Small businesses usually face two options: a do-it-yourself builder that eats weekends, or an agency quote in the thousands. There's a middle path.
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Affordable Web Design for Small Business: How to Get a Real Site Without Agency Prices
October 21, 20261 min read4 sections
The short version
How small businesses can get a professionally built, maintained website for a $350–$450 setup and $20 per month — and what to watch for in cheap website offers.
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What "affordable" should still include
- A site designed around your business, not a reused template.
- Ongoing security and maintenance.
- Someone to make changes when you need them.
- SEO basics so customers can find you.
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Red flags in cheap offers
- You don't own your domain.
- Every small edit is billed hourly.
- No one answers after launch.
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How Proximent's web department is priced
- Setup: $350 or $450, covering site creation and in-depth development.
- $20 per month for security oversight, maintenance, up to 10 site modifications monthly, and design and support.
- Your domain is included when available for under $50 per year.
You review a working prototype first. Payment happens only after you approve it, before launch.
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Next step
Not sure what a full year would cost you? See our website cost breakdown, or just tell us about your business.
Next step
Have questions about your business?
Tell us what you need and we'll show you how we'd set it up.
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