What does a small business website cost in northern Michigan?

Here's what the money pays for, the usual ways to get a website and what each runs, and what ours costs. The prices are the ones posted by site builders, by web designers from Big Rapids and Reed City to Traverse City, and by a few others who come up in searches here, checked in October 2026.

What you're paying for

• Building it. Usually a one-time price: the design, your words and photos put in place, and making it work on phones.
• Keeping it online. Usually a monthly or yearly fee for hosting (where your site lives), security and backups. Some plans include small changes too.
• Your domain. The name people type, like yourbusiness.com. About $10 to $25 a year.

Four ways to get one

• Build it yourself

  About $20 to $40 a month

  A site builder's plans for a business run about $20 to $40 a month, or about $230 to $470 for the first year. It costs the least money and the most of your own time.

• A local designer or small shop

  About $250 to $1,500 to build

  Monthly fees run from nothing to about $100. You work with one person or a small team who knows your site, and what's included varies a lot from one to the next.

• A pay-monthly website

  About $20 to $400 a month

  There's no separate price to build it: you pay by the month or the year, from about $20 for a simple site to a few hundred for plans that bundle in more. It's easy to start, and over a few years it can cost more than a one-time build.

• A larger firm or agency

  About $2,000 to $6,000 and up

  A team of designers and writers, often with marketing too, for bigger sites, online stores and ongoing advertising. Hourly work and monthly plans are extra.

What moves the price

• How many pages. One page costs less than five.
• An online store or booking. Selling or taking appointments online costs more to build, and often more each month.
• Who writes the words and takes the photos. It costs less when you provide them.
• How often it changes. A site that changes with the seasons (docks in and out, plowing, summer hours) needs more upkeep than one that stays put.

What a DazeOps website costs

We're DazeOps, based in Cadillac and building websites for small businesses across northern Michigan. Every one starts with a free sample, so you see yours before you pay anything.

One-page website

$400

$200 to start, $200 at launch,
then $20 a month

First year$640

Each year after$240

Full website, up to 5 pages

$1,200 and up

then the Care Plan
at $59 a month

First yearfrom $1,908

Each year after$708

First year: the build plus 12 months.

Both work on every phone, tablet and computer.

Both include

• A custom design
• Tap-to-call on every phone
• A request form
• Your Google Business Profile set up
• Your domain, registered in your name

Good to know

• The Care Plan: hosting, security, backups and monitoring, up to 20 small updates a year, one larger change a year, your Google listing and holiday hours kept right, and a check-in each season. Cancel any time with 30 days' notice.
• Hosting Only: $20 a month in place of the Care Plan, with small updates at $25 each. That's from $1,440 the first year on the full website.
• Spread it out: $300 down, then $139 a month for the first year with the Care Plan included ($1,968), then $59 a month.

This fall: three businesses get a lower price on the full website in return for a spot in our portfolio. See the fall offer