What it costs
What a pub website should cost
People check what's on before they pick a pub. The site shows the quiz, the match, the food and the events. Here is what it costs.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Pub website cost
The short answer on cost
A pub website cost starts from £297 for a spec-built site on your own domain, live within seven days, with the first three months of care included, then £49 a month you can stop whenever. That sits below the agency quotes and above the throwaway builders, both of which mislead you. But for a pub the number matters less than how you fill the rooms, which is on what you’ve got on. A pub lives on events, the quiz, the live music, the match you’re showing, on its food, and on being the local people head to for a good night, and more and more people decide by checking what a pub has on before they go. So your website’s job is to show all of it, the events, the sport, the food menu, and to be found when someone looks for a good pub nearby, so what you’ve got on actually pulls a crowd. Set against the busy nights a what’s-on site brings, a few hundred pounds is trivial.
What the money buys: what’s on, and a crowd to see it
The value here is turning your events and food into a full room, not decoration. That price buys a site that shows what’s on, the quiz night, the live music, the match you’re screening, the Sunday roast and the food menu, and that is found when people search for a pub nearby, so what you’ve got on actually reaches the people who would come for it. That matters because people now decide their night, or their meal out, by checking what a pub offers, so showing your events, sport and food well is what pulls them in, while a pub with nothing to find is passed over for one whose night looked better. A site that shows what’s on and gets found turns your events and your kitchen into a busy room. What you are paying for is to fill your pub with the people who came for what you put on.
Why cheaper and dearer both mislead
The thousand-pound-plus agency quotes bundle overheads a pub does not need. The near-free DIY builders go the other way, producing thin, generic sites that neither rank when someone searches nor sell the atmosphere and the events that fill a pub. Both miss the point. A pub needs a findable site that shows what’s on and the food and makes the place look a good night out, which is a specific thing to get right, so agency prices waste money and bargain builders undercut both the visibility and the pull that fill the rooms.
Paid off by the nights it fills
A pub fills on busy nights, so the maths is quick. One well-attended event, a packed quiz or a run of extra Sunday lunches drawn in by the site, soon covers the build, and every regular it turns a first visit into keeps paying back. And because a crowd pulled in for a good night comes back and brings friends, the site keeps filling the rooms long after. Set against the busy nights a what’s-on, findable pub site brings, the modest cost is an easy decision for a pub that wants what it’s got on to actually pull a crowd.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a pub site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
How much does a pub website cost?
From £297 as a one-off, live on your own domain within seven days, then £49 a month for hosting and small edits you can stop any time, with the first three months included. For a pub that fills its rooms on events and food, that is a small price for a site that shows what's on and pulls a crowd in for the quiz, the match or Sunday lunch.
What am I really paying for with a pub website?
A way to show what's on and pull people in. A pub fills its rooms on events, sport, food and being the local people head to, so the site's job is to show the quiz night, the live music, the match you're showing and the food menu, and to be found when people look for a good pub nearby. You are paying to turn what you've got on into a busy room.
Why does showing what's on drive the value?
Because people increasingly decide their night out or their meal by checking what a pub has on, whether you're showing the game, what's the food like, is there music this weekend. A site that shows all that pulls them in for it, which a pub with nothing to find cannot, so its value is in turning your events, sport and food into a full room.
Why do some pub websites cost thousands?
Agencies bundle overheads a pub does not need. A lean site that shows what's on, the food menu and how to find you does the real job for a fraction of the price, so the big quotes rarely make sense for a pub whose task is to show its events and pull a crowd, not to fund an agency.
Is a cheap DIY pub website good enough?
Usually not. People deciding on a pub want to see what's on, the food, and whether it looks like a good night, and a thin, generic site neither ranks locally nor sells the atmosphere. You need a findable site that shows your events and food well, and a cheap DIY job undercuts both the visibility and the pull that fill a pub.
Are there ongoing costs beyond the build?
The domain is about ten to fifteen pounds a year and stays yours. The £49 monthly plan covers hosting, backups and two small edits, so you can keep the events, the food menu and the fixtures you're showing up to date without a separate bill. A static site has almost nothing to break, so there are no surprise maintenance invoices.
How quickly does a pub website pay for itself?
Usually fast, because one busy event night or a few extra Sunday lunches drawn in by the site soon cover the cost, and every regular it brings keeps paying back. Because a crowd pulled in for a good night comes again, the site keeps filling the rooms long after.
Do I own the pub website or rent it?
You own it outright. The domain is in your name and the site is yours to keep even if you stop the monthly plan. I do not lock people in, because the site that fills your pub should belong to you, not be rented back every month.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a pub site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read What a website costs, see the full pricing, or get in touch.