How Much Does a Website Cost in Waterlooville? The Three Ways You Get Charged
Web designers around Waterlooville charge in three different ways, and the cheapest-looking one is not always the cheapest. Here is how each works, what to ask, and one fixed price we can quote because it is our own.
A website in Waterlooville is charged for in one of three ways: a one-off build fee, a monthly rental, or a do-it-yourself builder subscription. Prices vary by designer, so ask each for a written quote and whether you own the site. One fixed local price is the £500 one-off build from Dean Keating, the publisher of Waterlooville.co, which you own outright with no monthly fee.
See the £500 website build ↓The short answer
There is no single price for a website, and we will not invent one for other people's businesses. What we can tell you is how web designers charge, because that decides what you really pay over a few years.
There are three models: a one-off build fee, a monthly rental, and a do-it-yourself builder. The one fixed figure we can give is our own. The publisher of Waterlooville.co, Dean Keating, builds websites for £500 one-off, which you own outright, with no contract or monthly fee, 200+ pages and 12 months of SEO included. See the £500 website build.
For everyone else, the ranked list of web designers in Waterlooville is the place to start asking for quotes.
Model one: a one-off build fee
You pay once for the site to be designed and built, and it is yours. Afterwards you pay only the running costs, such as the domain name and hosting, and for any changes you ask for later.
The question to ask is what happens after launch. Who hosts it, what does that cost, and what do changes cost?
Model two: a monthly rental
You pay little or nothing up front and a fee every month. It is easy to start, and the monthly fee often includes hosting and small changes.
The catch is ownership. With many rental deals the site belongs to the provider, so if you stop paying, the site goes. Add up the monthly fee over three years before comparing it with a one-off price, and ask whether there is a minimum term.
Model three: a do-it-yourself builder
You pay a subscription to a website builder and make the site yourself. It is the cheapest way to get something online and suits a business that only needs a simple page.
The cost is your time, and the result depends on your skill. A builder site with a handful of pages will rarely show up for searches across several services and towns.
What makes one website dearer than another
Size is the big one: the number of pages, and whether there is a page for each service and each area you cover. Then come the writing, photography, any booking or payment features, and whether SEO work after launch is included or extra.
Two quotes are only comparable if they cover the same things. Ask each designer to list what is included.
Five questions that reveal the real cost
Do I own the website and the domain name? Is there a contract or a minimum term? What do I pay each month or year after it goes live? What do changes cost? Is SEO included, and for how long?
What to do next
Get two or three written quotes from the web designers ranked on Google reviews, and put them next to a fixed price so you have something to compare against. If you run a trade business, our guide to websites for tradesmen covers what the site itself needs. If you are not sure you need a site at all, read do I need a website?.
About this guide
Waterlooville.co is published by Dean Keating, whose business builds the £500 websites mentioned here. We have not quoted other designers' prices because we cannot verify them; ask each firm directly.
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