Is a $500 website worth it?

If one page covers what you need and you can supply the words and photos, yes. You get one focused page with a contact form, basic SEO setup, analytics and a revision round. If you actually need six pages and a booking system, start with the business website, because pages added after launch cost more than pages built in.

Why do two quotes for the same site differ so much?

They’re usually priced on different scope. Ask each studio to list what’s excluded. Copywriting and photography are the usual gaps, and so is loading the content.

Do these prices include GST?

There’s no GST to add. C4 Studios isn’t registered for GST, so the prices here, in Australian dollars, are what you pay.

How much does an online store cost in Perth?

With us, from $3,500 for a starter store with up to 20 products loaded, standard checkout and basic shipping and tax rules. More products are $300 for each batch of up to 25. Bigger catalogues, POS sync, subscriptions or custom product logic move into add-ons or the larger tiers, such as the $7,500 growth build.

What does a website cost to run each year?

Your domain and hosting are billed by whoever provides them, so we haven’t put a number on them. If you’d like us looking after the site, care plans start at $99 a month. On a pay-monthly plan, hosting and maintenance are included while you pay.

Are pay-monthly websites a rip-off?

They cost more over the full term, roughly twice the outright price with ours. In return you start without the upfront cost, with hosting and maintenance included while you pay. The thing to check with anyone is whether you ever own the site. Ours is yours once the term is paid, or earlier if you buy it out.

How accurate is this guide?

Every price here was checked against our own price list on 16 October 2026, the same list our web design page is built from. They’re starting prices for the scope each package lists. Other studios will charge differently.

How much does a website cost in Perth in 2026?

Straight numbers, from our own price list. A one-page landing site is $500, and a brochure site of two to five pages is $800. A business website is $1,500, or $2,500 for a custom site. Online stores start at $3,500 and web apps at $4,500. A custom platform starts at $10,000 and is scoped by proposal.

Caleb Scott13 June 2026Updated 16 October 20267 min readShows the sources this article was checked against, beside the text.

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With us, a business website of up to six pages is $1,500, and a custom site of up to eight is $2,500. A one-page site is $500 if you supply the words and photos. If paying upfront is the hard part, the business website is also $99 a month with hosting and maintenance included, and it’s yours after about 31 months.

Our prices in three brackets

Base Websites$500-$2,500: $500 landing pages and $800 brochure sites stay lean: supplied content, simple structure, and clearly defined revision rounds.
EcommerceFrom $3,500: Starter stores cover up to 20 products, standard checkout, basic shipping/tax rules, and order notifications.
Web App StartersFrom $4,500: MVP apps start with one core workflow. Portals, dashboards, roles, integrations, and admin tools scale from there.

All prices are starting prices based on defined scope. Landing pages start at $500, brochure sites at $800, ecommerce stores at $3,500, and web app starters at $4,500. Larger builds scale with pages, catalogue size, integrations, content volume, and custom functionality.

Every package, every price

Checked against our price list on 16 October 2026. All prices in AUD. No GST is added, as C4 Studios isn’t registered for GST.
Package	Outright	What it covers
Landing Page	$500	One focused page for a new offer or a simple service business. You supply the copy and images.
Brochure Site	$800	Two to five simple pages sharing one design. You supply the copy and images.
Business Website	$1,500	Up to six pages built around getting enquiries, with enquiry routing and analytics.
Custom Website	$2,500	Up to eight pages, with custom sections and a blog or CMS foundation.
Ecommerce Store	$3,500	A starter store with up to 20 products loaded, standard checkout, basic shipping and tax rules, and order emails.
Web App Starter	$4,500	A first version of a web app built around one core workflow, such as a customer portal or a dashboard.
Growth Build	$7,500	A larger store or web app with more integrations, up to 12 pages or key screens.
Custom Platform	$10,000+	Large stores and SaaS-style products, scoped by proposal.

What changes the price

Every extra page adds to it. While we’re building, a page that matches the design is $100, and packs of three or five pages are $250 and $400. A new custom layout gets its own quote.

So do features. Online booking adds $400 and a payment gateway adds $600. A client login area is $1,000.

Our $500 and $800 sites assume you hand over approved copy and images before we start. If you’d rather we wrote the words, copywriting is $500.

