A website package is a fixed price for a set amount of work: a number of pages, a design, and the setup to get the site live. In the UK they run from a few pounds a month for a template site you rent, to several thousand pounds for a large bespoke build. Here is what you get at each price, how paying monthly compares with paying upfront, and what to check before you sign anything.
Website package prices at a glance
| Package | What it covers | Our price |
|---|---|---|
| One page | A single focused page for a campaign or a new service | £450 |
| Small business website | Five pages: typically home, services, about, case studies and contact | £900 |
| Growing business website | Ten pages, with a page for each main service | £1,500 |
| Larger website | Fifteen pages, with service and location pages | £2,100 |
| Online store | A WooCommerce store with up to 20 products | £2,400 |
| Pay monthly website package | Up to five pages, with hosting, support and a basic SEO setup | £299, then £100 a month |
These are our own prices, published on our website packages page. Other agencies will be higher or lower, but the same building blocks sit behind every quote: how many pages, how much design work, and what happens after launch.
What do you get at each price?
Around £450: a single page
Enough for a campaign, a new service or a business that needs to be found online quickly. You get one bespoke page, designed for you and built mobile first, with technical SEO set up so Google can read it properly.
Around £900: a small business website
The most common starting point. Five pages give you room for the pages customers expect, and if you are replacing an old site, your old pages should be redirected so you keep any rankings you have already earned.
Around £1,500: a page for each service
Ten pages means each main service gets its own page. That matters for search: a page about one service can rank for that service, where a single services page listing everything rarely ranks for any of them.
£2,000 and up: larger sites and online stores
Fifteen pages adds room for location pages, case studies and guides. An online store starts from £2,400 for up to 20 products, with payments, stock and shipping set up for you. Larger catalogues, booking systems and integrations are usually priced on a call. See ecommerce web design for what goes into a store.
Are cheap website packages worth it?
Sometimes, but read what sits behind the price. The cheapest packages are often built from a template with little real design work, and are rented rather than owned. At £25 a month, three years comes to £900, and at the end you still do not own the website. We cover this in more detail in how much does a website cost in the UK.
Is it better to pay monthly or upfront?
It depends on whether you want the website to be looked after for you. Here is how our two most common options compare over time.
| Pay monthly: Website plan | Pay upfront: five page website | |
|---|---|---|
| Paid on day one | £299 | £900, or 3 payments of £300 |
| Total after 6 months | £899 | £900 |
| Total after 1 year | £1,499 | £900 |
| Total after 3 years | £3,899 | £900 |
| Hosting, updates and support | Included | You arrange them, or add our maintenance plan from £200 a month |
| Monthly updates and changes | An hour a month included | Not included |
| Who owns the website | You, after 6 months | You, from day one |
Paying upfront costs less over time if you are happy to arrange hosting and make changes yourself. Paying monthly spreads the cost and keeps the site looked after, because hosting, upkeep and your monthly changes carry on. Both get the same bespoke design.
Renting or owning: what should you check in the contract?
Many pay monthly websites are rented. You pay for as long as the site exists, and if you stop paying, the site goes. Before you sign, ask:
- Who owns the website, and when? Ours becomes yours after the six month minimum. Some providers never hand it over.
- Whose name is the domain registered in? It should be yours from day one, whatever happens to the website.
- How long is the minimum term? Terms of 24 months or more are common for pay monthly websites.
- What happens if you leave early? Find out what you would owe and whether you can keep the site.
- Can you take the website with you? Check whether moving it to new hosting is free or charged.
What should you ask any web designer before signing?
- Will the design be made for my business, or adapted from a template?
- Will I see and approve the design before it is built?
- Is SEO included, and what does that actually mean for each page?
- Who will I deal with after launch, and how quickly do changes get made?
- What is included each month, and what costs extra?
A good answer to each of these is worth more than a lower price. A website that is never found does not pay for itself, however little it cost.
Where should I start?
See our pay monthly and upfront website packages for exactly what each one includes, or get an instant quote for your project in about a minute.
