What a small business website actually costs in the US.
One plan: $247/month, 12-month minimum term, price locked 24 months. $0 build. First payment only after your site is live and tracking is verified. Same team. Same standards. Different price point.
The honest answer to “how much does a small business website cost in the US?” is somewhere between $1,000 and $50,000, plus ongoing hosting/maintenance fees. The wide range exists because most agencies charge for the build (design, copy, dev) AND for ongoing care (hosting, monitoring, updates) AND have different ideas of what those mean.
Your site is built SEO-optimized at launch, and we bundle hosting, monitoring, and ongoing website changes into one monthly fee. We eat the upfront build cost so you don't pay until the site is live. That changes the maths from “$5,000 risk” to “$247 when it's working.”
One simple plan. Starts at $0.
First payment only triggers when your site is live and tracking is confirmed. Same team and same standards as Loudachris's $3,000+ custom builds.
- Free 5-day SEO-optimized build
- US hosting, SSL, backups, security monitoring
- Call tracking and form tracking
- Ongoing website changes (swap a photo, add a page, edit copy)
- Price locked 24 months
- Cancel after 12 months · 30 days notice
How this compares to a typical US agency.
Comparison based on quotes Loudachris has reviewed for clients moving from previous agencies. Your mileage may vary by agency.
Pricing questions, answered.
Most US agencies charge $3,000-$10,000 upfront for a small business website, plus $500-$2,000/mo for hosting and SEO. We charge $0 upfront and $247/mo for hosting plus ongoing website changes (site built SEO-optimized at launch). Same team that builds Loudachris's $3,000+ custom sites.
$247/month with a 12-month minimum. Total over the minimum term: $2,964 across the year. That's it. No upfront. No setup fee. No surprise hikes (price locked 24 months).
One plan: $247/month with a 12-month minimum term, then 30 days notice to cancel. Price locked 24 months. You own the site, domain, and code from day one.
After your site goes live AND tracking is verified (call tracking, form analytics, Search Console). Not before. If we don't deliver in 5 working days, your build is free for life.
Yes. Your $247/mo is locked for 24 months. No surprise hikes. After 24 months, any rate adjustment is communicated 60 days in advance with the option to cancel.
US-based hosting, SSL, daily backups, security and uptime monitoring, call tracking, form tracking, and ongoing website changes (swap a photo, add a page, edit copy). Your site is built SEO-optimized at launch.
No. The price shown is the total. All prices are in US dollars and no sales tax, GST, or VAT is added on top. Invoicing is from Loudachris Digital Marketing (Australia), and the AU-US service-export arrangement does not require collection of US state or local sales tax on the monthly Care Fee. What you see is what you pay.
Yes. After your minimum term, give 30 days written notice and you walk away. You keep the site, the domain, the code. No exit fees. No held-hostage assets.
Upgrade to Loudachris's full-service plan ($3,000+ custom build, $1,500+/mo SEO + Ads management) any time. Discount applied for existing free-websites clients.
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