Three tiers and their price
“Corporate website” covers everything from a one-pager to a portal, which is where the tenfold price range comes from. Here is an honest split; if you need a catalogue with payments, see the separate piece on online stores, and the full list of what we build is on the web platforms page.
What makes up the estimate
- The number of unique templates. Twenty pages on five templates is cheaper than eight pages each designed separately.
- The level of design. Ready-made solutions adapted to your brand, or bespoke layouts with motion — a difference of up to one and a half times.
- Multiple languages. A second language adds more than translation: it is a URL structure,
hreflang, and a switcher that does not damage your search positions. - Content editing. Being able to change text and images without a developer is separate work, and it pays for itself within months.
- Forms and integrations. A lead landing in an inbox and a lead landing in a CRM with its acquisition source attached are different tasks.
Where cutting corners is a mistake
- Loading speed. It drives both human behaviour and Google ranking directly.
- The mobile experience. More than half of visits come from a phone, and it is not a shrunken desktop but a separate flow.
- Basic SEO. Headings, metadata, a sitemap and structured data cost almost nothing during development and a lot afterwards.
- Analytics with goals. Without it you will never know whether the site paid for itself or merely looks good.
Frequently asked questions
Can a website be built for $2,000?
On a website builder, yes, and for validating an idea that is a fine start. The limits appear later: someone else’s template is recognisable, speed is capped by the platform, and any non-standard logic is either impossible or costs as much as development. If the site is your main sales channel, that is economising on the tool that is supposed to make money.
Do we need bespoke design or will a template do?
If you compete on price, a carefully executed template will do. If you sell expertise and complex services, the site sets expectations about the work: a template your client has already seen at three competitors works against you. We say plainly when a template is enough.
Who writes the copy?
The substance comes from you — nobody knows your business better. Structure, headings and the wording that serves each page’s job come from us. Writing everything for a client is possible, but it is separate work and a separate budget.
What happens after launch?
The site stays under our support: bugs in our code are fixed free of charge indefinitely, and we watch uptime and security. Growth — new sections, integrations, conversion experiments — is billed separately as needed.
These articles are written by engineers working on the projects — but they are not signed by name. The reason is the same one that keeps client logos off this site: nearly every project runs under an NDA or white-label, and a byline on a piece about a payment core points at the client as clearly as a logo would. Instead of names, we stand behind the text with rules — except for articles about our own open-source code, which carry the author’s name.
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