Guide · Website pricing
How much does a small business website cost?
The useful answer is not a giant industry price range. It is understanding what work is actually included, which requirements increase scope, and what you are expected to manage after launch.
Website price is usually scope plus responsibility.
Two sites with the same page count can require very different amounts of work. Custom visual direction, copy development, photography, complex forms, booking flows, application behavior, integrations, migration, SEO preservation, and content cleanup can all change the project. The other half of the equation is responsibility: after launch, does the business operate the hosting, plugins, security updates, analytics, and deployment process—or does the provider?
What should a professional small-business build include?
At minimum, the agreement should make the expected pages and functionality clear. The finished website should be responsive, production-ready, secured with HTTPS, crawlable, measured with analytics, and built with sensible metadata and information hierarchy. A redesign should also document how existing URLs and useful content will be handled.
Watch for low prices that move the real cost somewhere else.
A cheap build can become expensive when the owner is left with premium plugin renewals, a fragile theme, recurring freelancer fixes, hosting administration, or a site that has to be rebuilt every few years. That does not mean recurring management is always better; it means recurring responsibilities should be visible when comparing options.
DraftGlow's standard model is deliberately simple.
DraftGlow's current standard package is $1,499 for the one-time website setup and $149 per month for the managed website relationship. The accepted quote controls the actual scope and final pricing. Projects with materially different requirements are quoted before purchase rather than treated as surprise add-ons afterward.
You can see the current public structure on the pricing page.
Compare proposals by what happens after “done.”
Ask who controls the domain, what ownership or export rights apply, where the site is hosted, who handles HTTPS and deployments, how updates are requested, what happens when the relationship ends, which recurring charges exist, and what evidence the provider uses to judge whether the site is working. Those answers matter as much as the launch price.