A five-page website for $500 sounds too cheap. It’s the objection we hear most. So who builds it?

We do, here in Perth. The design and the build aren’t outsourced. This page shows where the saving comes from, so you can check it yourself.

The short version: We charge $500 for a five-page website because we sell one fixed thing, build it the same way every time, and don’t pay for a sales team, account managers or billable meetings. Our own people in Perth design and build it. You own it at the end, and hosting is free on your own account. Five pages is the starting point: we have bigger packages, and custom quotes for bigger jobs.

What to do next: See every package, line by line, on our pricing page, from five pages to custom builds, or start your project. Comparing quotes? Keep reading.

What Perth designers publish for about five pages

On 10 October 2026 we read the websites of 25 web designers and agencies in and around the Perth CBD. Eleven show a price. These are the ones that name a site of about five pages.

What the package is	Published price
6 to 7 pages	$699.99, GST not stated
5 pages	$797 setup, plus a yearly hosting fee, GST not stated
5-page website	$2,990 including GST
Up to 5 pages	$3,450 including GST
CatalystHub 5-page website (Standard build)	$500 flat, including GST

So we aren’t the only low price in Perth. The other two five-page prices are $2,990 and $3,450. The $797 package also adds a yearly hosting fee. Ours has none: the site is hosted free on your own account. The full list, with two-year totals, is on our Perth web design page.

The packages above and ours aren’t identical, so check what’s included on our pricing page before you compare.

A bigger quote isn’t a rip-off

A traditional agency has salespeople and account managers to pay, and often an office. Each project has to cover its share. So the price gap is mostly about how the business is run. It isn’t about how hard the site is to make.

A five-page site for a small business doesn’t need most of that overhead.

Where the saving comes from

Each row is something we either don’t do or do once.

The cost	What we do about it
Selling	We have no sales team. You fill in a brief in about a minute, and we have one 30-minute call.
Scoping	The scope is fixed at five pages for one price. You get it in writing before you pay. There are no discovery workshops billed by the hour.
Building	Every Standard build uses the same three tools: Astro, TinaCMS and Cloudflare. We use them on every one, so we’re quick with them.
Managing	We have no account managers. The people who designed the system are the people who build your site.
Revisions	You send your feedback in one batch, and we turn it around within 24 to 48 hours. Bigger changes can take longer, and we’ll tell you when to expect them.
Getting paid	A Standard build is one payment up front through Stripe. We don’t chase deposits or instalments.
Hosting	A site this size can sit on Cloudflare for free, on your own account.
Travel	We build remotely from Rivervale. There are no site visits.

What “without outsourcing” means here

Vish leads every build, and the people who design your site are the people who build it.

Each site is designed around your business. We don’t reskin a template. The tools underneath are the same each time. The design is new each time.

After launch, the code sits in your own account. You could hire any other developer to work on it, because the tools are open.

What $500 doesn’t cover

The price works because the scope is fixed. Here is where it stops.

More than five pages. Extra pages after launch are $100 a page. A site of about nine pages is around $900 as a custom quote. A Specialist build of up to 15 pages starts at $1,500.
An online store. A custom Shopify theme starts at $700 and is quoted on its own.
Animated or 3D design. That is our Advanced build, from $700.
Bigger sites. We build those too, on a scoped custom quote that is fixed-price where we can make it.
Changes after launch. Revisions are unlimited until you’re 100% happy. After launch, changes go through a care plan or are quoted as a small job.
Your domain name. A .com.au is $22.95 a year at VentraIP’s regular price.

If your job doesn’t fit inside five pages, we tell you before you pay and quote the package that does. They’re all on the pricing page.

A lower price, held to the same standard

Our price is lower. We don’t think our quality is.

Every site is designed from scratch. We design each one around the business and its buyer. We don’t reskin templates.
Every site is checked before launch. We run a launch checklist that covers page performance, accessibility, forms and analytics. Accessibility means keyboard use, screen readers and colour contrast, and we test it.
The same team takes on bigger sites. We designed the new corporate website for Carey Group, a mining and civil company and one of Western Australia’s top 100 businesses. It is in development now.
Clients rate the work. We are rated 5.0 from 16 reviews on Google.

We’d put our builds beside agency work that costs several times as much. You can judge that yourself. Aesir Legal, Nathan Fischer and Sim Dhaliwal are all live, and there is more on our work page.

How to check any low quote

A low price can still be a bad deal if you’re renting a template you can’t take with you. Our guide to cheap websites in Perth has four questions to ask before you pay anyone, including us. For the wider picture, see what a small business website costs in Australia.

Ready to go? Start your project with the one-minute brief, or call (08) 6288 0080. Need more than five pages? The bigger packages are on the pricing page.

Frequently asked questions

Do you outsource your websites overseas? No. Our own people in Perth design and build every site.

Do you use templates? We don’t reskin templates. Each site is designed around the business. The tools underneath are the same on every Standard build (Astro, TinaCMS and Cloudflare), and that is where the speed comes from.

Why is it so much cheaper than an agency? We sell one fixed scope and build it the same way each time. We don’t have a sales team, account managers or meetings billed by the hour, so those costs aren’t in the price.

Do you only build small websites? No. The $500 Standard build is our fixed five-page product. The Specialist build covers up to 15 pages from $1,500, and larger sites get a scoped custom quote. We designed the new corporate website for Carey Group, for example.

Is a $500 website a cut-down website? It’s a smaller one. You get five pages, designed for your business, with an editor that works like Word and a contact form. If you need more pages or an online store, those are priced separately.

What if you miss the seven business days? On-time delivery is written into the contract. If we slip on our side, we keep working at our own cost until the site is live. The clock pauses only while we’re waiting on content from you, and we tell you in writing when it does.

Do I own the website? Yes. The code, the domain, the hosting and every login are handed over at launch.

Are there monthly fees after the $500? Not to us. The site sits on your own account, where hosting is free, and you pay your domain registrar directly. A care plan from $49 a month is optional, with the first month free on a new build, and you can cancel any month with 14 days’ notice.