Website development in South Africa What a custom website costs, and how it gets built.
Custom websites from JC Web start from R15 000. Here's what affects the price, what's always included and how a project runs, step by step.
How much does a website cost in South Africa?
A custom website from JC Web starts from R15 000. Every project is quoted after a free video call, because every site is designed from scratch for one business.
Prices are the same wherever your business is. Durban businesses can also see web design prices in Durban, with local projects we've built.
What affects the price
- How many pages and sections the site needs
- How much copy needs to be written
- Features such as an online shop (e-commerce) or online payments
- Separate pages for different areas or branches
Always included
- A consultation to understand your business, customers and goals
- A custom design for you to approve before anything is built
- Development, tested on all devices
- Copy written for your business
- An SEO-ready page structure, so the site is built to be found on Google
Quick facts
Price: from R15 000
Timeline: about one calendar month
Since: 2007, founded by Justin
Delivered: over 200 websites
Serving: Durban, Nelspruit, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein and nationwide
Get a free quoteHow a project works
About one calendar month from the first chat to launch, with the same two people at every step.
- 1
Free call
A video call about your business, your customers and what the website must do.
- 2
Quote and plan
You get a written quote. Once you accept it and pay the deposit, we plan the pages and the searches to target.
- 3
Your content
Send us your logo, photos and wording, or let us help with any of them.
- 4
Design
A custom design for you to approve before anything is built.
- 5
Build and test
We build your site on a private preview link. You click through it and ask for changes: three rounds are included.
- 6
Launch and aftercare
Your website goes live, set up for Google, with hosting, email and backups looked after, and monthly SEO if you want it.
E-commerce websites and online payments
Want to sell online? We build e-commerce websites with online payments, so your customers can buy from you and pay on your website. An online shop is quoted with the rest of your website, based on your products and how you sell.
What we need to quote
- What your business does, and who your customers are
- Which areas or branches you serve
- The pages and features you need
- Websites you like, and why
- When you would like to launch
After launch
Once you are live, hosting, business email and daily backups are billed separately at R253 a month. You can update the site yourself through a content system, or ask us to make changes. To keep growing on Google, we run monthly SEO for the websites we build, from R10 000 per month.
Questions about website prices
Why don't you show a fixed price?
Because every website is designed for one business. A five-page site and an online shop with online payments are very different projects, so we quote after a free chat.
Is hosting included?
No. Hosting is billed separately once your site is live, at R253 a month for every 10 GB, shared by your website and email. See hosting and email.
How long does a website take?
About one calendar month from the first chat to launch. We agree the schedule with you up front.
Smaller budget?
Need something simpler?
JC Web builds custom websites. For a simpler website with simple SEO, our sister company Simple websites by JC Web builds simple, affordable small business websites.
Ready to talk about your website?
Tell us a little about your business, and we'll reply within one working day.