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How much will your website really cost in the first year?
By Gabriel Kadiwa, Founder & Full-Stack Developer
The first invoice is only part of what a website costs. Add hosting, a domain and any support for twelve months and you have the real figure, which our free website cost calculator works out for you in about a minute.
The first invoice is only part of what a website costs. Add hosting, a domain and any support for twelve months and you have the real figure, which our free website cost calculator works out for you in about a minute.
We built it because the question we hear most is "how much for a website?", and the honest answer starts with "that depends", which has never once pleased anybody.
What does the calculator ask?
Very little. You tell it how many pages you want and what the site has to do: take bookings, sell online, let staff log in, let you edit the pages yourself. Then you choose who looks after it once it's live.
It picks the package that fits, tells you why, and shows the build price, the running costs, your first-year total and what each year after that will cost.
Why do two websites with five pages cost such different amounts?
Because pages are the cheap part. A five-page site that shows information can be built quickly. Five pages that store bookings, take payments and know who is logged in are a different animal wearing the same coat.
So tick only what you need today. It's usually cheaper to add a feature later than to pay for one you never use.
What does a real example look like?
Take a five-page business site from us with hosting, a domain and business email in Malawi. The build is MWK 475,000, and the first year comes to MWK 1,227,000 after the bundle discount. Most of that is hosting, which keeps coming each year, and that's the point of looking at the whole year.
UK and US clients pay the same Malawi prices, converted, so that first year comes to about £525 or US$700. You can read more about website costs in Malawi or in the UK.
Are these everyone's prices?
No. They're our prices, read straight from our pricing page, so the calculator can't disagree with it. Other companies charge differently, so use it as a yardstick when you compare quotes, and ask every company what the second year costs.
Quick answers
Do I need to give you my details?
No. The sums run in your browser. You only talk to us if you choose to.
Can I see the total in my own currency?
Yes. Pick any currency and it shows a rough conversion at today's rate.
Is the estimate a fixed quote?
No. Your final price comes from a written quote, and sites over 8 pages are priced on their size.
Work out your website's first-year cost, then send us the result on WhatsApp if you'd like a proper quote.