
How Much Should a Website Cost?
How Much Should a Website Cost?
There’s no denying that the trend to buy online is increasing. People want to do their research online before parting with their hard-earned cash, and they also want that purchase to be quick, easy and painless. Everyone expects to have a wealth of information at their fingertips with just a few clicks. The graph shows just how much the online sales trend is increasing every year with no sign of slowing down.
For any business who wants to succeed, an online presence and therefore a website is imperative. If potential customers cannot find you online, you are missing out on huge sales opportunities.
I have previously written about How to Get Online, but I’d now like to focus on how much a website should actually cost and questions you should definitely ask your web developer.

Value of internet retail sales monthly in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to February 2019(in million GBP)
Image and statistics from Statista
You Get What You Pay For
A website cost very much depends on what you need. There are some extremely cheap options out there but please remember that you get what you pay for! If you expect to have a fully functioning, scalable business website for £200 I think you will be very disappointed.
I’ve put together the calculator below to give you some guidelines for website costs. Please note that this includes copywriting & content which most developers don’t provide: