A clear web design quote is a fixed price in writing that lists nine things: the pages, the design, who writes the content, the integrations (the other tools the site connects to), the hosting cost after launch, the revisions, the timeline, who owns what, and when you pay. If any of the nine is missing, ask before you pay. At CatalystHub, our Specialist build is from $1,500 inc. GST (goods and services tax) for up to 15 pages, with unlimited revisions and free hosting with no ongoing cost. A 30-minute call locks the scope, price and timeline, and you get a one-page summary in writing before you pay a cent. Bigger builds can be split 50/50: half at the start, half at launch.

Make sure it’s a quote, not an estimate

The Queensland Government’s business guide to preparing a quote (updated 16 November 2022) says “An estimate and a quote are not the same.” An estimate is a rough guide to the cost “without having all the specifications”, and “Unlike quotes, estimates are not legally binding.” If you go ahead, the quote “forms part of a legally binding contract”. That guide is written for businesses preparing quotes. For a buyer, the point is simple: an estimate isn’t binding, so ask for a quote.

Our packages have fixed, published prices. Anything custom is quoted in writing before any work starts, and the price is always fixed in writing before your project starts. Our quotes are generally valid for 2 weeks.

The checklist: what a clear quote lists

What the quote should cover	What a clear answer looks like	CatalystHub’s Specialist build
1. Pages	The number of pages, and which pages count	Up to 15 uniquely designed pages, from $1,500 inc. GST. Privacy and terms pages generally don’t count
2. Design	Whether the design is made for you, and how far it goes	More advanced custom design, and custom industry design for tradies, allied health, cosmetic clinics, real estate and hospitality
3. Content	Who writes the words and who adds them to the site	We write the words for you, or help you polish your own. AI-assisted copy is free. You also get a simple editor to change words and images yourself
4. Integrations	Which other tools are connected, and whether they cost extra	Integrations included: booking engines, Google Business schema and capability PDFs
5. Hosting after launch	What you pay each month or year once the site is live	Free hosting with no ongoing cost, on your own Cloudflare account
6. Revisions	How many rounds of changes, and how fast they come back	Unlimited revisions until you’re 100% happy. Each round is turned around within 24 to 48 hours
7. Timeline	When the work starts and when the site goes live	Delivered within 7 business days of the kickoff call
8. Ownership	Who owns the code, domain, hosting account and content	You own your site, code and content. A domain we register for you is in your name. You get every login on launch day
9. Payment stages	How much you pay, when, and how	50/50 on request: half at the start, half at launch. Split payments through Klarna are also available

Pages: what counts as a page

A clear quote says how many pages you’re getting and which ones count. We count uniquely designed pages. Privacy and terms pages generally don’t count toward the total, and blog posts and news articles aren’t counted as newly designed pages. Our Specialist build covers up to 15 pages.

Beyond our fixed packages, each newly designed page is quoted at roughly $100 a page up to 15 pages, with a lower price per page above 15. As a rough guide, that’s about $1,000 for 10 pages, about $1,900 for 20 and about $2,500 for 30. These are guide prices. The exact price is fixed in writing on the 30-minute call before you pay. For how prices change with size across Australia, see website cost by number of pages.

Design and integrations: what’s built in

A clear quote says what the design covers and which tools the site connects to. Our Specialist build includes everything in our Standard build, plus:

More advanced custom design.
Custom industry design for tradies, allied health, cosmetic clinics, real estate and hospitality.
Industry compliance built in. That covers AHPRA, ACCC and GST display rules. AHPRA is the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, the health practitioner regulator. The ACCC is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the consumer watchdog. We build the layout those rules call for, such as prices shown as total prices including GST, no patient testimonials on clinic sites, and practitioner registration numbers on profiles, and we check it before launch. We also check your own words and photos against those rules. It isn’t legal advice.
Integrations included. Booking engines and other booking tools, Google Business schema (code that tells Google your business details) and capability PDFs (a downloadable document setting out what your business can do). If you already have a capability PDF, we put it on the site free. Creating a new one is a separate job, quoted separately.
Security hardening and vulnerability fixes at launch.

From the Standard build it also carries SEO (search engine optimisation, setting the site up so Google and AI search tools can find and understand it), privacy-respecting GA4 analytics (Google Analytics 4, which shows how many people visit) set up properly, and an editor you can use yourself. We build to accessibility standards (so people with disabilities can use the site). For speed, our builds load in under a second on 4G and score Lighthouse 95+ on mobile (Lighthouse is Google’s speed score).

Google Business schema is different from your Google Business Profile. Setting up the profile itself is part of our separate Growth Advanced package, so a clear quote should say which one you’re getting.

We’re not tied to one platform. We recommend the setup that suits your project, and you choose. If you want WordPress, we build on WordPress, and the price is fixed in writing before you pay. Free hosting applies to our usual setup, so if you choose another platform, your written quote confirms the hosting cost before you pay.

Content: who writes the words

Some designers upload the words and photos you supply. Others write every page for you, and some larger packages list no writing at all. A clear quote says which one you’re getting.

We offer copywriting (writing the words on your pages) on every build. If you have your own words, we help you polish them. If you don’t, we write them for you, and AI-assisted copy is free. After launch, the editor lets you change words and images yourself with no code.

Hosting costs after launch

Hosting is the service that keeps your site online. It keeps running after launch, so ask what it costs then. On price lists we read in November 2026, some designers charged from $29 to $50 a month for hosting, and some bill it separately after the first year. A clear quote names the monthly or yearly cost, or says there isn’t one.

