How much does a small business website cost?
The price of a website is decided by scope, not by size. Here is what actually moves the number up or down.
Quotes for the same small business website can differ by a factor of ten. That is not because some developers are dishonest. It is because "a website" can mean a single landing page or a booking system with accounts and payments. Understanding what drives the price lets you compare quotes fairly and spend only on what your business needs.
The five things that set the price
- Number of pages. A one-page landing site and a twelve-page site with services, team and blog pages are different amounts of design and content work.
- Custom design versus a template. A template is cheaper up front, but custom design fits your brand and usually loads faster because it carries no unused features.
- Functions beyond reading. A contact form is simple. Online booking, customer accounts, payments or an admin panel turn a website into a web application and add real engineering work.
- Content. Someone has to write the text and supply photos. If you provide them ready, the project is faster and cheaper.
- Who builds it. A solo developer has no account managers or overhead. Agencies bring project managers and specialists, and price that in.
Typical options and what they cost you over time
Website builders such as Wix or Squarespace have a low entry cost but charge a monthly subscription for as long as the site exists, and you cannot take the site with you. WordPress with a premium theme is flexible, but plugins need constant updates and are a common source of security problems. A custom-coded static site, like the one you are reading, has no monthly license fee and almost nothing to attack, but changes go through a developer or a content tool built for you.
At naStipe.dev a showcase website of one to five pages starts from €240 list price, delivered in roughly four to ten days. Current offers are on the Packages page. Web applications with logins, dashboards or booking logic start higher because they involve a database and security work. Mobile apps, desktop software and backend systems are quoted by scope.
Costs people forget to ask about
- Domain name, usually around ten to twenty euros a year.
- Hosting. Modern static hosting is often free or very cheap for a small business site.
- Business email on your own domain.
- Changes after launch. Ask whether small edits are included and what an hour of work costs afterwards.
- Ownership. Make sure the contract says you own the code, the design and the domain.
How to get a quote you can compare
Write down the pages you want, the actions a visitor should take (call, book, send a message), and any examples of sites you like. Give the same brief to two or three developers and compare what each includes, not just the total. A fixed price tied to named deliverables protects you from a project that quietly grows. If you would like a number for your own case, the quote calculator on this site gives an estimate in about a minute.