The website building process is a “ping-pong” between the studio and the client
When people ask me how long it takes to build a website, the most honest answer is that it depends greatly—and not always on the studio. It’s important to understand that the work process is a kind of ping-pong game: we at the studio advance with development and design, but to continue, we need materials from the client such as texts, images, and a logo. Often, the significant delay occurs when the client needs time to prepare this content. The faster the responses and materials reach us, the faster the website goes live.
| What are we building? | How long does it take? |
|---|---|
| Standard landing page (short text and form) | 1-2 business days |
| Complex landing page (One-Pager with sections) | 2-3 business days |
| Corporate website (up to 5 pages) | 12-15 business days |
| Online store (including payment gateway integration) | 15-25 business days |
Our expertise in building, your expertise in content
Take, for example, a website for an architect. We are proficient in website development, UI/UX, and marketing, but we are not architects. We cannot know which professional aspects are important to emphasize. Our role is to take the raw materials you provide, refine them from a marketing perspective, implement SEO headlines and keywords, and transform them into an effective website. Therefore, your availability to provide the content is the most critical factor in the timeline.
Corporate website: 12-15 business days and the site is live
Building a standard corporate website (homepage, about, services, contact, and blog—up to 5 pages) can take between two to three weeks. If all materials—graphics, texts, and logo—are with us, the website can go live as quickly as possible. This includes development, design, final testing, and uploading to the server. Everything depends on one thing: that everything we need to work with is already in our hands.
Landing pages: from quick design to an elaborate “one-pager”
Timelines for landing pages vary according to complexity. A simple landing page (one screen with a form and some graphics) can be ready within one business day. In contrast, a One-Pager type page that includes multiple sections (introduction, about, areas of interest, and testimonials) requires more work. Such a page will typically take between one to two days of work, assuming all content is ready in advance.
Online Store (E-commerce)
Building a store is a more complex process because it has many more pages (product pages, shopping cart, checkout, account management). If the client manages inventory and provides us with organized lists (in Excel, for example), this significantly shortens the process. Another factor is the integration with the payment gateway provider—this is an external factor beyond our control and can take several days. Therefore, two to four weeks is a realistic timeframe for setting up a store from scratch, once all information is with us.
Summary: Meeting deadlines is a mutual commitment
It’s important to remember that even though these are average timelines, ultimately each case is unique and every project receives its specific attention. Delivering materials on time and finalizing the schedule in advance are the keys. On our end, meeting deadlines and commitment to execution times are very important values.
