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Affordable web design and development for small business, from price to finished site

Before you hire a web design company, a pile of questions spins in your head. How much it costs, how long it takes, what the work covers and whether anyone will quit halfway. Prices online jump from a few dozen dollars for a template to several thousand for a custom build, so it is easy to get lost. Let us lay it out honestly and without filler.

1988 Agency is a web design and development agency that builds turnkey small business websites in 3 days, from $150, and takes on the whole technical side, from the domain and code to hosting, copy and basic search optimization. Below you will see what shapes the price, which format fits your goal and when hiring a studio beats doing it all yourself.

How much a small business website really costs

The cost of website design is not pulled from thin air, it follows the real scope of work. A simple business-card site and a full ecommerce store are different planets in effort, so their price differs several times over. The main thing is not to confuse cheap with economical, because those are far from the same.

What the final price depends on

Before we name a figure, we weigh a few factors that directly shape the cost of custom website design. They are exactly what explains why two projects that look alike can cost completely differently. Here is what moves the final number:

• the type and scale of the project, since a landing page is always cheaper than a multi-page site;
• the number of pages, sections and functional blocks;
• the need for copy, keyword research and SEO preparation for search;
• the complexity of the design, animations and custom features;
• urgency, because a launch «for yesterday» always costs more.

Once you see these points, it is clear why for some a site costs next to nothing, while for others it climbs into the thousands. One company folds in copy and optimization, another hands over an empty template that later has to be rebuilt from scratch.

Our plans with no asterisks or hidden fees

So you do not have to guess, we built simple packages with a fixed price. You know up front what you pay for and never get a bill at the end with surprise charges for «launch» or «setup». It looks like this:

• Start, from $150, a finished turnkey small business website;
• Business, $250, an extended site with more pages;
• Pro, $450, the full set with refinements and fine tuning.

Every package already includes Cloudflare hosting, basic optimization and a lead form that delivers straight to your Telegram or email. So the site does not just sit somewhere online, it works for leads from day one and pays back the investment, with no fees for every little thing later.

Types of websites we design and which to choose

Not every business needs a big site. For some a single page is plenty, while others cannot manage without a full catalog. To avoid overpaying for extras, it helps to settle on a format for your specific task first.

To make it easier to find your bearings, we gathered the main website types we design into one handy table. Compare them by price, timeline and who each format suits, and you will spot your option right away:

The pattern is simple. The more products and services you carry, the more complex the site you need. Yet even a modest format sells well when everything is done sensibly, not slapped together in an hour. What decides the result is not the format itself but the quality of execution.

When a business-card site or landing page is enough

A business-card site fits specialists and small services when you need to quickly show contacts, a list of services and examples of work. A one-page site, or landing page, is tuned for a single action, leaving a request or placing a call. We launch both formats fast and without extra costs.

Paid ads love this format, because a visitor clicks an ad, sees one clear offer and does not get lost among needless sections. «Fewer extra buttons, more leads» is not a joke but a rule that simply works.

When you need a corporate site or an ecommerce store

If you have several services, a team and want a solid look, a corporate website with separate sections and an about page works best. To sell products, a small ecommerce store of up to 10 items with a cart or order form will do. Such sites build more trust and leave room to grow as the business gains momentum.

How our web development agency builds a site in 3 days

Three days sounds almost like magic, but it is really a clear conveyor with no extra rituals. We walk the whole path ourselves while you simply watch the result. A site, sadly, will not build itself while you sleep, so we carry this work for you.

The stages we take on

So you never get a «black box» feeling, we will briefly and honestly show the whole process from the inside. Here is what the work on your project looks like step by step, from an empty domain to a finished launch:

• we buy the domain and register a short name for your niche;
• we write clean code, a fast site without heavy builders;
• we deploy to Cloudflare with instant delivery across the US and worldwide;
• we gather keywords and write SEO copy for real demand;
• we tune speed, fix errors and connect the lead form to your Telegram or email;
• we submit the site to the index to track rankings and traffic.

Each stage is our responsibility, not your homework for the evening. You do not need to figure out hosting, code or keywords, it is enough to share materials and accept the finished result. All the technical routine stays on our side.

What we need from you at the start

For us to hit the deadline with confidence, a few simple things are worth preparing in advance. Nothing complicated is required, but the fuller the input, the faster and sharper your site turns out. Usually this takes a client just a few minutes:

• a short description of the business and your services;
• the contacts to place on the pages;
• a logo and photos, if you already have them;
• an example of a site you like.

Once these details are gathered, you can exhale and get back to your own work. The rest we handle, and you only review the finished mockups and, if needed, say what to adjust. No diving into technical thickets is asked of you, that is our part of the job.

Build a website yourself or hire a web design company

The temptation to build a website yourself is strong, because it looks like a tidy saving. But reach for a calculator and the picture shifts fast. Launching even a single site on your own often ends up pricier and far slower than working with an agency.

Behind the «I will do it myself» idea hides a whole stack of paid tools and dozens of hours of work. And that is still without any guarantee the site will end up working as planned rather than stalling halfway. Here is how the math looks in plain numbers, and honestly, they sting a little.

So the difference is more than words, we put the key points into one short table. You can see at a glance what you actually get for your money in each of the three options, from working with us to a self-launch and turning to another studio.

Other agencies will also make you a quality site, the question there is price and timeline more than skill. The difference is that we deliver the full turnkey set cheaper and noticeably faster, while elsewhere they ask more for the same and prepare the site over weeks. On your own it takes the longest, with no guarantee of the result.

What the client gets in the end

When you hire 1988 Agency, you pay not for «hours in a report» but for a concrete result. You get a finished website that does not need weeks of tweaking or extra charges for every small move.

Every one of our offers already includes everything the site needs to work for leads from the first day. No hidden fees, asterisks in the contract or extra monthly subscriptions to pay for later on:

• a domain and free hosting on Cloudflare;
• a responsive layout for phones and tablets;
• basic SEO preparation for search;
• a lead form straight to your Telegram or email.

The simplest part is left, to message us and briefly describe the task. The rest we take on, and in a few days your site is online. Tap the button below and we start today. We promise, it will be the easiest site of your life.

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