What does a website cost for a small business?

What a small business website costs depends on who builds it and what you pay every year after that. With us: one price a year, with the domain name and hosting included, and no hourly rates. Here is what it adds up to over three years, incl. 21% VAT.

Three years with us, incl. VAT

Website, 1 page€154.88 three years: Year 1: €67.76Year 2: €43.56Year 3: €43.56
Tradesman€289.19 three years: Year 1: €143.99Year 2: €72.60Year 3: €72.60
Website, 1 page with online booking€402.93 three years: Year 1: €170.61Year 2: €116.16Year 3: €116.16

Year 1 includes building the website; after that you pay the same amount every year. No promotional first year.

Cost over three years, incl. VAT
Package	Year 1	Years 2 and 3	Three years
Website, 1 page	€67.76	€43.56 a year	€154.88
Tradesman	€143.99	€72.60 a year	€289.19

Businesses pay the same amounts without VAT. Want to compare with building it yourself or hiring an agency? Our full comparison with sourced prices of Dutch providers is in Dutch: wat kost een website.

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Three years: building it yourself or with me

The cheapest plan of two website builders against my one-page package, over three years, as each pricing page showed it on 16 October 2026. Excl. VAT on both sides: Wix and Squarespace add VAT at checkout.

Choice	Total, 3 years
Website, 1 pageTegnest	€128.00excl. VAT
Wix LightBuild it yourself	€504.00excl. taxes, as shown
Squarespace BasicBuild it yourself	€432.00as shown, VAT not stated

This compares prices, not everything you get: a website builder gives you far more freedom; with me you don’t build or write it yourself.

Side by side, with where each one is the better pick: Tegnest vs Wix, Tegnest vs Squarespace.

Tegnest

Website, 1 page

3 years

Website, 1 page, cost per year over 3 years
Year 1
Website, 1 page	€20.00
Website hosting (first year)	€36.00
Year 2
Website hosting, with your domain name	€36.00
Year 3
Website hosting, with your domain name	€36.00
Total, 3 years	€128.00

Our prices excl. VAT, to compare with theirs. As you pay them, incl. 21% Dutch VAT: €154.88 over three years.

What you get

A design made for your trade, with your services, prices, opening hours and contact on one page.
AI writes the copy from what you fill in; you read it before you pay.
Hosting, https and a domain name in your name, every year. Mail to your domain is forwarded to your own inbox.
You change your details, photos and colours yourself at no extra cost; 10 AI changes a month and 3 changes by me a year are included.

What you do yourself

Fill in your details and read the copy.

Good to know

No mailbox to send from: mail is forwarded only.
No webshop and no custom design.
More pages or a quote form cost more.

Build it yourself

Wix Light

3 years1 2 3

Wix Light, cost per year over 3 years
Year 1
Light plan (12 × €14)	€168.00
Domain name (included the first year)	€0.00
Year 2
Light plan (12 × €14)	€168.00
Year 3
Light plan (12 × €14)	€168.00
Total, 3 years	€504.00

Wix shows prices without taxes; VAT is added at checkout. Printed as Wix shows them.

What you get

A drag-and-drop editor with thousands of templates to change as you like, hosting and a domain name.
An app market for extras.

What you do yourself

Build the website, write the copy and choose the photos yourself.

Good to know

Wix’s English plans page showed $17 a month from my (Dutch) connection; this is Wix’s euro price as its German, French and Dutch pages show it.
From year 2 you also pay for your domain name. Wix doesn’t publish that price on its plans page, so it isn’t in the total.
Taxes are added at checkout at your country’s rate.

Build it yourself

Squarespace Basic

3 years4

Squarespace Basic, cost per year over 3 years
Year 1
Basic plan (12 × €12)	€144.00
Domain name (included the first year)	€0.00
Year 2
Basic plan (12 × €12)	€144.00
Year 3
Basic plan (12 × €12)	€144.00
Total, 3 years	€432.00

Printed as Squarespace shows them; its page doesn’t say whether VAT is included.

What you get

Polished templates to change as you like, hosting and a domain name.
Selling products and services is included, with a transaction fee on this plan.

What you do yourself

Build the website, write the copy and choose the photos yourself.

