Small business web

Our published prices run from $3,000 to $10,000 for a marketing site and $6,000 to $15,000 for a site with one working feature such as booking or ordering. Web applications start at $15,000. What moves a quote is mostly the number of page designs and whether anything on the site is interactive, and handing over finished text and photos is the biggest saving you control.

WordPress suits a site that is mostly content on a small budget, as long as someone keeps it updated; several of the security write-ups in the Journal are about WordPress and its plugins. We build marketing sites on Astro, which sends very little code to the phone, and use Next.js when customers need to log in or pay.

For selling online and taking bookings, the articles start from the tools you can rent. Shopify suits most stores, and Calendly, Square or Jane cover most booking needs for at most about $100 a month. A custom build starts to pay off when your buying or booking flow is unusual or has to connect to your own systems, or when the platform's fees grow large at your volume. Restaurants have the clearest case: delivery apps take 20 to 30 percent of each order, and moving your regulars to your own ordering can pay for the build.

Ontario's accessible-website rule under AODA binds organizations with 50 or more employees, so most small businesses are exempt from it. If you have 20 or more employees, you still have to file an accessibility compliance report by December 31, 2026. A site that works with a screen reader and a keyboard reaches more customers either way, and it costs little when it is built in from the start.