How much does a website cost in the UK?

Short answer: In the UK, a straightforward small business website usually costs a few hundred pounds as a one-off. At BuiltWeb a service site is £300 and an e-commerce site is £750, both paid once with no subscription, and you own the finished site outright.

What am I actually paying for?

A website price covers design, build, and getting it live so it works properly on phones and laptops. With BuiltWeb, £300 gets you a clean, fast service website with the pages a local business needs — home, about, services, contact — built to load quickly and rank on Google.

If you sell products, an e-commerce site is £750 and includes product listings, a cart, and secure checkout. Both prices are fixed before we start, so there are no surprises when the invoice lands.

You pay a 50% deposit to begin and the other 50% when the site goes live. That is it — no drip-feed of monthly fees for the site itself.

Why do quotes range from £300 to £30,000?

Because "website" covers everything from a one-page brochure to a booking platform with logins and payments. A sole trader plumber and a national retailer both need a website, but they are not buying the same thing.

Most price differences come down to scope: number of pages, whether you sell online, custom features, and how much design work is involved. We break this down properly in why website prices vary. The short version is that agencies charging five figures are usually bundling ongoing retainers, account managers, and complexity that a local business rarely needs.

What add-ons might I want?

The base price covers a solid, working site. From there you can add extras only if they earn their place. Common add-ons start at £60 and include:

• Extra pages beyond the standard set
• A logo or branding package
• Online booking or a gallery
• A simple CRM to manage enquiries
• AI chat to answer common questions
• Local SEO and email marketing

Pick what fits your business and skip the rest. Nothing is forced on you.

What about ongoing costs?

There is no mandatory recurring cost at all. Unlike other web designers who charge a monthly hosting fee, hosting with us is free, forever, if you want us to keep the site online and maintained. You can host it elsewhere if you prefer, or move it later — it is your site. There is no mandatory maintenance contract either, which we cover in do I need to pay for website maintenance.

Compared to DIY builders that charge £15–£30 a month forever, a one-off site pays for itself within a couple of years and keeps working after that. See our full breakdown in one-off vs monthly website pricing.

Sites are usually built and launched within 2–4 weeks, and we are UK-based, so you deal with a real person, not a ticket queue.

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