Good to know

From year 2 the domain renews at Squarespace’s standard rate, which the plans page doesn’t show, so it isn’t in the total.
The page doesn’t say whether VAT is included.

Sources for the builders

Wix, Premiumpakete, de.wix.com/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 (text and capture kept).
“Light: 14,00 € pro Monat bei einer jährlichen Laufzeit, die beim Kauf komplett bezahlt wird. Die Preise sind exklusive anwendbarer Steuern. Gratis-Domain für 1 Jahr; der Preis danach steht nicht auf der Seite.”
Wix, forfaits Premium, fr.wix.com/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 (text and capture kept).
“Light : 14,00 € par mois, abonnement annuel réglé en totalité à l’achat. Les prix ne comprennent pas les taxes applicables. Domaine gratuit pendant 1 an ; le prix ensuite n’est pas sur la page.”
Wix, plans (English page), www.wix.com/plans, read on 16 October 2026 (text and capture kept).
“Light: $17/mo. Displayed prices are for yearly subscriptions, paid in full at the time of purchase; prices do not include applicable taxes. Free domain for 1 year. Shown in US dollars from our Dutch connection.”
Squarespace, pricing, www.squarespace.com/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 (text and capture kept).
“Basic: €12/mo paid annually (€17/mo paid monthly). Annual plans include one year of free domain registration; the domain then renews at the standard rate, plus applicable taxes. The page does not say whether prices include VAT.”

What does a professional website cost on average?

There is no single average price, and the price guides below don’t give one either. They give a range, and it is wide, because “professional” means a custom design to one person and a tidy site with the right details to another.

These freelancer figures come from Dutch price guides, read on 8 October 2026; I have no sourced freelancer figures for other countries. For building it yourself, see the three years above, at Wix’s and Squarespace’s own euro prices.

A simple website from a web designer, Netherlands1: €500 to €2,000 to build, plus €160 to €1,000 or more a year for domain, hosting, SSL and maintenance. VAT not stated.
A freelancer, Netherlands2: €800 to €3,000 one-off, plus €0 to €50 a month. VAT not stated.
Tegnest: €67.76 the first year for one page, then €43.56 a year, incl. VAT. A design for your trade; AI writes the copy from what you fill in.

A price guide is not a quote: what you pay depends on who you choose and what you ask for.

Sources

Trustoo, website laten maken kosten, trustoo.nl/kosten/webdesign-kosten/, read on 8 October 2026 (archived copy).
Searchlab, wat kost een website in 2026, searchlab.nl/blog/wat-kost-een-website-in-2026, read on 8 October 2026 (archived copy).

The Dutch freelancer figures in full, in Dutch: wat kost een professionele website gemiddeld?

What a website costs per trade

With us the price doesn’t depend on your trade, only on what you add. One page is €67.76 the first year for every trade, then €43.56 a year. Below, what it costs per trade with an add-on, incl. VAT; your trade’s page shows what goes on your website.

a website for your hair salon: Website, 1 page, with online booking: €170.61, then €116.16 a yearWebsite, up to 5 pages, with online booking: €205.70, then €116.16 a year
a website for your beauty salon: Website, 1 page, with online booking: €170.61, then €116.16 a yearWebsite, up to 5 pages, with online booking: €205.70, then €116.16 a year
a website for your plumbing and heating business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your painting business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your gardening business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your taxi business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your roofing business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your garage: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your bookkeeping practice: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your pedicure practice: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearWebsite, 1 page, with online booking: €170.61, then €116.16 a year
a website for your dog grooming salon: Website, 1 page, with online booking: €170.61, then €116.16 a yearWebsite, up to 5 pages, with online booking: €205.70, then €116.16 a year
a website for your driving school: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearWebsite, 1 page, with online booking: €170.61, then €116.16 a year
a website for your cleaning company: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your building company: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your plastering business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your handyman business: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your restaurant or café: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your holiday home: Website, up to 5 pages: €102.85, then €43.56 a year
a website for your bakery: Website, 1 page, with quote form and inbox: €114.95, then €72.60 a yearTradesman: up to 5 pages with quote form and inbox: €143.99, then €72.60 a year
a website for your lessons or coaching: Website, 1 page, with online booking: €170.61, then €116.16 a yearWebsite, up to 5 pages, with online booking: €205.70, then €116.16 a year