Website pricing in 2026: what does a site actually cost?

Why doesn't anyone publish prices?

Most agency websites don't list prices. They say "contact us for a quote." Part of that is a sales tactic, but part of it is genuine: two requests phrased identically can be two very different projects.

A client who says "I need a corporate website" might arrive with logo, copy and photography ready — or with none of it. In the first case the work is design and development. In the second, content writing, photography and brand work enter the scope, and the cost roughly doubles.

So the honest answer is this: the price becomes clear once the scope does. But you can understand in advance how scope drives price.

Five things that determine the cost

1. Is the design off-the-shelf or built from scratch?

There's a meaningful gap between a site built on an existing theme and one designed from zero. A theme is fast and cheap, but your site will resemble thousands of others. Custom design is what separates your brand's appearance from everyone else's — and that's where the cost comes from.

2. How much work does the site do for you?

A site that only displays information is a different project from one that takes orders, collects quotes and tracks inventory. Every functional feature — a form, payments, accounts, bookings, filtering — is a separate line of development.

This is where the biggest cost jumps happen. The gap between a five-page site and a fifty-page site is far smaller than the gap created by adding a payment system.

3. Who produces the content?

Are your copy, product descriptions and photographs ready? If so, the work is shorter. If not, someone has to write and shoot them — a separate skill and a separate line item.

This is also the number one reason projects run late: design finishes, development finishes, and everyone waits on the copy.

4. Do you want an admin panel?

Being able to update the site yourself — add products, publish posts, change prices — requires a separate system. It raises the initial investment but saves you from paying someone for every small change afterwards.

If you plan to publish content regularly, this line item almost always pays for itself.

5. Integrations

Accounting software, shipping providers, payment infrastructure, CRM, email marketing. Every connection is its own piece of work, and some are far more involved than others.

Three typical projects

Presentation site (one page or a few). Explains your brand, gives your contact details, makes you findable. Suited to new businesses, freelancers, and companies promoting a single service or product. This is the entry tier — and it's what most businesses genuinely need. Starting from 15000₺.

Corporate site (5–10 pages with an admin panel). Services, about, blog, case studies, quote form. You manage the content yourself. A few times the investment of a presentation site.

E-commerce. Product management, cart, payment infrastructure, shipping integration, order tracking. The top tier, because it has the most moving parts.

The boundaries between these aren't sharp. Most projects land somewhere between two of them, and the real figure emerges once scope is discussed.

What's included, and what isn't

This is the most misunderstood part of website pricing and the most common source of unpleasant surprises. So let's be explicit.

One-time: Design, development, setup, launch. When we hand the project over, that work is done.

Annual and ongoing: Domain and hosting. These are real costs that keep the site alive every year, and no agency covers them indefinitely. With us, the first year is included in the project price; renewal for subsequent years is quoted separately and communicated to you in advance.

Optional: Maintenance and ongoing development. If you want new features or changes after handover, that's discussed separately. We don't impose a mandatory retainer.

Whichever agency you're talking to, ask about these three categories separately. "Everything included" usually means the first year. Find out what happens in year two before you sign.

What cheap actually costs

There are plenty of very low-cost options for getting a website built, and some of them genuinely do the job. But cheap becomes expensive in three situations:

You can't update it. If every small change requires reaching someone and paying them, the gap closes within two years.

It doesn't show up on Google. A site with weak technical foundations — slow, broken on mobile — falls behind in search results. A site with no traffic is expensive no matter how little it cost.

You don't own the code. If you have nothing in hand when you want to change developers, you'll be rebuilding from scratch. Ask one question before signing: who owns the code?

How we work

Payment: Taken in full on completion. No deposit, no instalments. You don't pay before you've seen the site.

Timeline: Presentation sites take a few weeks; corporate projects take longer. Once scope is settled, we give you a firm schedule.

Response: We respond to quote requests within 1 hour during business hours, with a full quote within 24 hours.

Who we're not a fit for: Large-scale enterprise projects, long tender processes and work requiring a sizeable team are outside our scale. If that's what you need, we'd rather say so upfront.

Frequently asked questions

How long does a website take? Presentation sites can launch within a few weeks. Corporate projects and e-commerce take longer. The biggest source of delay is usually not development but content — copy and images not being ready.

Are domain and hosting charged separately? The first year is included in the project price. Renewal for subsequent years is quoted separately and communicated ahead of time.

Can I update the site myself? Yes, on projects that include an admin panel. Products, blog posts, prices and content are yours to change without asking us.

Do I need to pay upfront? No. Payment is taken once the project is complete.

Could I just use a template? In some cases, genuinely yes. If your needs are standard and you're still testing the idea, starting on a template is the right call. We covered this in detail in a separate article.

Let's scope your project and put a real number on it — fill in the quote form and we'll respond within an hour during business hours.