"How much does a website cost?" is one of the most common questions we get from Sri Lankan business owners — and it's a reasonable one to ask before committing to a project. The honest answer is: it depends heavily on what the site actually needs to do, not just how many pages it has.

What actually drives the cost

A website's price is shaped less by page count and more by these factors:

  • Custom design vs. template. A fully custom visual design, built to match your brand, takes more time than adapting an existing template.
  • Functionality. A static informational site is a very different build from one with a booking system, product catalog, or customer login area.
  • Content volume. Sites with many product pages, service pages, or blog sections require more structure and more content work.
  • Integrations. Connecting to a payment gateway, CRM, or existing business system adds engineering time beyond the front-end design.
  • Performance and SEO requirements. Sites built to load fast and rank well require additional technical work that a purely visual build skips.

Types of websites and what they typically involve

Business / brochure website

A focused site covering your services, about page, and contact details — often 4 to 8 pages. This is the most common starting point for small and growing businesses and the fastest to deliver.

E-commerce website

Adds a product catalog, shopping cart, checkout, and typically a payment gateway integration such as PayHere. See our e-commerce development page for a full breakdown of what this involves.

Custom web application / business platform

Goes beyond a marketing website into an actual software system — customer portals, internal dashboards, or booking engines. This overlaps closely with custom software development rather than "website" work in the traditional sense.

Ongoing costs to budget for

Beyond the initial build, budget for domain renewal, hosting, and — if your business needs it — an ongoing maintenance or support agreement covering updates, backups, and small fixes.

How JS NEXA HUB quotes website projects

We don't publish a flat website price because two "websites" can involve completely different amounts of engineering work. Instead, we review your specific requirements during a free technical scoping call and provide a written quote based on what your site actually needs to do. See our pricing page for starting reference points on related products.