Websites
How much does a small business website cost in Scotland?
What a small business website really costs in Scotland in 2026: the four pricing models explained and what you should get for the money.
5 min read
Services
Website creation and redesign
Turns the people already searching for what you do into phone calls and enquiries, rather than losing them to a slow, unclear site.
Quoted in writing after a free consultation, and kept affordable on purpose.
What it gets you
- More of the people searching for what you do end up contacting you instead of a competitor
- Fewer calls asking what the site should have answered: prices, hours, parking, the areas you cover
- A site you are happy to put on a van, a card and an invoice
- You own your web address and the site, not an agency and not a page builder, so leaving costs you nothing
What this could do for you
A few examples of what it could look like for a business like yours. Ideas, not promises.
More enquiries from the same visitors
A refresh that makes your phone number easy to tap, your prices easy to find and your pages quick to load could turn more of the people already visiting into calls.
A site that works in the hand
Most people check a local business on their phone, often while they are out. A site built for a small screen first keeps them reading instead of backing out.
Your own shop, with no platform cut
Selling products? Your own online shop, with your name on it, means no platform commission and no platform subscription, only the card fee on each sale. The build is a one-time fee.
Compare it with the platform fees
Why it matters
Most small business websites lose customers at something simple. They take five seconds to load on a phone, they read like a brochure nobody asked for, or the phone number is three taps down. The unwelcome part is that a prettier site does not fix that on its own. What brings in enquiries is a page a customer lands on from their mobile, understands in ten seconds, and acts on.
When not to buy this
- Your work comes entirely from word of mouth and you are already turning jobs away.
- You need a site live this week, because one worth having takes two to three weeks.
- Your current site already brings in enquiries and only needs its prices and photos updating.
Who it is for
A few of the businesses this is built for, what it is costing them today, and what changes.
| Your business | Today | With this in place |
|---|---|---|
| A plumber whose website is a Facebook page | Customers cannot see prices, areas covered or how to book, so they ring the next plumber. | A site that answers those questions and takes the enquiry, working while you are under a sink. |
| A salon with a ten-year-old website | Slow on a phone, the price list is years out of date, and every booking comes by phone. | Current prices, opening hours and a booking link, all readable in one thumb scroll. |
| A café that only exists on Instagram | Nobody searching for lunch in your town finds you, because there is no site to find. | A site Google can find, with your menu, hours and address, working alongside the feed. |
| An accountant competing with national firms | Their site looks like a real firm, yours looks like a template, and visitors judge on that. | A site that looks like a firm worth trusting, written about your clients rather than a template. |
What you get, and what it means for your business
| What you get | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Built for a phone first | Most of your visitors arrive on a mobile, and they stay instead of backing out of a cramped page. |
| Pages that load quickly | People give up on a slow site within seconds, and some of those were ready to buy from you. |
| Search groundwork from day one | Your pages are named, structured and described so search engines can match them to what people type. |
| Contact forms that reach you | An enquiry lands in your inbox while the customer is still interested, rather than in a black hole. |
| Web address and email set up | Nothing to buy or set up, and your web address is registered in your business name, so it is yours. |
What is included
- Designed for a phone first, so the visitors who arrive on a mobile stay long enough to call you
- Pages that load before someone gives up and goes back to the search results
- Set up for Google from day one: clear page titles, a sensible structure and the behind-the-scenes details, so you can be found for the work you actually do
- Copy written about your business and your customers, rather than filled in from a template
- Contact forms that reach your inbox, so enquiries get answered while the customer is still interested
- Your web address, hosting (where your site lives), the padlock certificate and a business email address set up for you, with nothing for you to do
- An online shop of your own if you sell products, with no platform taking a commission on every sale
Questions
How long does a small business website take?
Most sites of five to eight pages take two to three weeks from the first conversation to going live, and the slow part is almost always gathering your photos, prices and opening hours rather than the build itself.
Do I own the website and the web address (domain)?
Yes. Your web address is registered in your business name and the site is yours. If you ever want to move it elsewhere, the files and the web address go with you. There is no lock-in and nothing to pay for leaving.
Can you redesign the website I already have?
Usually, and often it is cheaper than it sounds: the content already exists, so the work is design, structure and speed rather than starting from an empty page. The free consultation is where I find out which it is.
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