How Much Does a Professional Website Cost?
A straightforward comparison between custom web design and those R300/pm template sites you keep seeing advertised. For a full breakdown of website costs in South Africa, see our detailed pricing guide.
Custom Web Design Suited to Your Business
- We meet with you face to face to understand your business goals and target market before a single page is built.
- Every site is scoped to your exact needs. You pay only for what your business actually requires.
Mass-Produced Templates Sold to Multiple Clients
- No discovery meeting. The only things unique about your site are the name, some text, and a few images.
- The structure, layout, and sales strategy are pulled straight from a template used by dozens of other businesses.
- Check their portfolio. Every site looks the same.
SEO and Online Visibility
- Included. Our sites are built around your market goals with unique, focused content, keyword research, and link building built in from the start.
- Google rewards unique, structured websites. See how our clients rank on our SEO results page.
SEO and Online Visibility
- Typically charged as an add-on, ranging from R500 to R1,000/pm extra.
- Google penalises mass-produced, automated sites. Without unique, targeted content, your site will not rank for any profitable search queries.
Google Business Profile Setup
- Included. A properly configured Google Business Profile puts your business in front of local customers searching by location and is one of the fastest ways to generate leads.
Google Business Profile Setup
- Charged separately. Average cost between providers: R700 to R1,000.
Hosting and Setup
- Included. We configure your entire business hosting environment according to Google’s best practices for speed and SEO performance.
Hosting and Setup
- Rarely mentioned upfront. More importantly, when your web designer is also your hosting provider, leaving becomes expensive. Moving your domain can cost as much as registering a new one.
Business Email Accounts
- Included. We set up multiple branded email accounts and configure forwarding to your phone so you never miss an enquiry from your website.
Business Email Accounts
- Typically charged as an add-on. Average cost: R500 to R1,000.
Technical Support
- Included for the life of your website. We build sites to last, and we stand behind them.
Technical Support
- Rarely detailed in the package. With thousands of clients on their books, the level of support any individual business actually receives is questionable.
Updating Your Website
- Included. We build on user-friendly content management systems so you can update your own pages without needing to know any code. Free training and 24/7 advice included.
Updating Your Website
- Any changes to your website are billed per hour.
So What Is the Catch?
There is no catch. We include these services because they directly contribute to your online visibility and lead generation. A few strong, long-term client relationships are worth far more to us than a large volume of one-off projects.
As your business grows, so do your needs. Events, rebranding, marketing materials, new services. Having delivered excellent results from the start, we naturally become your long-term digital partner. That is the relationship we are building from day one.
The Real Catch
Within three months of signing up, most businesses have paid more in add-on fees than a custom NPD website would have cost outright.
And because the R300/pm provider is also your hosting company, leaving when you are unhappy is costly. Moving your domain to another host typically costs as much as registering a new one from scratch.
Ready to Get a Website That Actually Works?
Request a quote, view our portfolio, or see how our clients perform in Google search.
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