Web Development / Website Size Guide
How Big Should Your Website Be?
Page count isn't a random number — it's a direct reflection of how much your business actually needs to say. Here's what real content fills each size, and which kind of business fits it.
Starter — 1-3 pages
A professional digital business card.
What Fills It
- A single strong home page — who you are, what you do, and why someone should choose you
- One combined About / Services section covering your offerings at a glance
- A clear Contact page or section — form, phone, address, hours
- Room for a few trust signals: a couple of reviews, certifications, or photos
Who Fits This Size
- A brand-new business establishing its first real online presence
- Solo operators and freelancers (contractors, consultants, stylists)
- Food trucks, pop-ups, and seasonal businesses
- Businesses that run mostly on word-of-mouth and just need a credible, findable home base
Growth — 4-10 pages
Enough depth to actually rank and convert.
What Fills It
- Dedicated pages for each major service or product line, not one crowded page
- A Testimonials or Reviews page that builds trust before someone calls
- A Blog, so you have somewhere to publish content that helps you show up on Google and AI answer engines
- A real FAQ page that answers the questions people actually ask before booking
Who Fits This Size
- Established local businesses with more than one distinct service
- Businesses ready to invest in SEO content, not just a static page
- Multi-service providers — a salon with several treatments, a shop with several product lines
- Teams that have outgrown a single-page presence and need to look as established as they are
Full Build — 20+ pages
A complete digital operation, not just a website.
What Fills It
- A full product or service catalog — one page per offering, not a scrolling list
- Dedicated location pages for every branch, with its own address, hours, and staff
- A resource library or knowledge base for in-depth, authoritative content
- Case studies, an extensive blog archive, and often a careers page
Who Fits This Size
- Multi-location businesses and franchises
- E-commerce brands with a large product catalog
- Larger organizations and non-profits with program or grant documentation needs
- Any business whose service lines are genuinely too complex for a handful of pages to cover honestly
What it actually costs over three years
Sticker price is the least interesting number. What matters is what you have paid by the time the site is three years old — and whether you are still paying for months in which nothing changed.
Running total, Starter-size site
Our two figures are our real published prices — $249.99 for a Starter build paired with a 12-month hosting plan, then Bronze hosting at $34.99/month. The other two lines are typical market rates, not a quote from any named company: DIY builders commonly run $20–$50/month once you add the plan and a couple of apps, and WordPress “care plans” commonly run $100–$200/month. Larger builds cost more up front — the billing model below does not change.
Why the lines separate
Against a WordPress care plan the gap is enormous — that line charges a flat monthly fee whether or not you asked for anything that month, and it is the one most small businesses quietly end up on.
Against a DIY builder subscription the three-year totals land close together, and we would rather say so than draw a flattering chart. The difference is not the number — it is what you hold at the end. A subscription is rent: stop paying and the site goes away. A custom build is bought once and stays yours, and after that the only standing cost is hosting.
Churches, shelters, rehabs, sober-living and community services host on the $20.99 Discount Plan, which takes about $168 a year off every line above.
Get a written quote for your size →Cheap hosting isn't cheaper once you add the parts back
Budget hosts compete on the number you see at signup. The things a working business site actually needs — a certificate, security, someone to make a change — get sold back to you afterwards, or not offered at all.
| Typical budget hostGoDaddy, Bluehost, HostGator and similar | Kore Web Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|
| Advertised monthly price | Low intro rate, commonly renews 2-3x higher | The price you sign up for is the price you keep paying |
| SSL certificate | Often a paid add-on after year one | Free on every plan, including the $20.99 Discount Plan |
| Security & maintenance | Usually sold separately or self-managed | Bundled into every plan, not a line item |
| SEO keyword updates | Not offered — hosting only | Included from Gold ($49.99); advanced on Platinum |
| Developer time | None. Support answers server questions, not site changes | Platinum ($79.99) includes a $120 developer credit every month |
| Who makes a content change | You do, or you hire someone | Us — quoted per request, or already covered on Platinum |
The part nobody else bundles
A $120 credit in developer time every month on Platinum. Not a support ticket queue — real build time, already paid for, and yours to spend: holiday and seasonal updates, birthday or event banners, adding a section, swapping photos, a deep analytics report with recommendations, or boosted SEO/AEO/GEO work.
SEO that keeps running
Gold and Platinum include keyword updates as part of hosting, so the site keeps being worked on instead of going stale the month after launch. Hosting-only plans leave that entirely to you.
Competitor rows describe common industry practice, not a quote from any named company — their pricing changes and is not ours to publish. Our figures are the live ones on our hosting page.
What you pay us, and when
The part most quotes leave vague. Here it is in full, before you ask.
No monthly front-end retainer
You are not billed every month for a site that did not change. Most months, nothing happens and nothing is charged.
Updates when you ask for them
New page, seasonal banner, a service added, prices changed — you request it, we quote it, you approve it. Small edits are small bills.
Hosting is separate and flat
Bronze starts at $34.99/month for small businesses — SSL, uptime and security handled. That is the only recurring line, and it stays the same whether we touch the site or not. The Starter Deal commits to 12 months of it; pay the year up front and 2 months come off. Churches and community services host on the $20.99 Discount Plan. Card payments carry a 3% convenience fee.
You own what we build
Your domain and your content are yours from day one, always — no platform lock-in, and nothing stops working if you stop paying a licence. On a full quoted build the code is yours once the project is paid in full. On the discounted Starter Deal the code transfers at the end of the 12-month hosting term, or sooner if you pay the buyout in your work order.
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