Guides and straight answers
This blog exists for one reason. Buying a website is confusing, the prices are all over the place, and most of what you find online is written to sell you something.
So we write the other thing. Straight answers about what websites cost, what they should actually do for your business, and how to buy one without getting stitched up.
Every guide is written to be useful on its own. Follow it yourself, take it to another agency, or ignore us entirely. No gated downloads and no email capture to read it.
Real UK prices for 2026, from £470 to £25,000. The seven things that move a quote, what you actually get under £1,000, and how to put three quotes side by side without comparing apples with pears.
Published 3 August 2026
Read the guideFive more, all published 3 August 2026.
Where builders genuinely win, the four judgements a prompt cannot make, and a checklist for people who should hire nobody.
ReadThe reassuring answer and the worrying answer for each one, plus three replies that should end the conversation.
ReadSeven checks on your domain, DNS, hosting and logins, with the exact wording to send if the answer comes back wrong.
ReadEleven checks in cost order, starting with the five that are free, and how to tell when the site is not the problem.
ReadEvery annual line from domain to care plan, the costs nobody quotes, and a three year total with the assumptions shown.
ReadFive minutes to send it. A designer calls you back within 48 hours with one fixed price and one delivery date.
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