The four ways contractors get a website
Do it yourself with a website builder.
Low monthly cost and full control. The catch is your time, and most DIY sites end up looking like the template they came from, which is the same template your competitors used.
AI site builders.
Fast and cheap. They write copy that sounds like everyone else, because it's built from what everyone else wrote. Customers can't tell why they should pick you.
A freelancer.
Quality varies widely. Ask who hosts the site, who fixes it when it breaks, and what happens if they disappear.
A design studio.
More expensive up front, but you're paying for strategy: working out what makes you different, and building the site around it.
What drives the price
Number of pages, whether you need a new brand or logo, how much existing content needs moving, custom features like quote calculators, and who keeps the site running after launch.
The cost nobody budgets for
A slow or generic website doesn't send you a bill. It just sends callers to the next contractor. If your site takes too long to load on a phone or doesn't show your reviews and your work, you pay for it in calls you never get.
What we charge
Our Refresh / Standard Site is $1,500 to start, plus $150 a month for hosting, updates, security and edits. A Full Strategy Build with a new brand starts at $2,995.
See pricingQuestions to ask any web designer
- Who owns the site and the domain?
- What does it cost per month after launch, and what's included?
- How fast is it on a phone? (Ask them to run Google PageSpeed Insights.)
- Can I see sites you've built for businesses like mine?