What does a website cost in 2026? Honest prices for Norwegian businesses

What drives the price

The price of a website follows the amount of work, and the work follows a few factors: how many pages and templates are built, whether the content exists or has to be written, whether you need a webshop or booking, and how much is custom instead of standard.

Design from scratch costs more than an adapted theme. Text someone has to write costs more than text you deliver ready. Integrations — payments, accounting, booking — cost more than a contact page. None of these are wrong to pay for, but you should know which of them your quote contains.

Simple site, standard business site or webshop

A simple website — one to three pages, ready content, standard design — is the most affordable option. With us it starts at 15,000 NOK.

A standard business website with several subpages, adapted design and help with structure and text sits higher. With us it typically lands at 25,000–50,000 NOK, depending on scope.

A webshop costs the most, because payments, shipping, product setup and order flow must be configured and tested. With us a WooCommerce store starts at 40,000 NOK — typical projects land between 40,000 and 90,000 NOK, depending on scope. The wider market spans from hobby pricing to six figures — low prices are not necessarily a scam, but they cover less work.

What the cheapest offers include — and omit

Offers in the lowest price range are usually a ready-made theme with your logo and text inserted. That can be exactly right for a simple start. But compare what is included, not just the number.

What is most often missing: copywriting, structuring around the searches your customers actually make, speed optimisation, training, and a plan for who helps you afterwards. Each part can be bought later — at full price, from someone who first has to learn your site.

What maintenance costs

A website is not finished on launch day. WordPress, themes and plugins need updates, backups must actually run, and small changes come up all year. Expect an ongoing cost — either as hours with a provider or as your own time.

With us a monthly agreement from 3,900 NOK per month covers updates, backups and small changes. Single hours are billed from 850 NOK. Without an agreement you pay per incident — often more expensive in the year something goes wrong.

How to compare quotes

Ask every provider for the same specification: number of pages, who writes the text, whether search structuring is included, what happens after launch, and what changes cost. Only then do the price differences mean anything.

If you want to see how we would solve it, you can get a new website sketched for free — you see a proposal before paying anything. And if you are unsure whether you need a new site at all, 10 signs your business needs a new website helps you judge.