Website pricing
How much does a website cost in Newcastle?
Most small Newcastle businesses are quoted between two and four thousand dollars for a custom website. The full range runs from under a thousand to well over ten, and each band buys a different kind of site.
Tell us about your business and what you need.
The short answer
Two quotes for the same site can be thousands apart.
How much a website costs in Newcastle depends mostly on who builds it and what is included. One business can quote under a thousand dollars for a five page site while another quotes over seven thousand.
The bands below come from prices Newcastle and Hunter businesses publish and quotes they have given for local jobs. Each band is a different kind of purchase, so it helps to know which one a quote belongs to before comparing the numbers.
Price bands
What each price band buys
- Under $1,000, or rented monthly
- A template with your details added. If you rent it, you do not own it.
- $2,000 to $4,000
- A custom site of five to eight pages, built once and owned by you.
- $4,000 to $10,000
- More pages, written copy, an online shop or a booking system.
- $10,000 and up
- A new brand and website together, or a site built to order.
Under a thousand dollars usually buys a template with your business name, logo and contact details added. A monthly plan of about eighty to a hundred dollars with nothing upfront is often the same thing on a rental basis. Read the monthly terms carefully: if you stop paying, the site comes down and there is nothing to move.
Two to four thousand is where most small Newcastle businesses land. That buys a custom site of five to eight pages, designed for the business and built once. Hosting, which is the service that keeps the site online, is quoted locally at about thirty to forty dollars a month on top.
Above four thousand, the extra money usually pays for more pages, the words written for you, or a site that does a job such as taking payments or bookings. Past ten thousand, the brand is usually being designed at the same time.
What moves the number
Three things decide the quote
The design itself rarely decides the price. The number is mostly set by how many pages the site has, who writes the words and what the site has to do beyond being read.
- How many pages
- A quote is built page by page, so eight service pages cost more than three. Each service page is also a page Google can show to someone searching for that service.
- Who writes the words
- A quote that assumes you supply the copy looks cheaper. Many builds then stall for months, because writing eight pages about your own business is hard to fit around running it.
- What the site has to do
- Taking payments, taking bookings or connecting to software you already use each adds work, and each moves the number.
Before you pay
What the quote should say before you pay a deposit
Website builds are commonly paid half upfront and half on completion. The questions worth asking first are about what you hold if the work stops partway.
Ownership is the most important point. The domain (your web address), the hosting and the site itself should sit in accounts in your own name. Then a disagreement later is an inconvenience rather than the end of your website.
- Who owns the domain and the site
- In your name, on your own accounts, from the start.
- What the monthly fee covers after launch
- Hosting, software updates, changes, or none of those.
- Who writes the words
- The most common reason a build stalls.
- What a change costs later
- A new page, a new price list or a new photograph.
The short version
A cheaper site can cost more over time if nobody finds it. Compare quotes on the pages included, who writes them and who owns the result, as well as the price.
From clients
What clients say about working with spareday
“Huge shoutout to Reece for building my website for Hughesys Painting Services. Since it went live my phone hasn’t stopped ringing.”
“He didn’t just build me a great website, he created an easy-to-manage system that allows me to make updates myself whenever I need to. He has spared me so much time doing all of this myself!”
“He was able to take our rough ideas, from concept through to reality. The site has provided an influx of new members, helping to keep our club viable.”
Official guidance
For independent background, read the official guidance on business websites and Google’s SEO starter guide.
Common questions
Questions people ask.
Why is one quote three times another?
Usually the page count, who writes the copy and whether the site takes bookings or payments. Two quotes are rarely for the same scope, so ask each builder to list the pages and features included.
Is a monthly website cheaper than paying once?
It is cheaper to start and more expensive to keep. It also means you are renting: stop paying and the site comes down, and there is nothing to move.
What does a website cost to run?
Hosting is quoted locally at about thirty to forty dollars a month. The domain is a small yearly fee. Updates are either included in a monthly plan or charged by the hour.
Do I own the site if somebody builds it for me?
Only if the domain, the hosting and the site sit in your own accounts. Ask before you pay, because moving a site you do not own is the expensive way round.
How does spareday charge?
spareday quotes one price for the work your business needs, agreed in writing before anything starts. The figure depends on what the business needs, and it comes with your quote.
Who you’ll work with
Hi, I’m Reece.
spareday is my business, based here in Newcastle. You’ll deal with me from the first review of your website, and I’m the person you talk to each month about what’s working.
Find us
spareday in Newcastle.
12 Grey Street, Wickham, Newcastle NSW 2293.
Next step
Get a quote for your website.
Tell us about your business and what the site needs to do. We will talk through the details and send you a quote.
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