The short answer
A fast, well-written business website starts at about $1,500. A website with online booking, a customer portal or lead routing usually costs $4,000 to $15,000. A full web application with sign-in, payments, dashboards and integrations starts at around $15,000.
Website prices vary from a few hundred dollars for a template to tens of thousands for a custom platform. The useful question is not the cheapest price but what the site needs to do for your business: explain, take bookings, capture leads, or run part of your operations.
Here is what each level costs with NextWebX, and what you get at each one.
Business website cost by project size
| Size | Typical cost (USD) | What you get | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | From $1,500 | Service website with up to 5 pages, enquiry forms, WhatsApp, SEO basics and an editor for your team | 2-4 weeks |
| Standard | $4,000 - $15,000 | Website with online booking, a customer portal, lead routing or payments | 6-12 weeks |
| Full platform | From $15,000 | Web application with sign-in, roles, payments, dashboards and integrations | 12-20 weeks |
What drives the cost
- Pages and content
- More pages and service or location pages add design and writing time, and also bring in more search traffic.
- Custom functionality
- Booking, payments, portals and dashboards are what move a website from brochure to business tool.
- Integrations
- Connecting to your CRM, payment gateway or booking system depends on what those systems allow.
- Design
- A custom design costs more than adapting a proven layout, but it is what makes a site memorable.
- Content
- We can work from your text or write and structure it for search, which is often the difference between a site that ranks and one that does not.
What every NextWebX site includes
- Pages that load in about a second on phones
- Technical SEO and structured data
- Mobile-first design
- A content editor your team can use
- Enquiry forms, WhatsApp and booking buttons
- Analytics and conversion tracking
- Accessibility and security basics
- Hosting set up, monitored and backed up
How long it takes
- 1.Discovery (1-2 weeks): goals, pages, content and functionality, ending in a written brief and a fixed quote.
- 2.Design (1-2 weeks): key pages designed for your review.
- 3.Build (1-10 weeks): weekly demos, with content added as we go.
- 4.Launch and support: go-live, redirects from your old site, and 30 days of support.
How to keep the cost down
- Launch with your five most important pages and add more later.
- Provide your own photos and a first draft of your text.
- Add booking or a portal in a second phase once the site brings in visitors.
- Use your existing booking or CRM tool if it has a good integration.
