How much does a website cost in Wales?
The honest answer from a web designer in Caerphilly: what I charge, what changes the price, and what you’ll pay every year after it’s live. Every price here is the one I actually charge.
The short answer
A small business website from me costs between £495 and £2,495 to build, as a fixed price. Custom software, apps and larger projects start from £5,000. Then there’s a monthly care plan to keep it online and looked after.
Get Found
£495The right first website for a sole trader: one sharp page that gets you found and gets the phone ringing.
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Get Enquiries
£895A complete site that builds trust and turns visitors into enquiries.
Get Selling
£1,495Take orders online: a menu, a booking system, or a small shop of up to about 30 products.
Full online store
from£2,495A proper catalogue with sizes, stock and shipping, built to grow with the range.
A typical first year: a Get Found site at £495 with Hosting only at £12 a month comes to £639; with the Essential care plan at £25 a month instead, £795. Plus your domain name, at cost (typically £10–£20 a year for a .co.uk).
What changes the price
More pages
Each package includes a set number of pages. Beyond that, each extra page is £120.
Selling online
Taking orders or bookings starts at £1,495; a full shop with sizes, stock and shipping is £2,495.
Custom features
user accounts & logins, payments & invoicing, custom integrations: scoped and quoted individually. Web development
Extras, at fixed prices
- Booking & enquiriesCustomers book a slot or send an enquiry straight from the site£350
- Logo & brandingA logo and a consistent look across your site, van and signage£300
- CopywritingProfessionally written pages, from what you do to why customers pick you£250
- Welsh language versionYour site in Welsh as well, written by a first-language Welsh speaker, not machine-translated£300
- Google Business Profile setupClaimed, verified and optimised so you show up in local search and Maps£300
- Content management systemEdit your own text and images yourself£99
What you pay every year
Every site is hosted from the day it goes live: Hosting only at £12 a month, or a care plan that includes the hosting and looks after the site too. Whichever you choose runs for at least the first 12 months, then month to month.
- HostingJust keep it online£12 /mo
- EssentialOne-page sites£25 /mo
- GrowthBrochure sites and small shops£39 /mo
- ScaleShops and sites getting busy£69 /mo
- PerformanceBusy shops and bespoke builds£119 /mo
Five questions to ask any web designer
Whoever you choose, get these answered before you pay. Here’s how I answer them.
- 1Is the price fixed?Mine is: you get a fixed quote before any work starts, and anything new later gets its own quote, never added silently.
- 2Who owns the domain and the site?You should. With me, the domain name is yours, and once your final invoice is paid the finished site is yours outright.
- 3What does the monthly fee include?Ask for it in writing. Mine starts at £12 a month for hosting only; care plans add security, backups and updates, with each plan’s extras listed on the aftercare page.
- 4What does a small change cost after launch?On the Growth plan and above, changes are done for you as part of the fee. Otherwise it’s £55 an hour.
- 5Can I leave, and take my site with me?After the first 12 months, hosting or a care plan is month to month with 30 days’ notice, and the code and handover materials are yours to take elsewhere.
Straight answers
Why do website prices vary so much?
Can I spread the cost?
Is a cheap website builder cheaper in the end?
Can I see what I’d get before I pay?
See it before you spend a penny
Tell me about your business and I’ll send you a new homepage within one working day. Free, no obligation, no hard sell.