A business website for EUR 600 to 1,800
For businesses that currently exist only on Instagram, Facebook or a directory listing — and want an address that belongs to them.
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What is a business website?
A business website is a permanently reachable address on the web that a company owns itself, where it can be found, checked and contacted independently of any platform.
A new business website at Vantage Growth costs between EUR 600 and EUR 1,800 and usually goes live within three to five weeks.
Who is this for — and who is it not for?
A good fit if one of these applies
- Sole traders and small businesses in Germany with no website of their own, or only a directory listing
- Associations and initiatives that want members, events and donation appeals at one fixed address
- Businesses whose customers now ask ChatGPT or Google first and pick up the phone afterwards
Not a fit if one of these applies
- Online shops with stock management, shipping and a payment provider — that calls for a shop system, not this offer
- Sites with customer logins, member areas or a connected ERP system
- Businesses that want to publish several new pages a day without learning a content system
What is included?
- Joint decisions on page structure, content and the one action visitors should take
- Design based on a verified colour and type system, not a marketplace template
- Built as a static site whose complete text sits in the HTML without JavaScript
- Contact form without third-party services, spam protection without a captcha, confirmation email
- Draft legal notice and privacy policy matched to what the site actually does
- Operable by keyboard and screen reader, usable from 320 pixels wide and at 200 percent zoom
- Setup on hosting with servers inside the EU, including HTTPS and redirects
- Handover with written instructions and one hour of guidance over video call
How does it work and how long does it take?
| Step | Duration | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| First call | 30 minutes, free | A video call or phone call about the plan. It ends with a concrete price range and a straight answer on whether this offer fits at all. Not a sales call. |
| Structure and content | 1 to 2 weeks | Deciding which pages exist and what belongs on each. Existing copy is reviewed, missing copy written together. This step decides how long the whole project takes. |
| Draft | 3 to 5 days | The home page and one subpage are built as a clickable preview. Changes to colours, type and layout are made here, not later. |
| Build | 1 to 2 weeks | All remaining pages, the form, legal texts and images. One round of feedback on a password-protected preview address is part of the plan. |
| Go-live | 1 day | Domain switch, HTTPS, redirects, registration in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, and a real test enquiry through the form. |
What does it cost and what drives the price?
This service costs between €600 and€1,800. Vantage Growth applies the German small business rule under section 19 of the VAT Act, so no VAT is shown and the amounts are final prices.
- Number of pages — a site with five subpages sits at the lower end, fifteen at the upper
- Whether usable copy and images exist or have to be produced together
- Whether the site needs a content system so it can be edited without a developer
- Whether a second language is included
- Whether events, downloads or a calendar have to be represented
Why a website of your own still matters alongside social media
A website is the only address online whose rules nobody else can change. Instagram decides who sees a profile, Facebook decides which posts get shown, and a directory decides how high a listing ranks. With your own domain, the operator decides.
There is a second shift that has become measurable since 2025. A growing share of the buying decision happens before anyone opens a website at all. In the United States, roughly 68 percent of Google searches ended without a click between January and April 2026 (SparkToro and Similarweb, analysed by Search Engine Land). A business that does not appear in those answers is never checked and never contacted. A social profile helps little here, because it is hard to cite as a source.
What a static site means and why it is the default here
A static site is one whose pages already exist as finished HTML files on the server, instead of being assembled from a database on every request. The difference is invisible to visitors and considerable in operation: no database to compromise, no plugins needing weekly security updates, and no assembly step between request and delivery.
The second reason concerns visibility in AI systems. No major AI crawler executes JavaScript. GPTBot downloads JavaScript files in a share of requests but never runs them, and the same applies to ClaudeBot. A site whose text is assembled in the browser is effectively an empty page for ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. On a static site the complete text sits in the delivered HTML — verifiable with a single command in a terminal.
What to prepare before the project starts
The most common reason a website project takes three months instead of three weeks is missing content. Four things shorten the timeline considerably: a list of your services in bullet points, photographs of your own premises taken on a phone in daylight, the complete company details required for the German legal notice, and a clear answer to what a visitor should actually do — call, submit a form, book an appointment or drop by. A site with three equally weighted goals achieves none of them.
Frequently asked questions
Why is this so much cheaper than an agency?
Vantage Growth is a one-person business run alongside another occupation, with no office, no sales team and no project manager to pay for. AI-assisted research, drafting and coding save further hours. What remains is the time for concept, design and coordination, and that is charged.
What is the catch at that price?
Availability. A side business cannot run three projects at once, and for a deadline two weeks away the honest answer is usually no. There is no weekend cover and no stand-in during holidays.
Do I get WordPress?
Usually not. The default is a static site with no database, no weekly security updates and noticeably faster loading. If you want to edit content yourself, a lightweight content system is connected. WordPress is only built when there is a concrete reason for it.
Who owns the website afterwards?
You do. You receive all files, the domain is registered in your name and so is the hosting contract. There is no lock-in and no licence fee. Any developer can pick up the files and carry on.
Do you work with clients outside Germany?
Yes, remotely, in English or German. Note that the legal texts produced here are drafted for German law — legal notice under the German Digital Services Act and privacy information under the GDPR. For other jurisdictions you need local legal advice.
Do I need a cookie banner?
Under section 25 of the German TDDDG, consent is required for storing or accessing information on a device unless it is strictly necessary for the service. Sites built here load no third-party resources and set no marketing cookies, so no banner is needed. That also keeps the CLS score at zero.
What would your project cost? Ask for an estimate.
Describe your plan in three sentences. Benedikt Hebestreit replies within 24 hours on working days with a concrete price range and a realistic timeline — no meeting, no sales call.