# How Much Does a Website Cost in 2026? Real Prices, No Fluff Type "how much does a website cost" into Google and you get answers ranging from "free" to "$100,000," none of them useful. The real number depends on scope, custom vs template, and who you hire. Here is the honest 2026 breakdown, with the price points that should make you walk away. ## Small Business Website (5 to 10 pages) Builder + premium plan: $200 to $700 per year (looks like a template, ongoing cost forever). Cheap freelancer: $300 to $1,000 (often offshore template work, quality varies wildly). Established agency, basic tier: $1,500 to $5,000 (custom design, professional build). Branded agency: $8,000 to $25,000 (heavy process, often more than small business needs). Our pricing: $499 to $899 once for fully custom, no subscription tax. ## E-commerce Website Shopify with template: $300 to $800 per year in fees plus apps. Custom Shopify build: $2,000 to $15,000. Custom headless e-commerce: $5,000 to $50,000 depending on integrations. Our pricing: $899 to $2,999 for most e-commerce builds. ## Corporate or B2B SaaS Website Mid-market agency: $10,000 to $40,000. Enterprise rebrand-grade agency: $40,000 to $250,000. Internal team: hidden cost, usually higher than people think. Our pricing: $899 to $5,000 for most B2B SaaS launches, more for complex multi-region builds. ## What Should Make You Walk Away Quote under $200 for "custom" (almost always a template). Quote over $50,000 for a basic small business site (overcharging or scope inflation). Pricing that excludes mobile responsiveness or SEO as "add-ons" (these are not add-ons in 2026). Hourly billing with no cap (open-ended risk). Mandatory monthly retainers that lock you to the agency forever. ## What "Affordable" Should Mean Honest pricing for a defined scope. No hidden setup fees, revision fees, or "premium support" upcharges. Custom design (not a template). Mobile responsive included. SEO setup included. SSL and hosting setup included. Your domain wired up. A real launch, not a half-baked staging URL. /pricing · /web-design · /start · /portfolio · /blog/website-builder-vs-web-designer-2026 · /blog/i-bought-a-domain-now-what-2026 Now you know the real numbers. Get a real quote. **[Get a Free Quote →](/start)** # APPENDIX: PUBLISHING NOTES FOR ANTIGRAVITY ### Voice rules per section - **Genz:** slang, neon, emoji, no corporate speak, light Gen-Z humor. "Mid," "no cap," "stupid hard," "lowkey." - **Corporate:** formal, B2B, conversion-focused, zero slang, zero emoji. - **Artistic:** lyrical, restrained, craft-respecting, considered. - **Reader:** essayistic, slow-burn, serif-friendly, no marketing speak. - **Gamer:** quest language, cyberpunk energy, gaming jargon, RPG framing, web3-fluent. - **Futuristic:** technical, precise, sci-fi adjacent, monospace energy, no marketing fluff. - **Root /blog/:** plain English, friendly, beginner-safe. ### Universal rules (apply to every post) - ZERO em dashes (-) or en dashes (-). Use commas, periods, colons, or "to" for ranges. - One H1 per post. - Logical H2/H3 hierarchy. - FAQ block uses FAQPage schema (`@type: Question`, `@type: Answer`). - Article schema on every post with author, datePublished, dateModified, image. - BreadcrumbList schema sitewide. - Internal links: 4 to 6 per post, always including /start with the right mode param, /pricing, and one upsell page. - CTA closes every post with a button-style link to /start (or /start?mode=[mode] for mode posts). - Featured image per post (custom illustration in the mode's vibe). - Author bio at the bottom of every post (use a real LlamaMakers founder name + photo, not "Llama SEO Expert"). - Reading time, byline, and published date in the article header. ### Recommended posting cadence Publish 3 to 4 posts per week. Mix sections (do not publish 5 Genz posts in a week and 0 from other vibes). Stagger root posts among mode posts so the root blog index always shows fresh universal content. Aim to publish all 35 in 9 to 12 weeks. ### Image strategy per post Each post needs a featured image in the mode's vibe (Genz neon, Corporate clean, Artistic lyrical, Reader editorial, Gamer cyberpunk, Futuristic sci-fi). Plus 2 to 3 in-body images. Use WebP/AVIF. Alt text on every image. Cap image weight at 200KB each for fast loads. ### Schema markup checklist per post - `Article` (or `BlogPosting`) with all standard fields - `FAQPage` with all FAQ Q&A - `Organization` (LlamaMakers, with sameAs to all socials) - `BreadcrumbList` linking back to mode blog index and root - `Person` for the author bio ### Internal link mapping reminder Wire every post to the right destinations. Mode posts: /start?mode=[mode], /pricing, /[mode]/portfolio, plus one relevant upsell page (hosting, seo, etc.). Root posts: /start (no mode param), /pricing, and 2 to 3 related root blog posts to build topic clusters. *LlamaMakers Blog Pack | 35 posts | 6 vibes + root | Voice-matched, keyword-loaded, schema-ready. No em dashes. Built to rank, built to convert.*