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What does a professional website cost?
A professional website usually costs from several thousand up to five-figure euro amounts. Goal, content, design, technology and operation set the price.
For companies, a professional website usually costs several thousand euros. Small sites often fall in the lower to mid four-figure range, individual SME websites tend to be five-figure; shops, portals and platforms can go well beyond that.
The price does not come from the number of pages alone. What matters is what the website should achieve: inform, generate inquiries, sell products, win applications or map internal processes. A website with five pages can cost more than one with twenty pages if it needs more strategy, interfaces, a design system, copy, SEO or technical review.
What determines the price of a website
The main cost drivers are:
- scope of content, pages and templates
- how individual the design and user guidance are
- technical functions such as forms, filters, logins or interfaces
- content work, photography, copy and search intent
- quality assurance for performance, data protection, accessibility and mobile devices
- ongoing operation with hosting, maintenance, monitoring and further development
For a website that should become visible and bring inquiries, pure implementation is rarely enough. Web design and conception belong together, because structure, content and the technical base decide whether visitors take the next step.
What a website costs by type
| Website type | Typical range | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|
| Small company website | approx. 3,000 to 8,000 euros | clear presence, few services, simple contact paths |
| SME website with strategy | approx. 8,000 to 25,000 euros | several services, SEO structure, individual templates |
| Online shop | approx. 10,000 to 60,000 euros and more | products, payment, shipping, legal texts, ongoing operation |
| Portal or web application | from approx. 30,000 euros | logins, roles, data models, interfaces, processes |
These figures are common market reference values for smaller agencies, not package prices and not an offer from Bajorat Media. A focused first build can make more sense than a large start built on many assumptions. How offers at Bajorat Media are put together individually is explained on the prices and costs page.
Pricing models: fixed price, package or time and material
A fixed price makes sense when scope, content, functions and approvals are well described. A time budget fits better when requirements are still growing or the project is planned iteratively. Package prices only work for highly standardised services; for individual company websites they are often too coarse.
It matters that an offer discloses its assumptions. It should state clearly which pages, functions, revision rounds, tests and handovers are included. Unclear offers look cheaper at first, but they shift risk into implementation.
One-time and ongoing costs
On top of the build come ongoing costs for hosting, domains, licenses, maintenance, security and marketing. For WordPress projects, the cost of a WordPress website and the cost of WordPress maintenance are separate topics. Shops additionally need payment providers, shipping logic and legal upkeep; the question What does an online shop cost? fits here.
How to spot questionable offers
Be careful when an offer argues only with page count, design promises and a low flat rate. If strategy, technical quality, SEO basics, data protection, handover and maintenance are missing, often the whole website has not been calculated, only the visible surface.
A good website does not cost money because it looks nice. It costs because it removes decisions, holds up technically and works for customers, applicants or buyers.
