"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
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
Up to five pages, mobile-ready, a contact form, and your business set up on Google Maps. Live in a few days.
Business Site
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
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
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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