Guide for businesses
A website for the self-employed: what you need and how much it costs
By Alex MG Studio · · 5 min read
Quick answer
For most self-employed professionals, a one-page website with your services, the area you cover, guide prices and contact buttons is enough. It costs, as a rough guide, between €150 and €600 when built by a designer, plus the domain and hosting in your name. It must include a legal notice, a privacy policy and a cookie policy.
Plumbers, physiotherapists, electricians, trainers, advisers, photographers… If you work for yourself, your own website is your business card, 24 hours a day.
Does a self-employed professional need a website?
If your customers look you up on Google before calling you, yes. Without a website you depend on recommendations and social media; with one, you appear when someone searches for your service in your area, you explain clearly what you do and you build trust before the first contact.
What kind of website you need
To start with, a well-built one-page website is enough for almost every self-employed professional: who you are, what you do, where you work, prices or starting prices, reviews and how to contact you. If you offer many different services or want a blog, you can grow into a multi-page website later.
What it should include
- What you do and where, on the first screen.
- Your services, explained without jargon.
- Prices or guide prices: they filter enquiries and build trust.
- The area you cover, especially if you go to the customer’s home.
- Real customer reviews.
- Call, WhatsApp and email buttons, easy to tap on a phone.
Legal obligations for a self-employed professional’s website
- Legal notice: Spain’s LSSI requires you to display your name, tax ID (NIF), address and a contact email.
- Privacy policy: the GDPR requires you to explain how you process personal data, especially if you have a contact form.
- Cookie policy: plus a consent banner only if you use non-essential cookies (analytics with cookies, advertising…).
How much it costs
A one-page website built by a designer costs, as a rough guide, between €150 and €600, and a website with persuasive copy and local SEO between €300 and €1,000. On top of that you pay each year for the domain and hosting, which should be in your name. I go into detail in how much a website costs and how much it costs to maintain.
How to win customers with your website
The website works best together with a complete Google Business Profile with reviews, and with your town and your services clearly stated in the copy. I explain it in local SEO: how to appear on Google in your town.
And at Alex MG Studio? I work with three fixed-price plans for businesses all over Spain:
- Basic Plan, €149 + VAT: a one-page, mobile-friendly website with WhatsApp and call buttons, published on your domain.
- Business Plan, €290 + VAT: all of the above plus persuasive copy, local SEO and set-up in Google Search Console.
- Pro Plan, €490 + VAT: everything above with several pages, bookings or a calendar and custom animations.
- Optional maintenance, €19 + VAT a month: monthly changes, checks and backups, with no minimum term.
Payment: 25% when we start and 75% before delivery. The domain and hosting are registered in your business’s name, so the website is 100% yours.
See what each plan includes or request a no-obligation quote.