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The short answer needs a brief
I do not publish a universal price for a business website because the work changes with the project. A small service site with finished photographs is a different assignment from a multilingual site with booking rules, migrations and new copy. Neither is the same as a product with customer accounts.
For a useful estimate, send the current URL if one exists, the audience, the main action visitors should take and the required languages. Include a list of integrations and identify what content is already usable. This reduces assumptions before design starts.
What should the offer include?
| Part of the project | Question to ask |
|---|---|
| Structure and design | Which pages and reusable layouts are included? |
| Content | Who writes, translates and approves the text? |
| Integrations | What happens when a booking or email service fails? |
| Existing website | Which URLs and files must survive the move? |
| Delivery | Which browsers, devices and workflows are tested? |
| Ownership | Who receives the repository, domain and hosting access? |
| Support | What is included after launch, and for how long? |
Ask for exclusions as well. If photography, translation or data import is outside the price, it still belongs in your total project budget. A clear exclusion is more useful than discovering missing work just before launch.
Separate the build from recurring costs
A quote should distinguish implementation from hosting, domain renewals, paid services and maintenance. Email, booking tools or external APIs may introduce their own recurring charges. Confirm which accounts belong to you and how those services can be changed later.
For multilingual work, plan the cost of keeping translations current. The multilingual website guide describes the parts that often get missed, including form errors and language-specific metadata.
Define acceptance with a real customer task
Instead of accepting only a screenshot, agree on a practical test. A visitor should find the service on a phone, understand the offer and submit an enquiry that reaches the right mailbox. A booking or account flow needs its own acceptance criteria.
If the scope grows into separate client, business and admin roles, the NearYou project shows why that becomes application work. For a service business in South Tyrol, send a short website brief. We can define the deliverables before discussing a price.