A contractor website ranges from a $20 to $50 a month DIY builder up to roughly $25,000 for an agency build. These are market ranges, not quotes, and a cheap site that no one finds is not really cheaper.
- Price comes down to custom code or template, how many pages, and whether copywriting, SEO and lead tracking are done for you.
- With a DIY builder you do the words, layout and search setup yourself, and keep paying to keep it online.
- Templates are quick and cheap but slow once you add plugins, look like everyone else and are harder to rank. Custom costs more but loads fast.
- A cheap site that never ranks loses jobs to faster competitors, then you pay again to rebuild it.
- Any site should include a fast mobile build, copy written to get calls, an easy-to-tap phone number, basic SEO and lead tracking.
- Web Blend builds landing pages at $1,070 and custom websites from $1,997, with one clear price up front.
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Quick answer: a contractor website can cost anywhere from a subscription of $20 to $50 a month for a DIY builder, up through roughly $1,500 to $5,000 for a freelancer build, to roughly $5,000 to $25,000 for an agency build. Those are market ranges, not quotes. The price depends on how many pages you need, whether it is custom-coded or a template, and whether copywriting, SEO and lead tracking are included. A cheap site that no one finds is not really cheaper.
What actually drives the price
Most of the cost comes down to a few things. How the site is built (custom code or a template), how many pages it needs, and whether the words, design, search setup and lead tracking are done for you or left to you.
A one-page template you fill in yourself sits at the cheap end. A custom site, written and built to turn visitors into calls, sits higher. You are paying for the work that makes the phone ring, not just the pixels.
The bands you will run into
These are the ranges the US market actually quotes in. Treat them as bands, not prices:
- DIY site builder: roughly $20 to $50 a month. You do the words, the layout and the search setup yourself, and you keep paying to keep it online.
- Freelancer build: roughly $1,500 to $5,000 one-off. Quality swings hard on who you hire and what is included.
- Agency build: roughly $5,000 to $25,000 one-off. Usually includes copywriting, design, technical SEO and lead tracking.
- Enterprise build: well beyond that, and irrelevant for almost every trade business.
Template vs custom: the price gap explained
A template is a pre-made design thousands of other businesses also use, often built on WordPress. It is quick and cheap, but it is slow once you add plugins, it looks like everyone else, and it is harder to rank. See our full breakdown of WordPress websites for contractors for the real numbers.
A custom site is hand-coded for your business. It costs more to build, but it loads fast, looks like nobody else’s, and is built to get found and book jobs. For most contractors chasing more work, that is where the money is well spent.
What “cheap” really costs you
A cheap site that loads slowly, looks generic and never ranks does not save you money. It loses you the jobs that go to the competitor with a faster, more trustworthy site. Then you pay again to rebuild it properly. The real cost of cheap is the work you never won.
What you should get for the money
Before you pay for any website, make sure it includes:
- A fast, mobile-friendly build that loads in about a second
- Copy written to turn visitors into calls, not filler text
- A clear way to inquire on every page, with the phone number easy to tap
- Basic SEO so you can be found in search
- Tracking so you can see where your leads come from
How Web Blend prices it
We give you one clear number up front for the work, with no hidden hourly billing. The first call and the quote are free, so you know the price before you commit. Web Blend builds landing pages at $1,070 and custom websites from $1,997, and we tell you honestly what your business actually needs.
A website should pay for itself in a handful of jobs at your proper rate. If you are not sure what that rate should be, our charge-out rate calculator works it out from your wages, overheads and billable hours.