The quick price guide
- DIY website builder (Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy): $0–$30 a month, plus your time. Free tiers exist but look generic and often show ads.
- Subscription "contractor website" services: $50–$200 a month, forever. Convenient, but you never stop paying and you rarely own the site.
- One-time professional one page site: $329–$2,500 once, no monthly fee. Best value for most contractors.
- Agency multi-page website: $3,000–$10,000+ one-time, often with a monthly support or SEO retainer. Overkill unless you need e-commerce or dozens of pages.
Why the price varies so much
The cost of a contractor website comes down to four things: how many pages it has, whether the design is custom or templated, whether you're renting it monthly or buying it outright, and whether ongoing support or SEO is bundled in. A national franchise needing online booking and dozens of service pages genuinely needs to spend more. A local plumber, electrician or landscaper who mainly wants the phone to ring does not.
One-time fee vs monthly subscription
This is the biggest decision. Subscription "done-for-you" website services advertise a low rate — often around $25 a month — but it's billed yearly up front and it never stops. A typical entry plan works out to roughly $330 in year one and about $250 every year after that. That means you pass our single $329 fee in under two years, and you just keep paying — $1,300+ over five years for a simple site.
And there's a catch most people miss: with those services you don't actually own your website, and in many cases the company — not you — is the registered owner of your domain name. Stop paying and your site goes dark. Want to leave and take your site elsewhere? That can mean chasing support for a transfer code, paying an admin fee, and in some cases a fee of up to $500 to move the site. A one-time build costs a little more on day one but nothing after — and the website and domain are yours to keep. For a steady local contractor, that almost always works out cheaper and safer over time.
What about the domain and hosting?
With most providers, two small costs sit underneath any website:
- Domain name (e.g. yourbusiness.com): roughly $10–$20 a year.
- Hosting: anywhere from free on modern static platforms to $10–$30 a month on traditional hosts.
With us, you don't need either to get started. Hosting and a free subdomain like yourbusiness.tradewebsites.us are included, so your site goes live at no extra cost. If you'd rather have your own custom domain, buy it for $10–$20 a year and we connect it free of charge. Be wary of providers who bundle these into a large monthly fee without telling you how cheap they are on their own.
What a contractor actually needs
Most local customers find you on their phone and decide in seconds. To win that customer your website really only needs to: load fast, look trustworthy, clearly state what you do and your service area, and make it one tap to call or message you. A single well-built page does all of that. Extra pages and features are nice-to-haves, not the thing that gets you hired.
What we charge — and why
We build a clean, mobile-friendly one page website for a $329 one-time fee with no monthly costs. It includes your services, your service area, your license and insurance details, and call, text and email buttons — set up and put live for you on a free subdomain, with a custom domain connected free if you have one. We picked one-time pricing on purpose: a sole operator or small crew shouldn't carry a monthly bill forever for a simple website.
If you'd like to see how this applies to your trade, we've written specific pages for plumbers, electricians, general contractors, roofers and landscapers. Not sure you need one yet? Read do contractors need a website?
Frequently asked questions
How much does a contractor website cost in the US?
A simple one page contractor website typically costs between $500 and $2,500 as a one-time project, or $50 to $200 a month on a subscription service. Larger multi-page sites from agencies usually run from $3,000 to $10,000 or more. Tradewebsites.us builds a clean one page site for a $329 one-time fee with hosting and a free subdomain included and no monthly costs.
Are there ongoing monthly costs for a contractor website?
It depends on the provider. Subscription website services charge $50 to $200 a month indefinitely. With our $329 one-time build there are no monthly fees at all — hosting and a free subdomain like yourbusiness.tradewebsites.us are included. If you buy your own domain (around $10 to $20 a year), we connect it for you free of charge.
Why are some contractor websites so expensive?
Higher prices usually pay for multiple pages, custom design, e-commerce, booking systems, ongoing support contracts or monthly SEO retainers. Most contractors winning local jobs don't need all that — a single clear page that loads fast and makes it easy to contact you does the job.
What is the cheapest way to get a contractor website?
The cheapest route is building it yourself on a free tier, but it costs your time and often looks it. The best value is usually a low-cost one-time professional build with no monthly fees, so you get a site that looks credible without an open-ended bill.