What it costs
What a recruitment agency website should cost
A recruitment agency needs two things at once: employer clients and good candidates. The site brings both. Here is what it costs and what you're paying for.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Recruitment agency website cost
The short answer on cost
A recruitment agency 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 recruitment agency the number matters less than the fact that your business only works with both sides in place. You need employer clients who instruct you to fill their roles, and you need good candidates to fill them with, and a website has to serve both at once. On one side, an employer chooses the agency they trust to deliver strong candidates fast, judged on your specialism and track record. On the other, candidates apply to your listings or register with you. So the site’s job is to win employers and attract candidates together. Set against the substantial fee a single placement earns, a few hundred pounds is trivial.
What the money buys: both sides of the desk
The value here is dual reach, not decoration. That price buys a site that works the employer side and the candidate side at once: for employers, it proves your specialism, your track record of placements and the professionalism that reassures a business trusting you to hire for it, and for candidates, it presents your roles clearly and makes registering or applying easy, so you build the pool you place from. That matters because a recruitment agency is only as good as both halves, plenty of employer clients are useless without candidates to fill their roles, and a rich candidate pool is worthless without employers to place them with, so a site that serves both keeps placements flowing. A single-sided presence is half a business, while a site that wins employers and attracts candidates covers the whole of what a recruiter runs on. What you are paying for is to bring both sides to your desk.
Why cheaper and dearer both mislead
The thousand-pound-plus agency quotes bundle overheads and complex job-board systems many recruiters do not need. The near-free DIY builders go the other way, producing thin, generic sites that fail to reassure employers and make roles hard for candidates to find and apply to. Both miss the point. A recruitment agency needs a professional site that wins employers and serves candidates, which is a specific thing to get right, so agency prices waste money and bargain builders undercut both sides of your business.
Paid off by one placement
Recruitment income comes in substantial placement fees, so the maths is quick. A single employer client, won because your site proved your specialism and track record, covers the build many times over, and every candidate the site attracts is someone you can place, filling roles and earning fees. Win one client, or make one placement from a candidate the site brought you, and it has more than paid for itself. Set against the substantial fee a single placement earns, the modest cost is an easy decision for an agency whose business depends on bringing both employers and candidates to its desk.
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 recruitment 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 recruitment agency 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 business where a single placement is worth a substantial fee, that is a small price for a site that wins employer clients and attracts the candidates who fill their roles.
What am I really paying for with a recruitment agency website?
A site that works both sides of your business. One side is the employer client, who instructs the agency they trust to deliver good candidates fast, and the other is the candidate, who applies to a listing or registers with you. You are paying for a presence that wins employers by proving your specialism and track record, and attracts the candidates you need to fill their roles.
Why does serving both sides affect the value?
Because a recruitment agency only works if it has both employers and candidates, so a site that serves one alone is half a business. It has to win employers on credibility and attract candidates with roles and easy registration, and doing both is what keeps placements flowing. That dual reach is a big part of what makes the site worth it.
Why do some recruitment agency websites cost thousands?
Agencies bundle overheads and complex job-board systems many recruiters do not need. A lean, professional site that wins employers and lets candidates find and apply to roles does the real job for a fraction of the price, so the big quotes rarely make sense for a recruiter whose need is credibility with employers and reach with candidates.
Is a cheap DIY recruitment agency website good enough?
Usually not. An employer trusting you to hire for them is reassured by a site that looks professional and specialist, and candidates want roles that are easy to find and apply to, and a thin, generic site fails both. You need a credible site that wins employers and serves candidates, and a cheap DIY job undercuts both sides.
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 update roles or services without a separate bill. A static site has almost nothing to break, so there are no surprise maintenance invoices.
How quickly does a recruitment agency website pay for itself?
Very fast, because a single placement is worth a substantial fee, so one employer client won because your site proved your specialism covers the build many times over. Win one client, or fill one role from a candidate the site attracted, and it has more than paid for itself.
Do I own the recruitment agency 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 wins your clients and candidates should belong to you, not be rented back every month.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a recruitment 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.