How much does an electrician website cost in the UK?
Honest 2026 numbers for what agencies, freelancers and website builders really charge, and the hidden costs they do not put on the tin.
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Electrician website costs at a glance
| Option | Typical cost | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Local agency, one-off build | £500 to £3,000+ | Then hosting and changes charged on top. Quality varies a lot. |
| Freelance web designer | £300 to £1,500 | Cheaper, but usually generic. You often write the words yourself. |
| Pay-monthly trade website firm | £50 to £100 a month | The monthly price hides a setup fee. Watch for 12 to 24 month contracts and who owns the domain. |
| DIY builder (Wix, Squarespace) | £10 to £30 a month | Plus your evenings and weekends. Rarely ranks on Google. |
| Me | £47 a month | No build fee, no contract. Ongoing SEO included. You see the finished website free first. Cancel anytime. |
What actually drives the price
The design is the cheap part. The expensive parts are the writing and the local SEO. A site that ranks needs a page for each service you offer and each town you cover, each one written properly. That is 20 or 30 pages of work, and it is the difference between a website that gets found and one that sits there.
That is also why quotes vary so much. A £500 site is usually 5 pages with your words pasted in. A £3,000 site should include the lot, but plenty do not. Whatever you are quoted, ask what happens about hosting, changes and the domain name after launch. That is where the surprises live.
My price is simple. £47 a month, everything included, no build fee, cancel anytime. That is less than every pay-monthly firm above, with nothing bolted on afterwards. No setup fee, no contract, no charge every time you want something changed and the domain is yours. And you do not have to take my word for what you would get, because you see your finished website free before you pay anything. Here are real examples built exactly this way, and more on web design for electricians.
Electrician website cost: your questions
How much does an electrician website cost in the UK?
A one-off build from an agency is usually £500 to £3,000 or more, plus hosting and changes on top. Pay-monthly plans run £50 to £100 a month, but most add a setup fee and tie you in for 12 to 24 months. DIY builders look cheap at £10 to £30 a month but cost you your evenings. Mine is £47 a month. That is under all of the pay-monthly plans, with no build fee, no contract and no charge for changes, and you see the finished site free before you decide.
Why is it only £47 a month?
I am not an agency. No office, no account managers, no middlemen. I build your site myself and I update it myself, so the price stays low. Your £47 covers a site written from scratch for your services and your towns, a page for each one, your own domain, hosting, changes whenever you want them and the ongoing SEO that keeps you showing up. No build fee and no contract. You also see the whole thing finished before you pay anything, which no £50 plan lets you do.
What should be included in the price?
Everything. Design, all the writing, hosting, your domain, SSL, changes when you need them and the local SEO pages that get you found. If any of those are extras, the real price is higher than the one on the tin.
Are there hidden costs to watch for?
The common ones are hosting charged separately, a fee every time you want a change, long contracts with exit fees, and not owning your domain. Always ask who owns the domain name. If it is not you, moving away later gets messy.
Is a cheap DIY website good enough for an electrician?
It is better than nothing, but a one-page DIY site rarely shows up on Google. Ranking locally takes a page for each service and each town, written properly and loading fast. That is the part that turns a website from a business card into a job generator.
Keep reading
The whole thing in one place. What you get, what it costs and how to see yours free. £97 a month once it goes live.
Web design for electricians →What goes into a site that gets an electrician found on Google and rung by local customers.
Electrician website examples →Real live client sites you can click and look around. No templates, no mock-ups.
Free website for electricians →How the free build works, why I do it, and the only thing you ever pay for.
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