What does a website cost in New Zealand?

For most small New Zealand businesses, a good website costs somewhere between about $500 and $5,000 to build, plus roughly $50 to $1,000 a year to keep running. Where you land depends on how many pages you need, who writes the words, and whether you need anything clever like bookings, payments or logins.

The ranges below are rough, because every business is different. They’re here so you know what’s normal before you start getting quotes.

Typical price ranges in New Zealand

What makes a website cost more

• More pages. Each service or location page is more design and more writing. Three good pages beat fifteen thin ones.
• Writing the words. Copywriting takes time. You can save money by writing your own, though most people would rather talk for fifteen minutes and have someone else write it up.
• Features. Online bookings, payments, an online shop or customer logins all add build and testing time.
• A logo and branding. If you don’t have a logo yet, that’s a separate piece of work.
• Moving an old site. Bringing across lots of old pages, blog posts or products takes time, and so does making sure Google follows them to the new addresses.

The running costs nobody mentions

• Your domain name. A .co.nz or .nz address is a yearly fee, usually somewhere around $25 to $50. Make sure it’s registered in your name or your company’s.
• Hosting. From a few dollars a month for a simple site to much more for a busy online shop.
• Email at your own domain. Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace charge per person, per month.
• Care and updates. Someone keeping the site secure, backed up and up to date. Ours is $79 a month, and optional.
• Your time. Keeping hours, prices and photos current is what keeps customers trusting the site.

Five things to check in any quote

• Who owns the domain and the website once it’s paid for. It should be you.
• The price and a launch date, in writing, before any work starts.
• How you pay. A deposit and a balance at launch is normal. Paying everything up front isn’t.
• What it costs to run after launch, and whether there’s a minimum contract term.
• Whether Google is part of the job: a Google Business Profile, Search Console and pages that describe what you do and where.

What we charge

We publish our prices, because we think you should know roughly what you’re in for before you pick up the phone. A starter website is usually from $500 for up to three pages. A business website is usually from $3,500 for up to fifteen pages with a custom design. Every job gets a written quote, you pay in stages, and you own it all once the final invoice is paid.

Not sure what you need? We’ll design your new home page for free so you can see it before you spend anything.