How much does a small business website cost in DFW?
Straight numbers from a North Texas web designer: what you’ll pay, what changes the price, and what comes after launch. Updated September 2026.
About $500 to $6,000 for most small businesses
A simple one-page site from a solo designer starts around $500. A fully custom site with several pages usually runs $1,200 to $3,000, and a site built around motion and art direction runs $6,000 and up. Across the industry, most professionally built small business sites land between $3,000 and $12,000 (Clutch, 2025).
The bigger difference isn’t the number. It’s how you pay, and whether you own the site at the end.
| Option | Upfront | After launch | You own it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do it yourself on a site builder | $0, plus your time | A monthly plan, for as long as the site is up | Your content, not the site |
| $0-down monthly website | $0 | $195–$300 a month for 24 months (180 Sites) | Only once it’s paid off, if at all |
| Bedka Studio Starter | $497 | $120 a year from year two | Yes, from launch |
| Bedka Studio custom site | From $1,200 | $120 a year from year two | Yes, from launch |
| Agency custom site | $3,000–$12,000 is typical | Varies; often a monthly retainer | Usually |
Six things decide what you pay
How many pages
One page with one clear action is the fastest build. Each service or town that deserves its own Google result adds a page.
Custom design or a proven layout
A layout I’ve already built is quicker and cheaper. A design made only for you takes longer, and looks like nobody else.
Motion and interaction
Scroll effects, video and interactive pieces take real craft to make fast and accessible. That’s the jump from Feature to Cinematic.
Forms and connections
A contact form is included. Booking, calendars, email lists and automations are added when you need them.
Your words and photos
Sites move faster when you have them ready. If you don’t, we plan for it in the quote.
A Spanish version
A second language roughly doubles the words on the site, so it’s priced as an add-on in your quote.
What each level costs with me
Every site works beautifully on phones, is built for Google and local search, and follows accessibility guidelines, at every level.
- Starter
- $497 · a clean one-page site on my proven layout, ready in about a week
- Launch
- from $1,200 · a fully custom one-pager with motion and scroll craft
- Feature
- from $2,800 · a full business site of five to six pages with its own design system
- Cinematic
- from $6,000 · the flagship: scroll-driven, bespoke art direction, Google Business Profile set up, 90 days of support
What it costs to keep a site running
Year one: hosting and a working contact form are included in the build price.
From year two: Site Essentials keeps the site online, the form working and your domain renewals on track, for $120 a year.
Changes: Care covers your edits for $70 a month. Or skip it and pay only when you need something, at $75 an hour.
How you pay for the build: the quote is fixed, half to start and half at launch. Then you own everything: the site, the code and the accounts.
What people ask about price
Is a $0-down monthly website cheaper?
Only at the start. 180 Sites, for example, publishes $195–$300 a month for 24 months: $4,680–$7,200 in total. Some monthly plans never hand you the site at all; if you stop paying, it’s gone. A fixed-price site costs less over two years, and it’s yours from launch day.
Do I need more than one page?
Not always. A one-page site works well for a business with one main service and one action, like “call” or “book”. You need more pages when you offer several services, serve several towns, or want each service to show up in Google on its own.
Are there costs I’m not seeing?
Three, and they’re small: your domain name, paid yearly to the registrar; hosting after the first year, $120 a year with me; and any paid tools you choose, like booking software. They’re in your name and you pay the vendor directly. I charge only to set them up.
Why do some designers charge $97, and others $10,000?
They’re selling different things. A $97 site is usually a template with your logo swapped in. A $10,000 site usually comes from a team with a strategist, a designer and a developer. In between, a solo designer can give you a custom site at a fair price because there’s no team to pay for. That’s where I sit.
What does the founding-client discount cover?
My first five projects get 20% off Launch, Feature or Cinematic: $960, $2,240 or $4,800. In return I ask for an honest testimonial and permission to write up the project as a case study. The Starter site is already at its lowest price, so it isn’t discounted.
Tell me about your business. Get a free quote.
Starting fresh, or have a site that needs to work harder? I answer myself, with an honest take and a fixed quote.