Website Design Cost Pricing Guide

This question shouldn’t be a big mystery. We get it, a lot does depend on your needs and your budget, and there’s always room to move and customise your project within that, but read on as we explain the ball-park costs of getting things done, so you know what to expect.

Australian businesses spend anywhere from a few dollars for a personal website built with a DIY website builder, to tens of thousands of dollars for large, customised, technically complex websites for large corporations.

Like most things though, there’s a creamy middle, and as a ball park gure, and assuming you want something more professional than the DIY approach (the DIY approach is ne if you’re on a shoe-string budget, but won’t be very exible and it’ll be very dicult to give it a professional look and feel – more on this later), most businesses will spend somewhere between $1,000 – $5,000 building a business website, depending on their particular needs and goals.

Your website isn’t a dead cost, it’s an investment. As a business, your potential customers will judge you on your website. And like any investment, you should have a clear idea of exactly what you’ll get for your money.

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Website Design Cost Calculator

The Simple and short answer is the cost of a website for an average Australian small/medium business can be anywhere from $1,000 – $10,000.

More for larger business, less for startups on a shoe-string. Use our cost calculator below to get a quick estimate.

We’ll help you drill down into these costs, so you can gure out exactly what you need, exactly how much you need to pay for your website, and where the biggest cost savings are.

For a personalised cost estimate for your business, try our Website Cost Calculator below. You’ll get an instant cost estimate, and you can use that to work out if you’re ready to move forward with it, or where you can trim some fat from the project.

This calculator can give you a good idea of the cost of having a website developed for your business, but if you have any particular requirements, feel free to get in touch and we’ll be able to give you a more accurate quote.

What you need before you start

To work out a budget for your website, you first need to decide what sort of website you need. Depending on how you want your website to look, what it should say, and how it should function, you might find yourself paying for things you don’t need, or you might be disappointed at how primitive and unattractive your low-budget website turned out . So ask yourself these questions:

• Will a simple, informational website be enough for my business, or do I want some design or functionality options?
• What are my design requirements (i.e. website layout, colour scheme, logo, photography, graphics)?
• What do I want to say on the website? Will I write this content myself, or would I like help with it?
• What functionality will the website have? (there are thousands of possible features a website could have, but some examples include: ability to change the website’s content, a blog, a forum, photo galleries, newsletter sign-up forms, or eCommerce functionality). Which technical features are must-haves, and which are nice-to-haves?
• What’s my marketing budget, to get found online? It’s okay if you don’t plan on budgeting for this, we can offer you some free tips to engage with your online audience for free, using social media platforms and more.

To avoid scope creep, and an ever-ballooning budget as the project goes on, it’s important to have these things gured out before you start. A good web design agency will sit down and help you decide these things before offering you a quote.