How Much Does a Website Cost on the Sunshine Coast in 2026?

If you've been quoted anywhere between $500 and $50,000 for a Sunshine Coast website in the last year, you're not imagining it. Web design pricing is genuinely all over the map — and most business owners have no way to tell which end of that range is fair. Here's how to read the numbers.

Under $2,000 — templates and DIY

At this price you're getting a template site — usually Wix, Squarespace or a Fiverr-tier WordPress theme. Nothing wrong with that if you're testing an idea. But the templates are used by thousands of other businesses, on-page SEO is generic, and the design won't match your brand for long.

$2,000 – $5,000 — small business sweet spot

This is where most reputable Sunshine Coast studios (us included) start. You're getting a properly designed custom site — usually 4-8 pages — with real SEO structure, mobile-first responsive layout and a designer who returns your calls. Ours start at AUD $2,995 incl. GST.

$5,000 – $10,000 — larger sites and light e-commerce

10-20 pages, a booking system, a small product catalogue, custom illustrations or photography. If you need more than a brochure — but you're not running Woolworths — this is the range.

$10,000+ — real e-commerce, custom applications

Complex e-commerce with hundreds of SKUs, membership systems, custom CMSes, integrations with accounting or POS. Legitimate if you need it, wildly overkill for most local businesses.

Red flags in a Sunshine Coast web quote

• Hourly billing with no scope cap — pricing you can't predict
• No mention of hosting, domain, SSL or ongoing updates
• Templates sold as 'custom design'
• 'SEO included' but no explanation of what that actually means
• Locked-in monthly retainers to make basic changes

If you'd like a fixed-price quote for a Sunshine Coast website with none of the above, that's exactly what we do. Contact us and we'll come back inside one business day.