[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":136},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-what-does-a-website-cost":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":120,"date":121,"description":122,"draft":123,"extension":124,"locale":125,"meta":126,"navigation":127,"path":128,"seo":129,"stem":130,"tags":131,"__hash__":135},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fwhat-does-a-website-cost.md","What does a website cost? An honest answer from the person who sends the quote",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":111},"minimark",[9,13,18,25,31,37,43,49,53,56,59,63,85,88,92,95,99,108],[10,11,12],"p",{},"\"How much does a website cost?\" is the question I get most, and it's about as answerable as \"how much does a house cost?\" A garden shed and a villa both have a roof. Still, \"it depends\" is a useless answer, so here is what it actually depends on.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-four-things-that-move-the-price","The four things that move the price",[10,19,20,24],{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"Pages and content."," A one-pager with your story, three images and a contact form is a different job from twenty pages with a blog, a team section and a booking flow. Every template type (home, project, article, contact) has to be designed, built and tested on phones. Ten pages using the same template cost far less than five pages that all look different.",[10,26,27,30],{},[21,28,29],{},"Design depth."," A good theme with your colours and fonts is quick. A design made from scratch for your brand means concept, sketches, a visual language and rounds of feedback. That's where most of the time goes, and it's also where the difference you can see comes from.",[10,32,33,36],{},[21,34,35],{},"Functionality."," Shops, booking systems, member areas, multiple languages, connections to your CRM or newsletter. Each of these is a small project of its own, with its own edge cases.",[10,38,39,42],{},[21,40,41],{},"Content you don't have yet."," Texts, photos, translations. If the website is waiting for content, so is the launch. Writing and photography can be part of the job, but they're a line item, not a free extra.",[44,45,46],"blockquote",{},[10,47,48],{},"Two quotes for the same website are rarely for the same website.",[14,50,52],{"id":51},"why-quotes-are-so-far-apart","Why quotes are so far apart",[10,54,55],{},"When one designer says 1,500 euros and another says 8,000, they have usually imagined two different projects. The cheaper one often means a template, your content pasted in, no strategy session, one feedback round. The expensive one often includes a workshop, a custom design, animation, SEO groundwork and training so you can edit it yourself.",[10,57,58],{},"Neither is wrong. They just answer different questions. The useful move is to compare what's inside each quote, not the number on the last line.",[14,60,62],{"id":61},"ask-for-these-in-every-quote","Ask for these in every quote",[64,65,66,70,73,76,79,82],"ul",{},[67,68,69],"li",{},"Which pages and templates are included, by name.",[67,71,72],{},"How many feedback rounds, and what happens after the last one.",[67,74,75],{},"Who writes the texts and who supplies the photos.",[67,77,78],{},"Whether you can edit content yourself afterwards, and how.",[67,80,81],{},"What hosting, domain and maintenance cost per year.",[67,83,84],{},"What is explicitly not included.",[10,86,87],{},"The last point is the one most often missing, and the one that causes the most arguments later.",[14,89,91],{"id":90},"running-costs-are-part-of-the-price","Running costs are part of the price",[10,93,94],{},"A website isn't paid for once. Hosting, domain, a content management system, updates and the occasional fix add up to a yearly figure. For a small static site that can be very low. For a shop with plugins it can be a real monthly cost. Ask for it up front, so the website still makes sense in year three.",[14,96,98],{"id":97},"how-i-handle-it","How I handle it",[10,100,101,102,107],{},"I write fixed-price quotes based on a short conversation, with every page and feature listed. If something new comes up mid-project, we talk about it before I build it, not after. My ",[103,104,106],"a",{"href":105},"\u002Fen#pricing","pricing section"," has starting points so you can see roughly where you'd land before we even talk.",[10,109,110],{},"The cheapest website is the one you only have to pay for once, because it still works for you in five years.",{"title":112,"searchDepth":113,"depth":113,"links":114},"",2,[115,116,117,118,119],{"id":16,"depth":113,"text":17},{"id":51,"depth":113,"text":52},{"id":61,"depth":113,"text":62},{"id":90,"depth":113,"text":91},{"id":97,"depth":113,"text":98},null,"2026-07-20","Why two quotes for the same website can be thousands of euros apart, what actually drives the price, and how to get a number you can plan with before anyone starts designing.",false,"md","en",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fwhat-does-a-website-cost",{"title":5,"description":122},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fwhat-does-a-website-cost",[132,133,134],"Web Design","Pricing","Clients","SSFh-lNfAgEt-6TPidWnl3WL4RAJ16yJaEPzflsKsMc",1792165383852]