How Long Does It Take to Create a Website for Your Contract Service Business?
When you are thinking about creating a website for your contract service business, you may wonder “how long will it take to make a website?”
This is a common question and a good thing to prepare for, especially if you have an idea of when you would like to launch your site.
On average, it can take around a few weeks, up to 2 months to create a website for your contract service business.
In this article, we will walk through things that can impact how long it can take to create a website for your contract service business including who creates your website, the time it takes to plan your website, write the content for it, and design it.
3 Things That Impact How Long It Takes To Create a Website
1. The Time It Takes To Plan Your Website
Before you write or design anything for your website, you will want to think about the structure of your website. This involves planning how many pages you want to start your website with and the URLs for those pages.
For instance, you may decide to start out with a smaller website of about 5-10 pages and start with a linear structure.
If you want to start out with a larger site, it might could be around 10-20 pages.
Generally, it will take just an hour or two to decide your website structure and plan URLs for your pages. However, this can vary depending on your experience and how clear you are on what you want to include on your site.
If working with an agency, the planning process for your site may take a few days to a week since they will meet with you (virtually or in person) to get a sense for your business offerings and ensure they plan out a site that accurately encompasses what you offer.
When considering the amount of pages you want to include on your website, you should keep in mind that the more pages you start out with, the longer it will take to draft the content and design the pages for your website since you will be creating more of them.
2. The Time It Takes To Write The Content for Your Website
As we mentioned above, the amount of time it takes to write the content for your website will be dependent on the amount of pages you are creating. On average, it can take a few days to 3 or 4 weeks to write the text for each of your website pages.
If you have never created a website before, you should account for it to take around 4-8 hours to create your homepage content and about 4-6 hours to create each service page.
Since brainstorming what you want to include on each of these pages can take up a majority of this time, one way you can make this easier and quicker is to start out with a template or a guide for each type of page.
We have created the following guides on what you can include on different types of service pages:
If you decide to have an agency create your website for you, the content writing process can take around a few weeks to 1 month, depending on the amount of pages you are getting created and their familiarity with your type of business.
3. The Time It Takes For You To Design & Build Your Website
The last piece to your website timeline is how long it takes to design and build your site. If you have never designed a website before, it can take 1-4 weeks to design your website. If you have an agency design your website, this process can take a similar amount of time or longer depending on their capacity.
If you are creating your website on your own, one thing you can do to speed up the design process is to use a no-code website platform and the website page templates on these platforms.
Having a preset design for your website makes it easier to easily place content and images into a template and then finetune it to meet your needs.
Understand the Timeline For Creating Your Contract Service Business Website
By looking into how long it will take to create your contract service business website, you are a step ahead. Knowing what to expect can help you form a realistic idea of when you can launch your website.
As we mentioned earlier, one of the ways you can streamline this process and make it go quicker is to follow guides to create content and leverage web page design templates to create your site.
If you have questions about creating your contract service business website, reach out to us today. To learn more about how to digitally market your contract service business, view our “Guide To Marketing a Home Service Business Digitally.”
