SERVERKODE / BUDGET AND PLANNING
What affects the cost of a business website?
Two websites can look similar and require very different amounts of work. A useful quote explains what will be built, who prepares the material and what happens after handover.
The key point
Compare the same scope in every quote. A price becomes meaningful when it is tied to specific pages, content, features and responsibilities.
Start with the purpose, then the page list.
Decide what visitors should do: send an enquiry, call, explore your work or buy a product. This is a more useful starting point for structure and features than choosing an arbitrary number of pages.
A service website with a gallery differs from a portal with customer accounts. Even within one category, preparing a large gallery, adding filters or migrating an existing site changes the work involved. Separate the essentials for launch from features that can follow later.
Content, design and languages change the scope.
Establish whether your logo, copy and photography are ready. Writing, selecting material, editing photographs and creating a visual identity are separate tasks from putting those materials on a website. Specify who prepares them and who approves them.
An Albanian, German and English website needs adapted copy and a review of each version. Agree the primary language, which pages will be translated and how updates will be kept consistent. A small change in one language still needs to make sense in the others.
- Design deliverables and the number of review rounds.
- Writing, translation and migration of existing content.
- Photography, icons, fonts and any licenses that must be purchased.
Separate website features from external services.
A contact link, an email enquiry form and a booking system with a calendar are different deliverables. For each feature, describe the journey: what the visitor does, where the information goes and how your team manages it.
Domains, hosting, email, booking tools and licenses may carry recurring charges. The quote should distinguish the build cost, third-party expenses and support after launch. Existing services may meet some needs, but their integration and ongoing upkeep still need planning.
Agree what a completed handover looks like.
Before work starts, establish how you will approve it: which pages must be ready, how mobile layouts and forms will be checked, who signs off the copy and how changes outside the scope will be handled.
A realistic schedule also depends on your materials and approvals. For remote work, nominate a contact, choose a way to collect feedback and agree communication hours. This reduces uncertainty when the business and the team work across time zones.
What to send for a useful quote
- What your business does and the audiences and languages the website should serve.
- Essential pages and features, with specific examples.
- The material you already have and what needs to be created.
- Your existing website, if any, and content that must be retained.
- The preferred launch date, an indicative budget and who approves the work.
- The support you need after launch and who will manage the accounts.
From our projects
A two-language example: POTA
POTA Facility Management presents services, equipment, a gallery and before-and-after views in German and English. It illustrates the structure and content that belong in a scope of work; it is not a fixed-price package for every business.
Explore the project