FlashCrafterElectrician website design and hosting cost guide
Published prices for DIY builders, templates, freelancers and agencies, plus the renewal, hosting and ownership terms that change the three-year total.
Published prices for an electrician website cover a very wide spread. Website builders start around $10 a month. Template and freelancer builds commonly run from about $1,500 to $6,000. Agency builds are quoted from $4,000 up to $20,000+ for multi-location companies. The gap between those numbers comes from what you are buying: a rented site on a monthly plan, a one-time build you own, or a build plus an ongoing retainer.
Build price alone is a poor way to compare. Domain renewals, hosting, maintenance and email recur every year, and some plans take the site offline if you cancel. One published 36-month comparison runs from $351 for a custom-coded one-pager to $24,200 for an agency build plus retainer. This guide lists each figure with its source, so you can see whose number it is.
Prices come from vendors' own pricing pages where available, and from vendor and third-party articles otherwise. Third-party pages disagree on some builder prices, so where a vendor's page and an article differ, the vendor's page is used. Figures from articles that price in pounds or come from overseas agencies with no US pricing are left out. Treat every number as a starting point and confirm it with the vendor before you commit.
Price ranges
Siimple electrician site (builder, goes offline if you cancel)
UENI Website Launch plan
UENI Growth plan
Wix Light plan
Squarespace Basic
Squarespace Core
Jobber Core (website builder included in all plans)
Jobber Connect
Jobber Grow
Jobber Plus
| Option | Low | High | Unit | Source |
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| Siimple electrician site (builder, goes offline if you cancel) | $8 a month billed yearly | $10 a month | per month | Siimple pricing page (getsiimple.com/for-electricians) |
| UENI Website Launch plan | $18.74 (two-year billing) | $24.99 (monthly billing) | per month; $20.83 on annual billing; setup listed as $599 struck through to $79 | UENI pricing page |
| UENI Growth plan | $93.74 (two-year billing) | $124.99 (monthly billing) | per month; $104.16 on annual billing | UENI pricing page |
| Wix Light plan | about $17.77 | — |
Cost drivers
A monthly plan keeps the cost low at the start, but you rent the site. Siimple sites go offline if you cancel. PageDrop's custom-coded one-pager is priced at $351 over 3 years with the client owning it, while a rented site at $39 a month comes to $1,404 over the same period. UENI's pricing page does not state what happens to your domain if you cancel, so ask before you sign.
Jobber puts DIY at $800–$2,000, freelancers at $1,500–$6,000 and agencies at $4,000–$15,000+. Built-Right prices template, custom and multi-location builds in three separate tiers, and PageDrop says custom builds 'start at $8,000 for electrician-specific work'.
48HourWebsites prices by page count: $399 for 1–2 pages, $699 for 3–5 pages and $1,099 for 6–12 pages. Built-Right's basic tier covers 5–7 pages. Cannone builds dedicated pages per service and per town.
Domain renewals ($15–$50 a year per Built-Right, $10–$15 per Zarla), hosting ($30–$100 a month per Built-Right), and maintenance ($100–$300 a month per Built-Right, $119–$449 per PageDrop) add up. 48HourWebsites includes one year of hosting, then renewal runs $120–$360 a year.
Built-Right lists CRM integration with ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro and Jobber, along with content and copywriting, as part of higher tiers. Jobber's website builder is included in every Jobber plan, so the site cost is folded into your field-service software bill.
A website does not bring in calls on its own. BizIQ puts local SEO at $300–$1,000 a month for maintenance and $1,200–$3,000 for an active retainer, and Local Services Ads at $39–$85 per lead. BizIQ also cites a budget benchmark of 7–8% of gross revenue, attributed to the SBA.
Prepaying changes the monthly price. Jobber Core is $49 with no commitment, $39 on a 1-year term and $29 prepaid annually. Squarespace Core is $29 billed annually or $39 monthly. UENI Website Launch drops from $24.99 monthly to $18.74 on two-year billing.
Scope check
Builder plans: Jobber's website builder is included in all Jobber plans. Squarespace annual plans include a free domain for 1 year.
48HourWebsites: one year of hosting is included, and the vendor states 'you own all code and design outright.'
Cannone Marketing: AWS hosting, Google Business Profile management and 100 QR review cards are included with the $199 setup plus $49 a month, with 'No contracts. No lock-in.'
Built-Right Digital builds: its higher tiers are described as covering content and copywriting, CRM integration (ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber) and service-area pages. Ask what each tier includes in writing.
Domain, hosting, maintenance and email are often priced separately. Check which of them a quote covers before comparing it with another.
Buyer caution
Very low one-time offers. Built-Right flags $300–$500 website offers as a red flag.
A builder who registers your domain and hosting in their own name. Built-Right advises confirming 'you own 100% of the intellectual property'.
A site that disappears when you stop paying. Siimple sites go offline on cancellation, and UENI's pricing page does not say what happens to the domain.
Quotes that show only the build price. Over 36 months, PageDrop's comparison ranges from $351 to $24,200, so ask for a three-year total including domain renewals, hosting, maintenance and email.
A promise of a #1 Google ranking. Google's Search Central guidance says 'No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google', and Google's Business Profile help says 'There's no way to request or pay for a better local ranking on Google.'
Mass-produced 'Electrician in [City]' pages. Google's spam policies describe doorway abuse as pages 'created to rank for specific, similar search queries', with examples that include 'multiple domain names or pages targeted at specific regions or cities that funnel users to one page'. Ask how a vendor builds town pages and whether each carries distinct content.
Statistics with no source. Several vendor pages quote consumer-behavior percentages without a visible source. Check the original before relying on them.
A missing license number. Texas rule 16 TAC §73.51(e) requires advertising by electrical contracting companies to include the contractor's name and license number, and California B&P Code §7030.5 requires the license number in advertising. Whether a website counts as advertising under the Texas rule is not stated in the rule text reviewed. Check your own state's rule.
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Vendor pages change. Figures are as published on the capture date; confirm before deciding.
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| Wix plans page |
| Squarespace Basic | $19 (annual billing) | $25 (monthly billing) | per month; free domain for 1 year on annual plans | Squarespace pricing page |
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| Squarespace Core | $29 (annual billing) | $39 (monthly billing) | per month | Squarespace pricing page |
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| Jobber Core (website builder included in all plans) | $29 (prepaid annual) | $49 (no commitment) | per month, one user; $39 on a 1-year commitment | Jobber pricing page |
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| Jobber Connect | $99 (prepaid annual) | $139 (no commitment) | per month, one user; $119 on a 1-year commitment | Jobber pricing page |
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| Jobber Grow | $149 (prepaid annual) | $199 (no commitment) | per month, one user; $169 on a 1-year commitment | Jobber pricing page |
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| Jobber Plus | $399 (prepaid annual) | $499 (no commitment) | per month, one user; $439 on a 1-year commitment; extra users $29 a month each | Jobber pricing page |
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