Plain numbers, October 2026
What a website costs for a small business in Orlando.
Five ways to get one, what each really costs over three years, what you should get at any price, and five questions to ask anyone who wants to build yours. Including me.
The short answer
Five ways, side by side.
Prices are the ones published in October 2026 and in the sources at the bottom. Check them before you buy; they move. The three year column is the honest one, because a website is not a one time purchase unless somebody makes it one.
| The option | What you pay | Over three years | What you get | What to watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build it yourself on Wix or Squarespace | About $16 to $29 a month on the entry plans, billed yearly. More if you pay month to month. | About $600 to $1,050, plus a domain. | A template you fill in yourself, hosting included, your own evenings. | The monthly never ends. The site lives on their platform, and the writing is on you. |
| A freelancer on Fiverr | About $80 to $200 for a one page site. | The same, plus hosting you arrange. | A page built fast from your brief, often from a theme. | Changes cost extra, the words are usually yours to supply, and quality varies a lot. |
| A "$0 down, $175 a month" web shop | Nothing up front, then $175 a month. | About $6,300. | A hand built site with hosting and small changes included. | You rent it. Stop paying and it goes away. |
| A freelancer or small studio from a quote site like Thumbtack | Typically $614 to $1,817, average about $1,057. | That, plus hosting. | A custom site, usually several pages, from a developer who bids for the job. | Quotes vary widely, and leads on those sites are fought over, so expect a sales call. |
| A fixed price local one page | $329.99 at one Orlando shop, in 14 days, with an optional $149 a month maintenance plan. $495 here for the first ten sites, then $850, in 48 hours. | $330 to $850 once, if you keep it yourself. | One page written for your business, with a round of changes. | Ask who writes the words, who owns the domain, and what happens when you stop paying. |
Where the money goes
What drives the price.
Pages. Every page is writing, layout and upkeep. A shop that needs people to call, book or visit needs one good page more than it needs eight thin ones. The cheapest honest site is the one with the fewest pages that still does the job.
The words. Most cheap options hand you a template and leave the writing to you, which is why so many local sites say "we strive to provide quality service." Writing that sounds like your shop, in words a customer would use, is the part that takes a person. Ask who is doing it.
Photos. Your own photos of the real place beat stock every time, and they cost you an afternoon with a phone. A site full of stock photos of strangers is the fastest way to look like everyone else.
Hosting and the domain. A domain is about $15 to $20 a year in your own name. Hosting a one page site is free or close to it. When a quote bundles these into a monthly fee, ask what the monthly is really paying for.
Changes. Every option charges for changes somehow: by the hour, by the month, or by a round included up front. Know which before you pay.
At any price
What you should get, whoever builds it.
- A phone number that taps on a phone, in the first screen, and an address and hours that are right.
- One clear thing to do: call, book, order or visit. Not a menu of twelve.
- Words about your business, not about websites, and not about "solutions."
- A page that loads in a couple of seconds on a phone on a bad connection, because that is where your customers are.
- The domain in your name. If the designer registers it in theirs, you do not own your own address.
- The files, or a way out. Whatever you pay, you should be able to leave with your site.
Before you pay
Five questions to ask any designer. Including me.
- Who writes the words? If the answer is "you send us the content," you are buying a layout, not a website.
- What do I own when it is done? The domain, the files, the hosting account. Get it in writing.
- What happens if I stop paying? If the site disappears, you were renting.
- What does a change cost after launch? By the hour, by the month, or included. Any answer is fine. No answer is not.
- Can I see three sites you built, on my phone, right now? Not screenshots. The real pages, loading on a phone.
Where this site sits
What I charge, and why.
I build one page websites for businesses in Orlando and Lake County. One page, written for your shop by me, built in 48 hours, with one round of changes. You pay once: $495 for the first ten sites, then $850. When it is done, the page, the domain and the hosting are yours, and there is no monthly fee to me. If you ever want more, you ask.
That price sits above a Fiverr page and below a Thumbtack quote on purpose. It is the cost of a person writing and building the page for your business, without renting it back to you.
If you already have a site, send me the link and I will tell you straight what I would change. Free, no pitch. The questions above apply to me too, and I will answer every one.
Sources
Where the numbers come from.
- Squarespace and Wix: the companies' own pricing pages and the plan comparisons published in 2026, checked October 7, 2026. Entry plans at $16 to $29 a month billed yearly; month to month runs 24 to 41 percent higher. Prices change; check the current page before you buy.
- Fiverr one page sites: a review of live gigs placing the common range at about $80 to $200, read October 5, 2026.
- The "$0 down, $175 a month" model: eight near identical web shop sites found in one search on October 5, 2026, each quoting that price.
- Thumbtack: its published website development cost guide dated February 21, 2025, giving a national average of $1,057 and a typical range of $614 to $1,817, read October 5, 2026.
- The $329.99 Orlando one page: an Orlando web shop's published price list (single page site $329.99 in 14 days, maintenance $149 a month), read October 5, 2026.
- actuallycoded: the terms on this site.