How Much Does A Website Cost?

Q: Do professional web designers use Wix?

Some do, for sites that only need to exist. We hand-code, so the speed and the search set-up are written into the build instead of added after it.

Three ways to pay for one. Here is what each one buys.

Built yourself$252a yearWix, cheapest paid plan, read 2 Nov 2026

From a template$2,900typicalthe median of 22 published packages, read 2 Nov 2026

Built custom$5,000onceplus GST, the $500 Audit and $1,500 Brand Guide inside

The Build · ItemisedWhat $5,000 Buys[Plus GST]

Eight lines. One price.

01Competitor ResearchThe Visibility Audit: your competitors named, the searches your customers make measured, your speed and AI visibility on the record.

02The Brand GuideWho you are, how you sound, how you look. The site is built from it.

03Custom DesignDesigned to your brand and hand‑coded from the ground up. No template underneath.

04Written To Be FoundEvery page written to a search someone is already making, then asking for the next step once.

05SEOStructured data, real content and technical SEO on every page, so Google reads the site properly.

06AI SearchSet up for the AI answers that now sit in front of search. Google's AI cited the Mission Beach Hideaway's site in 8 of 20 where‑to‑stay questions on 7 October 2026.

07SpeedBuilt light and fast. Wildside measures 96 on mobile PageSpeed.

08TrackingEnquiries and bookings counted to the page that drove them, from launch day.

The BuildOne month · plus GST$5,000

Each stage comes off the next→ the whole ladder

Who Does The WorkBuilder Plan Or Build[Side By Side]

The templateChosen from thousandsDrawn from your brand guide

The wordsYours to writeWritten to the searches people make

The search set‑upYours to doDone, structured data throughout

The speedThe platform'sHand‑coded, measured after launch

The trackingYours to plug inEvery enquiry counted to its page

The research and a brand guideNot includedInside the $5,000

LaunchWhen you finish itOne month

Builder plan prices from the Squarespace and Wix Australian plan pages, read 2 November 2026. Squarespace is $24 a month paid monthly. Wix publishes yearly prices only, from $252 a year.

Should You Build It Yourself On Wix Or Squarespace?

Yes, if the site only has to exist. Wix's cheapest paid plan is $252 a year, and Squarespace's is $24 a month paid monthly.

The plan buys the tools: a template, the hosting and an editor you drag things around in. The words, the search set‑up, the speed work and the tracking are still yours to do, in the evenings, after the real work.

Pay for a build when the site has to bring the work in. That is the part a builder plan leaves with you.

Wix and Squarespace Australian plan pages, read 2 November 2026. Wix includes GST.

How Much Does A Website Cost In Australia?

Built yourself, $252 a year on Wix. From a template, $1,800 to $4,600 for a typical business site. Built custom by YKC, $5,000 plus GST.

The difference is what comes inside the price. A custom YKC website takes a month, and the $500 Visibility Audit and the $1,500 Brand Guide are already in the $5,000, because each stage comes off the next.

01Built yourselfWix or Squarespace. A template, the hosting and an editor. The words, the search set‑up and the speed are yours to do.$252a year, Wix paid upfront

02From a templateA web designer sets up a ready‑made theme, often WordPress, and adds plugins for the rest. The theme and the plugins need updating for as long as the site runs.$1,800 to $4,600a typical business site

03Built customResearched against your competitors, designed to your brand and hand‑coded from the ground up. Written to be found, set up for SEO and AI search, measured after it launches.$5,000YKC, plus GST, one month

Builder plans from the Squarespace and Wix Australian plan pages. Template builds: the middle half of 22 business‑site packages published by 9 Australian web designers. All read 2 November 2026.

The Visibility Audit 1 weekwhere you show up, where you do not and what the gap is worth$500 The Brand Guide 2 weeksthe foundation the site is built from$1,500 The Build 1 monththe website, with the two above inside it$5,000

Plus GST · each stage comes off the next · → the whole ladder

What a YKC website includes →Smaller sites are quoted to the job →

Is There A Monthly Fee To Have A Website?

Yes. Every website pays for a domain and hosting, whoever builds it.

On Wix or Squarespace it sits inside the plan: a year on the cheapest paid plan is $252 on Wix, paid upfront, and $288 on Squarespace paid month by month (read 2 November 2026).

What Is A Fair Price To Pay For A Website?

One you can count against what the site brings in.

Wildside Adventures sat at 350 Google clicks a month for two years. We rebuilt the site and inside a quarter it read 1,020, with no ad spend behind it.

The Mission Beach Hideaway's site scored 37 for speed on a phone. It scores 86 now. Every build is measured after it launches, so the price has a number to answer to.

Read the Wildside case →

Plate 01 · Wildside AdventuresRebuilt, Written, Engineered · № 0001

Found Before
It Was Admired

Same business, same season, same reef. The rebuild was written for the searches people were already making, then designed around them.

The ProblemA site that looked fine and ranked for nothing.

What We DidHand‑coded rebuild, every page written to a real query, structured data throughout.

The WindowOne quarter, no ad spend behind it.

Search Clicksa month, from 3501,020

Page 1search terms, all organic60

PageSpeedmobile, measured96

Read the case →

2.39:1 · wildsideadventures.com.auLive

He captured our identity and translated it into a strong, cohesive brand across everything we do.Allan Thomas · Owner

The Wildside Adventures website, the whole page

The whole page · 4,366px00%

Questions · Three On FileWebsite Cost[Answered]

What is the average cost of a 5 page website?

Builds are priced by the job, not the page. A custom YKC build is $5,000 plus GST, and smaller sites are quoted to the job.

Do professional web designers use Wix?

Some do, for sites that only need to exist. We hand‑code, so the speed and the search set‑up are written into the build instead of added after it.

Can ChatGPT create a website?

It can write the code for a page. It cannot tell you what your customers type into Google, or count whether they found you.

The Build

$5,000

The website the whole thing points to. Written to be found, engineered to be fast, measured after it launches.

One month · plus GST · the Audit and the Guide inside it

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