Pricing and process
Elimenti's custom websites start at $3,000, and most projects land between $3,500 and $4,500. That includes design, custom code, copywriting, a basic SEO setup and up to three rounds of revisions. Every project is scoped individually, you get the exact price in writing before work starts, and the site is yours after the final payment.
What it costs
- Custom website
- From $3,000. Most projects land between $3,500 and $4,500.
- Included
- Design from scratch, custom code, copywriting, a basic SEO setup and up to three rounds of revisions.
- Site Care
- $175 a month, or $85 an hour for one-off edits. Five-business-day turnaround. About Site Care
- Photography
- Optional, $85 an hour.
- Visual identity
- Logo, typefaces and colors, quoted per project.
- Not offered
- Online stores and self-editing dashboards.
What moves the price
- How many kinds of page you need. Ten treatment pages built from one design cost far less than ten different layouts.
- How much there is to write. Copy is included, and a long service menu takes longer to write well.
- Photography. Whether we design around photos you have or shoot new ones.
- Connections. Linking to your booking platform or online store is simple. Anything more custom is scoped in the proposal.
- Visual identity. A new logo and type system alongside the site adds to the price and the timeline.
How a project runs
- 1. Call
- A video call about your business, your customers and what the site has to do. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so here.
- 2. Proposal
- Scope, price and timeline in writing, before any work starts.
- 3. Design and copy
- We write every page and design the full site, then you get up to three rounds of revisions.
- 4. Launch
- Custom-coded, tested on phones and desktops, and launched on your domain with basic SEO in place.
- 5. Site Care
- Changes after launch, turned around in five business days.
Most projects launch four to six weeks after kickoff. The biggest variable is content: a site moves as fast as photos, details and feedback come back.
Payment and ownership
You pay by card through Stripe or by check. After the final payment, the site is yours: the domain and hosting are in your name, and the code is plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript that any developer can work on. You're never locked in to us.
Comparing quotes?
Our website cost guide lays out what each kind of website costs in Chicago and the suburbs, and the questions worth asking any designer before you sign. If you're weighing a builder against custom code, read Squarespace or a custom website. Specific questions are answered in the FAQ.
Before you sign with anyone, read the questions to ask a web designer, and for the timeline, how long a custom website takes.