Connecting your site to other software costs more, because two systems have to be made to agree. A custom API integration starts at $1,000, and syncing your inventory or point-of-sale system starts at $1,200.

Some industries may pay a surcharge. Here’s our published note on it, word for word.

Primary source, verbatim

Professional services industries (legal, financial, medical) may incur a 15–20% surcharge due to compliance and regulatory requirements. This will be discussed during your discovery call.

C4 Studios pricing note, as published on our web design page

What it costs after launch

Domain: You renew it through a domain registrar, and the fee is theirs. Make sure it’s registered in your name.
Hosting: If you own the site outright, the host bills you for it. On a pay-monthly plan, it’s included while you pay.
Care plans: If you’d like us looking after the site, plans run from $99 to $299 a month. Basic Care at $99 covers hosting monitoring, security patches, one minor update a month and email support.
Other tools: Paid apps, payment processing fees, stock photos and email hosting are billed by whoever provides them.
Changes: A small one-off update is $75. A new page added after launch, built to match, is $250, against $100 a page while we’re building, so it pays to plan your pages up front.

Can you pay for a website monthly?

Yes. Every package can be paid monthly instead, from $49 a month for a landing page to $499 for a custom platform. The business website is $99. We host and look after the site while you pay, and it’s yours once you’ve paid roughly twice the outright price. You can buy it out earlier if you like. There’s a six-month minimum, then 30 days’ notice.

It costs more over the full term. The business website comes to about $3,069 over the roughly 31 months it takes to own, against $1,500 upfront, with hosting and maintenance included along the way. For a tight launch it can still be the right call. Ask us for both totals and compare them.

Why do website quotes vary so much?

Two quotes for “the same site” are often priced on different jobs. One includes copywriting and photography, and the other assumes you’ll supply both. Revision rounds and launch warranties move the number too. Ours are listed with each package, from one round and a 14-day warranty on a landing page to five rounds and 90 days on a custom platform.

Ask each studio to put in writing what’s excluded, and compare those lists. Our piece on why web designers hide their prices goes through comparing quotes when one of them won’t give a number.

With us, the person who quotes is the person who builds. C4 Studios is one person, so there’s no account manager to pay for.

What we couldn’t establish

We looked for an independent figure for what a website costs in Perth, or anywhere in Australia. Every one we found came from web agencies or quote-comparison sites, which sell or broker the work. We didn’t find one from government or published research, so the only prices in this guide are ours.

Sources

Every figure in this article was read at the document itself.

Web design packages, monthly prices and pricing notesC4 Studios · Read 16 October 2026
Quote builder, with the add-ons, care plans and months to ownershipC4 Studios home page · Read 16 October 2026
About C4 StudiosC4 Studios · Read 16 October 2026
Our price list, the file those pages are built fromC4 Studios · Read 16 October 2026

Common questions

Is a $500 website worth it?: If one page covers what you need and you can supply the words and photos, yes. You get one focused page with a contact form, basic SEO setup, analytics and a revision round. If you actually need six pages and a booking system, start with the business website, because pages added after launch cost more than pages built in.
Why do two quotes for the same site differ so much?: They’re usually priced on different scope. Ask each studio to list what’s excluded. Copywriting and photography are the usual gaps, and so is loading the content.
Do these prices include GST?: There’s no GST to add. C4 Studios isn’t registered for GST, so the prices here, in Australian dollars, are what you pay.
How much does an online store cost in Perth?: With us, from $3,500 for a starter store with up to 20 products loaded, standard checkout and basic shipping and tax rules. More products are $300 for each batch of up to 25. Bigger catalogues, POS sync, subscriptions or custom product logic move into add-ons or the larger tiers, such as the $7,500 growth build.
What does a website cost to run each year?: Your domain and hosting are billed by whoever provides them, so we haven’t put a number on them. If you’d like us looking after the site, care plans start at $99 a month. On a pay-monthly plan, hosting and maintenance are included while you pay.
Are pay-monthly websites a rip-off?: They cost more over the full term, roughly twice the outright price with ours. In return you start without the upfront cost, with hosting and maintenance included while you pay. The thing to check with anyone is whether you ever own the site. Ours is yours once the term is paid, or earlier if you buy it out.
How accurate is this guide?: Every price here was checked against our own price list on 16 October 2026, the same list our web design page is built from. They’re starting prices for the scope each package lists. Other studios will charge differently.