Our Specialist build runs on your own Cloudflare account (Cloudflare is the hosting company), on Cloudflare’s free tier. So hosting is free with no ongoing cost, and you don’t need a care plan to keep the site online.

Before launch we also set up Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics for free. These are the free tools that show how your site does in search and how many people visit. On a redesign, we set up redirects, which send visitors from your old page addresses to the new ones. We keep an eye on all of it for generally one to two weeks after the site goes live.

A care plan is optional. Our Specialist care plan is from $79 a month. It adds compliance update monitoring and includes 30 minutes of content updates. The first month is free on every new build, and you can cancel any month with 14 days’ notice, with no exit fees. Without a care plan, you look after updates and fixes yourself, and we’re still a call or email away to help at our hourly rate. To see how these costs add up over time, read what a website really costs over 3 years.

Revisions: how many rounds of changes

Revisions are the rounds of changes you ask for before launch. Some designers’ packages cap them, and the cap grows with the package, for example 1 round for up to 3 pages and up to 4 rounds at 30 pages. A clear quote gives the number, or says unlimited.

On our builds, revisions are unlimited until you’re 100% happy, and nothing goes live until you sign off. You send each round of changes as one list, so nothing gets missed, and we turn each round around within 24 to 48 hours. Bigger changes can take longer, and we tell you in writing when to expect them. Bigger sites over 15 pages get unlimited revisions too.

Timeline: when the site goes live

A clear quote gives a start and an end, in writing. On consumer guarantees, Consumer Protection WA (page updated 15 July 2026) says service providers guarantee “the services will be provided within a reasonable time”, and businesses can’t exclude that in their terms.

Our Specialist builds are delivered within 7 business days of the kickoff call. For builds over 15 pages there’s no set time: we agree the timeline with you in writing on the call.

Who owns what

A clear quote, or the terms it points to, says who owns the code, the domain, the hosting account and the content. The Arts Law Centre of Australia says a creator’s copyright is “not automatically transferred” to the person who commissioned the work. Ownership moves through a written agreement signed by the creator. That’s why ownership belongs in writing.

The domain matters too. auDA, which runs .au domain names, says (26 March 2021) that if a web developer registers your .au domain for you, “you or your organisation must be listed as the registrant of the domain name, not the developer.” The registrant is the legal holder of the name. When we register a domain for you, you’re always listed as the owner.

You own your site, code and content. On launch day we hand over the GitHub repository (the online folder that holds your site’s code, and you become its owner), the domain registrar login, the Cloudflare account, the TinaCMS editor login and any other service logins, such as analytics, forms and payments. All of it is listed on a single handover sheet. Our terms also say that once you’ve paid in full, you own the code, design, content and brand assets we make for you outright, with the copyright assigned to you. Third-party and open-source software, fonts and stock photos stay under their own licences. More in who owns your website.

Payment stages: when you pay

A clear quote says how much you pay, when, and how. The Queensland Government’s quoting tips (updated 16 November 2022) say “In some industries, it is common business practice to request half the payment up-front”, and that a quote, once accepted, “becomes a legally binding contract.”

Our Specialist build can be split 50/50 on request: half at the start, half at launch. Bigger builds can be paid 50/50 too. Payments go through Stripe (an online payment service), by card or bank transfer, and you can split payments through Klarna. If you need a different arrangement, we work it out with you on the call. If you only need 5 pages, our Standard build is $500, paid in full at kickoff.

If you ask for something outside the agreed scope mid-build, we quote it in writing first. Nothing is billed without your written go-ahead.

How a CatalystHub quote works

Tell us about the project. Start a Specialist build, or describe a bigger project.
Have the 30-minute call. It locks the scope, price and timeline.
Get it in writing. You get a one-page summary before you pay a cent.
Pay, and the build starts. Payment through Stripe starts the build.

We’re flexible. Scope, timing, payment and what’s included can all be adjusted to suit you, and we agree it with you on the call or by email. Bigger jobs over 15 pages are a custom quote, and we do those too. Hosting on bigger projects is usually free: it’s free on our usual setup, and because we recommend the setup that suits each project, your quote confirms the hosting cost before you pay.

Aesir Legal & Advisory is a Perth law firm practising commercial law, and its live site is one of our builds. The Aesir Legal website was a Specialist build. You can see it with our other builds on our work page. Every package is on our pricing page, and our full terms are public.

Frequently asked questions

Is a website quote legally binding? The Queensland Government’s quoting guide says a quote, once the customer accepts it, becomes a legally binding contract, while an estimate is not legally binding. Ask for a quote, not an estimate.

Can I pay for a website in stages? It depends on the designer. At CatalystHub, Specialist builds can be split 50/50 on request, half at the start and half at launch, and bigger builds can be paid 50/50 too. You can also split payments through Klarna. Standard and Advanced builds are paid in full at kickoff.

How long is a CatalystHub quote valid? Generally 2 weeks. The price is fixed in writing before your project starts.

What happens if I want changes after the quote is agreed? On our builds, revisions within the agreed scope are unlimited until you’re 100% happy. If you ask for something outside the agreed scope, we quote it in writing first, and nothing is billed without your written go-ahead.

How much is a 20-page website at CatalystHub? About $1,900 as a guide price. The exact price is fixed in writing on the 30-minute call before you pay.