, and real numbers for a small business site.
Typical website pricing by type
- DIY builders (Wix, Squarespace, Shopify) — roughly $16 to $50 a month, forever, plus your own time to design, write, and maintain it. No build cost, but an ongoing subscription and a generic template underneath.
- Freelance designers — commonly $500 to $3,000 for a small business site, plus hosting and a domain you usually arrange and pay for separately.
- Agencies — $5,000 to $50,000+, generally for larger sites with custom functionality, often with an ongoing retainer.
- Hidden costs to watch for anywhere you go — domain registration (~$15/year), hosting (~$5–$30+/month), business email, SSL, and ongoing maintenance are sometimes bundled and sometimes billed separately, and it is easy to miss when comparing quotes.
What Lui Designs charges
- Starter Site — $395. Up to five pages, mobile-ready, a contact form, and your business set up on Google Maps. Live in about a week.
- Business Site — $795. The most popular tier: up to twelve pages with a blog, basic search setup, a walkthrough when it ships, and a free professional logo included (a $300 value).
- Online Store — $1,495. A full WooCommerce store with up to 100 products loaded, payments connected, and shipping configured — plus the same free logo as Business Site.
- New Business Launch — $795. A complete ecommerce build for businesses starting from scratch: product/service catalog, payment processing, online booking and checkout, discount tools, an analytics dashboard, and a free logo.
Every package includes a free domain name, email, and hosting for the first year. After that, hosting continues at one flat monthly rate ($20–$50 depending on the package) — no contracts, cancel any time, and the domain and site stay yours either way. Every package is otherwise a flat, one-time build price.
What that price actually includes
Unlike a lot of web design quotes, the domain name, business email, and hosting are not separate line items added on top — they are bundled in free for the first year on every package, and every site includes daily backups, uptime monitoring, and malware scanning from day one.
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