How much does a website cost in the UK?
The honest answer first: for a small business, anywhere from £10 a month to £15,000 up front, depending on what you are actually buying. Here is the whole market in one table, with the catches nobody puts in the sales page.
| Route | Typical cost | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| DIY template builder (Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy) | £10–£40 a month | You do all the work, it looks like a template, and the technical side that wins Google searches is largely out of your hands. |
| Freelancer, one-off build | £500–£3,000 | Quality varies wildly, and the day it launches, maintenance, hosting, changes and rankings become your problem. |
| Agency, one-off build | £3,000–£15,000+ | A big bill before you have earned a penny from it, and ongoing care is usually a separate retainer on top. |
| Managed monthly service | £70–£150 a month | Read the terms: who owns the site, what happens if you leave, and what is genuinely included. Some are templates in disguise. |
What actually changes the price
- Who does the work: your evenings, or a professional's working week.
- What happens after launch: a website is not a thing you buy once; it needs hosting, security, changes and attention every month.
- Whether it is built to be found: a site that ranks for the searches your customers make is engineered, not decorated. That work is invisible in a screenshot and it is most of the value.
- Measurement: the cheapest sites cannot tell you whether they have ever earned a penny. Enquiry tracking is what turns a website from a cost into an investment you can judge.
How our version works
MyDiro's Managed Website is £89.99 a month at the launch rate, £0 upfront, and nothing to pay until your site is live. That is £2.96 a day, less than a coffee from Costa, and it includes the design and build, hosting, security, monthly changes, and a plain-English monthly report that shows exactly which enquiries the site brought in. After the first year the site is yours outright, to keep with us or take anywhere.
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