How Much Does a Website Cost in Perth? Real Prices for Small Businesses

"How much does a website cost?" is the first question almost every Perth business owner asks us, and "it depends" is a frustrating answer when you're trying to set a budget. So here are our actual starting prices, what pushes a project above them, the ongoing costs nobody mentions up front, and how to compare quotes from different web designers.

The Short Answer: Our Starting Prices

All prices are in AUD. The website build is a one-off project cost. Choose your ongoing hosting or care plan during the build or once it is complete; the monthly plan is billed separately, with its start date agreed upfront. Builds include two consolidated revision rounds, handover, and 30 days of fixes for defects against the agreed scope. Payment stages and delivery timing are confirmed in your quote. Full copywriting, branding, premium themes, subscriptions, complex imports, additional pages, and integrations are quoted separately. A booking-tool embed is an add-on; custom booking systems need their own quote.

What Pushes a Website Above the Starting Price?

Number of pages and how much content there is

Each page needs design, layout, content and testing. A five-page site for a local tradie and a 20-page site for a multi-service practice are very different amounts of work.

Who writes the content

Content is the single biggest factor in most timelines. If you supply the text and photos, the project moves faster and costs less. If you need copywriting, that's added to the scope, but it's often worth it: well-written service pages are what turn visitors into enquiries and give Google something to rank.

Features and integrations

Online booking, quote forms that feed your CRM, a blog, a member area, or a connection to Xero or your inventory system each add build and testing time. Blog setup is included in Business Plus; booking tools, custom features, and integrations are scoped separately.

Ecommerce

A store has a product catalogue, cart, checkout, payment gateway, shipping rules, tax settings, and stock management, all of which have to work flawlessly because they handle real money. That's why our ecommerce pricing is from $6,000.

Replacing an existing website

A rebuild isn't just a new design. Old page addresses need redirecting to the new ones, or you risk losing the Google rankings the old site built up. We've written about what happens to SEO during a rebuild.

The Ongoing Costs Nobody Mentions Up Front

The build is a one-off cost, but every website has running costs as well: a domain name, hosting, an SSL certificate, backups, and security updates to the framework the site is built on. Skip the updates and backups, and a website slowly becomes a security risk.

Choose Hosting Only or a care plan during the build or once it is complete. Monthly plans are billed separately from the build; domain renewals, business email, paid software, and platform subscriptions are separate costs:

See the full comparison on our web design page. Because we're also an IT company, the same team can look after your domain, DNS and business email, so there's one number to call when something stops working.

All monthly plans include hosting for one website within agreed limits. Shopify provides hosting for its native store through its own subscription. We confirm whether your project needs any separately hosted website and scope your care accordingly. Shopify subscriptions and transaction fees are paid separately. Prices are per website per month, in AUD. Minor edits are changes to existing text, images, links, or contact details within your monthly allowance. New pages, new functionality, redesigns, and copywriting projects are quoted separately. Minor-edit time does not roll over. Hourly work starts from $180/hour. The applicable rate and scope are agreed before work begins. Major framework upgrades and incident recovery outside the agreed scope are quoted separately. Domain renewals, paid software, and excess hosting usage are additional costs. Existing websites require an initial review, with remediation quoted separately. Hosting limits, backup coverage and retention, recovery responsibilities, support hours, and response targets are confirmed in writing for your platform. Code rollback alone does not back up databases, uploads, or form submissions. Care is month-to-month with 30 days’ notice; any third-party commitments are disclosed before approval. Content campaigns, link building, and ongoing SEO marketing are separate services.

Already have a website? Get a discount on your rebuild project. Share your current website with us and we’ll review what needs replacing, then confirm your rebuild price and discount in a written quote before you commit.

Cheap Websites and DIY Builders: When They Make Sense

DIY builders and low-cost template sites have their place, especially for a brand-new business that hasn't yet proven demand. The trade-offs tend to show up later: slower load times on phones, less control over SEO, and a rebuild once the business outgrows the template. We compare the options honestly in DIY website builder vs custom build.

Speed matters more than most people realise. Google ranks websites on how they perform on mobile, and visitors leave slow sites before they load. It's one of the main differences between a cheap site and a well-built one, and it's easy to check yourself (see below).

How to Compare Website Quotes

Two quotes for "a website" can describe very different things. Before you choose, ask each designer:

1. Who owns the website, the code and the domain? You should, outright. Be wary of arrangements where leaving means losing your site.
2. Is it a fixed price or hourly? And what happens if the scope changes?
3. How fast are the sites they've built? Run a couple of their past projects through Google's free PageSpeed Insights on the mobile setting. The scores tell you a lot.
4. Is SEO set up properly? Page titles, descriptions, headings, a sitemap, and Google Search Console should be standard, not extras.
5. Will they redirect your old pages? Essential if you're replacing an existing site.
6. What happens after launch? Who handles hosting, updates, backups and changes, and what does that cost each month?
7. Is it accessible? See our guide to website accessibility for why this matters.

How Long Does It Take?

A standard business website usually takes 3 to 6 weeks from kickoff to launch, and an ecommerce store 4 to 8 weeks. Custom web apps are scheduled as part of the quote. The fastest projects are the ones where content and feedback arrive quickly.

Frequently Asked Questions

For related reading, see why SEO matters for Perth businesses and our guide to Google Business Profile and local SEO.