Website Builder vs Hiring a Web Designer
Short answer: use a website builder, at £0 to £30 a month plus 20 to 60 hours of…
51 plain-English guides for small businesses buying, fixing or growing a website. Start with the big question: a small business website costs from £495 / $625 with us, and our 2026 UK cost guide shows what freelancers and agencies charge for the same job.
Short answer: use a website builder, at £0 to £30 a month plus 20 to 60 hours of…
Short answer: cheap web design costs less up front and more over three years. A £200 site and…
Short answer: hire a freelancer if your budget is under about £1,500 and you can project-manage the work…
Tradespeople get found on Google through five things, in order of impact: a complete Google Business Profile, a…
Plenty of tradespeople run everything off a Facebook page and wonder if they need a website at all.…
Six fixes turn trade website visits into quote requests: one-tap contact, proof high on the page, credentials up…
Yes, most trades on Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Rated People or Bark still need their own website: a directory lists…
Paid website builder plans start at £2.99 to £12 a month, a freelancer typically charges £300 to £2,000,…
Good INP means at least 75% of real visits see a response to a tap or click within…
$625 for our Starter site of one to five pages, $1,895 for a Business site of up to 15 pages with a CMS, and from $4,995 for Premium builds such as online stores and web apps. Every price is fixed before work starts.
Yes, the setup is built into every package, with more depth as you go up: basic SEO and analytics on Starter, advanced SEO and speed on Business, a full strategy on Premium. Monthly SEO work is separate and optional, from £299 a month.
Yes, in the first month. A builder subscription costs less up front than a £495 / $625 custom site, but you are renting it, and the fees run for as long as the site exists. Our guide on website builders versus web designers compares the two over time.
Yes. The website cost calculator works out any job over three years, in pounds or dollars, and shows the answer on screen with no email or sign-up asked for.