Oakpress Studio Website cost
How much does a website cost in the UK?
Usually between a few hundred and a few thousand pounds for a small business, depending on who builds it. Mine are fixed: £295 for up to 3 pages, £595 for up to 6, and from £1,500 for bigger sites, half to start and half when it goes live.
· by Jack Thomas
How much does a website cost in the UK in 2026?
For a small business, a professional website usually costs somewhere between a few hundred pounds and a few thousand. Who builds it makes the biggest difference:
- DIY builders (Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy): around £0–£30 a month, plus your own time. Cheap to start, but you write, design and fix everything yourself (more in Wix or a web designer?).
- Freelancers: UK price guides mostly put a 5-page brochure site at about £1,500–£3,000, with some quoting from £500.
- Agencies: usually £3,000–£5,000 for the same kind of site, and much more in London.
- Online shops and booking systems: often £5,000 and up.
Those ranges come from UK designers’ and agencies’ own published price guides (for example Whito’s UK website cost research), so treat them as a rough guide, not a rule.
Website cost calculator
Pick what your website needs to see the rough UK price from each kind of builder, using the ranges above, next to my fixed price.
What a website costs with me
I’m Jack, a web designer from Eston. My prices are on this page, and bigger jobs get a fixed quote, so you know the full cost before we start:
- Starter, £295: up to 3 pages (or one long page), live in 7 days.
- Business, £595: up to 6 pages with bookings or enquiries, live in 10 working days.
- Bigger sites, from £1,500: 7 pages or more, online shops, several locations, or rebuilding a big site. You get a fixed quote within one working day.
- Care, £40 a month: hosting, updates and 30 minutes of edits every month.
You pay 50% to start and 50% before the site goes live, and you get 2 rounds of changes. Extra work is £40 an hour, agreed before I do it.
Why is mine cheaper than an agency?
It’s just me, so there’s no account manager, office or sales team in the price. I build every site by hand from my own tested parts instead of starting from a blank page, which keeps the hours down without making it look like a template. You talk to the person building your site from the first message to launch.
What’s included, and what usually costs extra
The cheapest quote often isn’t the cheapest website. Things other quotes leave out, which you should ask about:
- Getting found on Google: every site I build comes with the basics done: a page title and description written for “[what you do] [your town]”, LocalBusiness and FAQ schema, Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools set up. Your Google Business Profile and directory listings are the £149 Search Fix, if you want them done too.
- Words: I write the page copy with you. Many quotes expect you to send it all yourself.
- Phone speed: most of your customers will see the site on a phone, so it’s built and tested on phones first.
- Running costs: your domain name (about £10–£20 a year) is yours, in your name (here’s why who owns your website matters). Hosting is included in Care, or I can hand the site over for you to host.
Do I need a website at all, or is Facebook enough?
Plenty of Teesside businesses run well on Facebook and word of mouth. The catch shows up on Google: when someone searches “[what you do] Middlesbrough”, Google mostly shows websites and Google profiles, not Facebook pages. If you’re not sure, a free Found Check shows where you stand right now, and sometimes the answer is a £149 Search Fix rather than a new website. More on whether you need a website at all. See SEO in Middlesbrough, or whether SEO is worth paying for.
Prices
A fast website with the Google basics done, written with you.
A page for each service, so you can be found for each one.
Shops, several locations or a big rebuild, with every old page redirected.
50% to start, 50% before launch. Google work is extra and optional: the Search Fix (£149) or Grow (£99 a month).
How much does a small business website cost in the UK?
Most UK price guides put a 5-page brochure website from a freelancer at about £1,500 to £3,000, and from an agency at £3,000 to £5,000. With me it’s £295 for up to 3 pages or £595 for up to 6, and bigger sites are quoted from £1,500. Every price is fixed and agreed before I start, with the Google basics included.
How much does a website cost per month?
With me, Care is £40 a month for hosting, updates and 30 minutes of edits. Grow is £99 a month and adds Google profile posts, reviews and a report.
Is a cheap website worth it?
It depends what’s missing. A cheap site that loads slowly, says nothing about your town or was never connected to Google can cost you customers. Ask any designer what’s included for Google, who writes the words and who owns the domain before you compare prices.
How long does it take to build a website?
A Starter site of up to 3 pages goes live in 7 days and a Business site of up to 6 pages in 10 working days, once I have your details and photos. The quickest jobs are the ones where the words and photos are ready.
Do you build websites for businesses outside Middlesbrough?
Yes. I’m from Eston and build for businesses across Teesside, from Stockton and Redcar to Guisborough and Hartlepool, and for clients across the UK and further afield. Everything is done by message, email or a call, so where you are doesn’t change the price.
Come in.
Send me your business name and town, and within one working day I’ll show you where you come up on Google, Google Maps and ChatGPT, plus the 3 fixes that would move you up. Free, with no obligation.