Having a website built: the process, the costs, and what matters
by Marcel, Senior software engineer
A new website is on the agenda — but where do you start? What does it cost? And how does a project like this actually run? If you're asking yourself these questions, this article is for you. We'll take the uncertainty out of it and walk you through the path from idea to finished site.
Step 1: Get clear on the goal
Before we talk design or technology, we clarify the most important thing: what should your website achieve? Should it present you professionally, bring in inquiries, let people book appointments, or showcase products? Everything else follows from the goal — including how big the project actually needs to be.
Step 2: Define the scope
Not everyone needs the same thing. Roughly speaking, there are three sizes:
- Onepager: a compact single page, ideal for freelancers and small businesses.
- Company website: several pages, maintained through a CMS like Weblication that you can operate yourself.
- Custom: with a booking system, customer portal or shop — anything that goes beyond a classic website.
Step 3: What does it cost?
Honest ballpark figures: a professional onepager starts at a few hundred euros, a multi-page company website with a CMS at just under €1,000. Custom features like a booking system are quoted based on effort. The deciding factors are page count, design effort and special functionality. You can play through how those factors shape a concrete package, with no obligation, in our package configurator.
Top tip
Budget some time for good content from the start — copy and images. The best website doesn't do much if the content is missing. We'll help you with that.
Step 4: Being able to maintain it yourself
A website is never truly "finished". Prices change, new offerings come along. So you don't need someone else every single time, we use a CMS like Weblication for multi-page sites. That lets you maintain copy and images yourself — without anything in the design being able to break.
Step 5: Getting found
A beautiful website doesn't help much if nobody finds it. That's why we build technically clean and optimized for search engines from the ground up: fast load times, clean structure, mobile-friendly. That's the groundwork for showing up on Google at all.
The process in short
Getting to know each other, concept and quote, implementation, joint review, launch — and ongoing support if you want it. Throughout, you have one direct contact and always know what we're working on.
Thinking about having a website built and want an honest assessment instead of jargon? Tell us about your plans — the first conversation is free.