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Five quick questions, no typing, no email wall. You get an itemized market estimate for your exact site, side by side with the flat price we actually charge Monterey County businesses.
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Step 1 of 5 · What kind of site do you need?
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The short answer
For Monterey County small businesses in 2026, here is what we actually charge: a hosted one-page site is $59 per month, a full 5 to 7 page local business site is $950 one-time, an online store is $2,000, and a site with a built-in AI receptionist is $3,000. Content writing, extra pages, and rush timelines move the number, which is exactly what the calculator above prices for your picks.
The honest answer to "how much does a website cost" is always a range, because two 5-page sites can be very different projects. Agencies nationally quote anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 or more for comparable work, and most hide the number behind a sales call. The calculator above shows that market math itemized for your exact scope, right next to what the same site costs with us.
One-time builds renew at $350 to $500 per year for hosting, domain, and SSL. Optional monthly care plans run $99 to $399.
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What actually moves the price
Type of site
A brochure site, a store, and an AI-powered site are three different builds. Checkout, inventory, and AI training are real work, so this is the biggest single lever.
Page count
Every page needs writing, design, and SEO. One to five pages is a small jump. Past twelve, site structure and internal linking become a project of their own.
Features
Online booking, payments, customer accounts, and AI chat each add integration and testing time. English + Español is the one thing we never charge extra for.
Content readiness
If we write your copy and source your photos, that is real production work. Showing up with text and photos ready saves you several hundred dollars.
Timeline
A two-week launch means your project jumps the queue, and that carries a rush fee. A flexible timeline never costs extra.
Your answers move every lever.
Price my projectActually local
Built in Salinas, priced for Monterey County
We publish our prices because local owners get burned by quote-only pricing that changes depending on who is asking. The numbers in this calculator are the same ones a plumber in Salinas, a med spa in Monterey, or a restaurant in Watsonville actually pays. And every build ships in English + Español at no extra charge, because that is what this county actually needs.
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Website cost questions, answered
Because two "5-page websites" can be very different projects, and market pricing genuinely swings between a freelancer and an agency for the same scope. The range is built from the line items you picked. Our matching tier below it is not a range at all: one flat published price.
Our one-time builds renew at $350 to $500 per year, which covers hosting, your domain, and SSL. Optional care plans (content updates, SEO, Google Business Profile management) run $99 to $399 per month. Starter Presence is different: $59 per month covers everything.
No. The range is a market estimate: what your scope typically costs across the sources we reviewed. Our own flat price for the same scope shows right below it, and the exact quote comes out of a 15-minute conversation, in writing.
A DIY builder runs $16 to $50 per month and is a fine start if you have the time and the writing skills. What you are paying us for is the part the builder does not do: copy that converts, local SEO that ranks in your city, and a site you never have to touch. The hidden cost of DIY is usually your own weekends.
Usually about the same as a new build of the same size, sometimes slightly less when your content carries over cleanly. Pick "Redesign my current site" in the calculator and it prices that path for you.
The market ranges are averaged from published website-builder, freelancer, and agency pricing we reviewed, kept deliberately conservative. Our own prices shown next to them are flat and published, so that half is not an estimate at all.
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