Fixed-price website design.

Fixed-price website design means one number, agreed in writing before anything starts, that covers the design, the build and the launch. The scope, the revision allowance and the delivery date sit in the same document. There is no hourly meter running while we work and no retainer afterwards: the price you approved is the price you pay.

Reviewed October 5, 2026. Prices are quoted per project; nothing on this page is a published price list.

The short answer

One number. In writing. Before we start.

A fixed-price build means the quote you approve is the final invoice for the agreed scope. Design, build, launch and the revisions inside the agreed allowance all sit inside that number. If the scope changes, the change is quoted separately and agreed before anyone touches it — it never arrives as a surprise on the bill.

What the price covers

• The design, agreed against a reference you approve — not a template with your logo dropped in.
• Hand-written pages that load fast on a phone and work without JavaScript.
• The enquiry route your customers actually use: form, click-to-call, booking or email link.
• Launch, including domain and email setup, registered in your name.
• A handover document listing every account, password and file.

What can change it

One thing only: scope. A fixed price is fixed to an agreed scope, so a new feature, extra pages or revisions beyond the allowance are quoted as their own line before they start. That is the honest version of fixed — the alternative is a “fixed” quote that grows through the back door, which is how the word gets a bad name.

Fixed price vs pay-monthly

A pay-monthly website plan is a subscription: stop paying and the site comes down, and three years of a $120-a-month plan is about $4,300 — more than most small business builds, for a site you never own. A fixed-price build is paid once, and the code, the domain and the accounts are yours from day one. The honest comparison is not the monthly number but what you keep at the end.

How the quoting works

1. You describe the business and what the site must do — rough lines are plenty.
2. We come back with one scope, one price and one delivery date, in writing.
3. You approve a private preview before anything goes live.
4. You pay the agreed price. The quote document is the contract.

What we will not promise

We will not promise a ranking position, a number of enquiries, or that every fixed-price project costs the same. Different scopes cost different amounts, and the honest answer to “how much?” is “tell us what you need and we will price it.” For market context, our 2026 cost research puts small business websites between $1,000 and $15,000 depending on scope — see what a website costs.

Questions

Is a fixed price really the final price?

For the agreed scope, yes. The quote covers the design, the build, the launch and the revisions inside the agreed allowance. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately and agreed before it starts — it never appears as a surprise on the invoice.

What happens if I want something extra mid-build?

We stop, price the addition, and you decide. The extra work is quoted as its own fixed amount with its own delivery impact, and nothing proceeds until you approve it. The original price stays the original price.

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