Custom Website Cost Breakdown — Where Every Dollar Goes

Where does a $2,499 custom website budget actually go? Here is the line-by-line breakdown SiteFyd uses internally — and that you should expect from any reputable agency.

Discovery + strategy (15-20%)

Kickoff workshop, audience research, competitor teardown, sitemap, and conversion plan. Skip this and design becomes guesswork.

Design (30-35%)

Wireframes, brand integration, high-fidelity mockups, responsive states, and revision rounds. Senior designers only — no juniors learning on your project.

Development (30-35%)

Hand-coded responsive build, CMS integration, performance tuning, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and Core Web Vitals optimization.

SEO + content (10-15%)

On-page SEO, JSON-LD schema, sitemap.xml, internal-linking map, OG images, and llms.txt for AI search engines. See our full SEO-optimized design page.

QA + launch (5-10%)

Cross-browser testing, real-device mobile QA, analytics setup, 301 redirects, and handover documentation.

What you keep forever

Git repo, design files, written process docs, and the source code for any developer to extend. Compare paths in our comparison hub.