The short answer: between RD$8,000 and RD$250,000, and the difference is not the whim of whoever is quoting. A range that wide exists because "website" describes five different products that have only one thing in common: they open in a browser.
Below are the real ranges in the Dominican market in 2026, what justifies each one, and the costs that keep running after the site is live — the part almost nobody mentions before you sign.
The ranges, by type of site
| Type | Price | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-made template | RD$8,000 – 20,000 | Minimum presence, no demands |
| Landing page | RD$25,000 – 45,000 | Capturing clients from a campaign |
| Corporate site | RD$45,000 – 120,000 | A company with several services |
| Online store | RD$75,000 – 250,000 | Selling with online payment |
| Custom platform | RD$250,000+ | Internal systems, bookings, SaaS |
If your budget sits below the range that matches what you need, it almost always means one of two things: you are going to get a template instead of a site, or the real scope will be quietly cut back without you noticing until delivery.
What actually moves the price
1. Custom design or template
This is the heaviest factor. A template costs US$60 and gets filled with your content: the result works, but your site is identical to a thousand others, and whatever you want to change later runs into decisions made by somebody who does not know your business. A custom design starts from what you sell and who you sell it to.
2. How many pages and how much content
A single page with six sections is not the same as a site with one page per service, a blog and a catalogue. Every new page is design, copy, optimisation and testing.
3. Speed and search visibility
This is where corners get cut when the price is tight, because it cannot be seen. A site can look identical and take four seconds to open, have duplicate titles on every page, and never show up on Google. All of that is technical work that either exists or does not, and you only notice months later, when nobody finds you.
4. Functionality
Taking card payments, calculating shipping, booking appointments, having an English version, connecting an inventory. Each one adds development, testing and maintenance.
5. Who builds it
A freelancer usually charges less and an agency more, but what you buy with the difference is backing: that somebody answers six months from now, that the work is documented, and that you do not depend on one person and their laptop.
The costs that come afterwards
The build price is a one-off. These are not, and it is worth asking about them before deciding:
| Item | Cost | Every | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain (.com) | RD$700 – 2,500 | year | Mandatory |
| Hosting | RD$0 – 15,000 | year | Depends on the technology and the traffic |
| Maintenance | RD$2,500 – 15,000 | month | Optional, except on WordPress |
| Payment gateway | 2.9% – 4.5% | per transaction | Only if you sell online |
Maintenance deserves a note. On a site built with WordPress and a dozen plugins, maintaining it is not optional: if you stop updating, sooner or later somebody exploits a known vulnerability. On a site built with hand-written code and no third-party plugins, there is nothing to update every month, and maintenance becomes whatever you want to change.
About the RD$5,000 offers
They exist, they are real, and they are not always a scam. What you buy for that money is normally a template set up inside a platform you rent: the site lives in somebody else's account, and if you stop paying the monthly fee, it switches off.
For a business that only needs to exist online — opening hours, a phone number, a few photos — that can be enough, and saying so costs us nothing. The problem shows up when that business grows: it wants a feature the template does not allow, it wants to move, or it wants somebody else to carry on with it. That is when it discovers there is nothing to take away.
The useful question is not how much does it cost, but who owns what you paid for.
How to tell whether a price is fair
Five questions you can ask anybody who quotes you:
- Do you hand over the source code? If the answer is no, or "you don't need it", you are renting.
- Whose name are the domain and hosting in? They have to be in yours.
- What happens if I stop paying you? A site that switches off was never yours.
- How many business days, in writing? "Fast" is not a deadline.
- Can I see a site you delivered, live? And open it on your phone on mobile data, not on wifi.
If all five answers are clear, the price barely matters: you know what you are buying. If any of them is vague, no discount makes up for it.
What we charge
So this article does not stay in generalities, these are our prices, which are also published on the site:
| Package | From | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Landing Page | RD$35,000 | 5 business days |
| Corporate Website | RD$85,000 | 12 business days |
| Online Store | RD$165,000 | 20 business days |
They sit in the upper-middle band of each range and we do not pretend they are the cheapest. What they include is what explains the difference: custom design, the technical work you cannot see, and the source code handed over in your own GitHub account. If one day you decide to work with somebody else, you leave with everything.
You can see the full breakdown of what each package includes or a delivered project, with its numbers.