Straight answer: a professional WordPress website from Mako Digital starts from £149.99. No vague estimates, no "it depends" without explanation, no surprise invoices at handover.
This page breaks down exactly what you get at each price point, what drives the cost up, what you can avoid paying for, and how Wigan website prices compare to what you will find from national agencies or DIY builders.
Every price is fixed and agreed before work begins. What you see is what you pay.
Best for: Sole traders, tradesmen, new businesses
Best for: Established small businesses
Best for: Larger businesses, ecommerce, custom functionality
Best for: Businesses wanting to rank and stay ranked
Three things drive website cost: scope (how many pages, how much content), complexity (custom functionality, integrations, ecommerce), and who builds it. A large Wigan agency with account managers, project managers, and significant overheads will charge considerably more than a lean specialist agency doing the same quality work.
At Mako Digital we keep overheads low and pass that saving directly to Wigan businesses. You get a properly built bespoke WordPress site at a price point that would buy you a template build from most other agencies.
A one-page site is the right choice for sole traders, new businesses, and anyone who needs a professional online presence quickly. It covers your services, your contact details, a click-to-call button, and your Google Maps location. Built on WordPress with full SEO foundations — not a landing page builder or a Linktree-style placeholder.
The most common build for established Wigan small businesses. Covers Home, About, Services (or individual service pages), a Testimonials section, and Contact. Enough structure to rank for multiple service and location terms, enough content to build trust with potential customers before they pick up the phone.
eCommerce stores, booking systems, member portals, custom CRMs, multi-location sites. Priced on scope after a detailed brief. Every custom build gets a full written specification and fixed price before work begins.
| Provider Type | Typical Cost | Bespoke? | SEO Ready? | You Own It? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mako Digital (Wigan) | £149.99 – £1,000+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large Wigan Agency | £2,000 – £10,000+ | ✓ | Varies | ✓ |
| Freelancer (Fiverr) | £50 – £500 | Rarely | ✗ | ✓ |
| Wix / Squarespace | £150 – £400/yr | ✗ | Weak | ✗ |
| GoDaddy Builder | £100 – £300/yr | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
The website cost conversation in Wigan — and everywhere else — is often muddied by agencies who quote low to win the work and then charge for everything separately. Common extras to watch for:
The right question is not cheap vs expensive — it is whether the site is built correctly. A £149.99 site built on solid WordPress foundations with proper SEO will outperform a £2,000 template site with neglected on-page optimisation every time.
What you want to avoid is false economy — a site so cheap it is built on a free template with no SEO, no mobile optimisation, and no thought given to how Wigan customers actually search. That kind of site costs you more in lost business than a proper build would have cost in the first place.
Everything Wigan businesses ask us about website pricing.
A one-page WordPress website built by Mako Digital starts from £149.99. This includes bespoke design, mobile-first responsive layout, contact form, click-to-call, on-page SEO foundations, Google Maps, and submission to Google Search Console on launch day. It is a complete, professional website — not a stripped-back starter with features charged as extras.
The gap comes down to what is actually being built. A £300 site is typically a pre-built template with your logo and text dropped in — it looks like dozens of other sites and usually has weak SEO. A £3,000 agency site is often the same work but with large overheads, account managers, and profit margins built in. We sit in between — genuinely bespoke builds at honest prices because we do not carry the overhead of a large agency.
Yes — three main ones. Hosting (typically £5–15/month on a shared plan, we host on Hostinger for most clients), your domain name (around £10–15/year), and optionally an SSL certificate (usually free via Let's Encrypt). We are transparent about all of these upfront. There are no surprise platform fees — WordPress is free and you own everything outright after handover.
A cheap website built properly is absolutely worth it. A cheap website built badly — slow, template-based, with poor SEO — can actively harm your business by appearing in search results but failing to convert visitors, or worse, not appearing at all. The question is not cheap vs expensive. It is whether the site is built correctly. Our £149.99 one-pager is built to the same technical standard as a £1,000 build — the price reflects scope, not quality.
WordPress is self-hosted and you own it outright. Wix and Squarespace are rented platforms — you pay monthly forever, cannot fully export your site, and are limited in what SEO customisation you can do. WordPress gives you complete control, zero platform fees after build, and far stronger SEO capabilities. For any Wigan business that wants to rank on Google long-term, WordPress is the right choice.
Our prices are displayed inclusive of any applicable tax. We confirm the final all-in price before any work begins — no surprises at invoice time.
A one-page site is typically live within five to seven working days. A five-page build takes two to four weeks. Larger custom builds are scoped and timed individually. We agree a clear timeline before starting and keep to it.
For larger builds we are happy to discuss a 50% deposit / 50% on completion arrangement. Get in touch and we will work out something that suits you.
Tell us what you need and we will give you a clear, itemised quote before any work begins. No estimates that grow, no hidden extras, no obligation.
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