What it costs
What a sports club website should cost
A community club runs on players, members and sponsors. The site brings in and serves all three. Here is what it costs and what you're paying for.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Sports club website cost
The short answer on cost
A sports club 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 community sports club the number matters in a particular way, because clubs run on tight budgets and volunteers, so a site has to earn its keep. And it does, because a club runs on three things a website serves: new players and families to join, members kept informed of training and fixtures, and sponsors to help fund it. A site welcomes newcomers, keeps the club running smoothly, and presents the club credibly to sponsors, all at once. So the site’s job is to recruit, inform and impress. Set against the players recruited and the sponsors won, a few hundred pounds is trivial, and quickly justified.
What the money buys: recruit, inform and impress
The value here is serving the three things a club runs on, not decoration. That price buys a site that welcomes new players and families, showing what the club offers, the teams and age groups, and making it easy to get in touch and join, that informs members, with fixtures, training times and news, and that presents the club credibly to potential sponsors, showing a well-run, active club worth supporting. That matters because a community club needs all three, growth through new members, smooth running through informed ones, and funding through sponsors, and a site that serves all three does far more for a club than a single-purpose page. It recruits the players who keep the club alive, saves committee time by answering questions and sharing information, and gives a potential sponsor a credible club to back. What you are paying for is to recruit, inform and impress, which is exactly what a community club needs to thrive.
Why cheaper and dearer both mislead
The thousand-pound-plus agency quotes bundle overheads that a volunteer-run community club, of all organisations, should not be paying when every pound is precious. The near-free DIY builders can be a start, but a thin, hard-to-update site often fails to welcome newcomers clearly, keep members informed, or convince a sponsor. Both miss the point. A sports club needs a clear site that recruits, informs and impresses, which is a specific thing to get right, so agency prices waste money the club needs and bargain builders fall short on what the club needs from it.
Paid off by players and sponsors
A sports club website pays for itself in the value it brings, not just cash. A few new players or families recruited, or a sponsor won or kept because the club looks well-run and active, more than justify the modest cost, and the site saves the committee time by answering questions and sharing fixtures and news, freeing volunteers for the club itself. So the return is players, sponsors and time together, all of which a community club needs. Set against the members recruited, the sponsors impressed, and the volunteer hours saved, the modest cost is an easy decision for a club whose site should always be doing more for it than it costs.
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 sports club 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 sports club 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 community club on a tight budget, that is a small price for a site that recruits players, informs members and helps attract the sponsors that fund the club.
What am I really paying for with a sports club website?
A way to recruit players, inform members, and attract sponsors. A community club needs new players and families to join, members kept informed of training and fixtures, and sponsors to fund it, so the site serves all three. You are paying for a presence that welcomes newcomers, keeps the club running smoothly, and presents the club credibly to potential sponsors.
Why does serving players, members and sponsors drive the value?
Because a club runs on all three, so a site that serves only one leaves the others unmet. Welcoming newcomers grows the club, informing members keeps it running, and presenting it well helps win the sponsors that fund it, so a site that serves all three does far more than a single-purpose page. That breadth is a big part of the value to a community club.
Why do some sports club websites cost thousands?
Agencies bundle overheads that a volunteer-run community club, of all organisations, should not be paying. A lean site that welcomes new players, informs members and presents the club to sponsors does the real job for a fraction of the price, so the big quotes rarely make sense for a club whose every pound is precious.
Is a cheap DIY sports club website good enough?
It can be a start, but a thin, hard-to-update site often fails to welcome newcomers clearly or keep members informed, and looks unconvincing to a potential sponsor. You need a clear site that recruits, informs and impresses, and a cheap DIY job often falls short on the very things a community club needs from it.
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 fixtures, news and information current without a separate bill. A static site has almost nothing to break, so there are no surprise maintenance invoices.
How quickly does a sports club website pay for itself?
Quickly in value, because a few new players or families recruited, or a sponsor won or kept, more than justify the modest cost, and the site saves committee time by answering questions and sharing information. For a community club, the members recruited and the sponsors impressed outweigh the cost well.
Do we own the sports club website or rent it?
You own it outright. The domain is in your club's 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 runs your club should belong to the club, not be rented back every month.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a sports club 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.