Sounds like a win, right?
Except… it almost never is.
Here’s what tends to happen: you get a site, sure—but it’s usually a cookie-cutter template someone’s reused a hundred times. They change your logo, slap your business name on it, and call it done. It technically works, but something feels off. It’s generic. It doesn’t quite fit your business, or your brand, or your voice.
And then the real trouble starts.
You try to load the site on your phone and it’s clunky—buttons are too small, text runs off the screen. Someone tells you it’s “not mobile optimized,” whatever that means. You ignore it for now.
Later, a friend Googles your business and says, “I couldn’t find your site.” Turns out, your site isn’t showing up in search results. Why? Because the person who built it never touched anything related to SEO (search engine optimization). That’s the stuff that helps Google understand what your site is about. If it’s not set up right, Google doesn’t know you exist.
You try to fix a sentence on your homepage and break the layout. You try to change a photo and end up with a big empty gap. Now you’re frustrated. You email the person who built it—no reply. You ask around and someone recommends a local developer who tells you it’ll be a few hundred dollars just to clean up the mess.
That $500 website? It’s now costing you time, energy, and real money to patch together.
Eventually, you realize what’s really wrong: the site wasn’t built for your business. It was built to check a box. It doesn’t help you get found. It doesn’t make you look professional. It doesn’t actually do the thing websites are supposed to do—bring in customers.
You start thinking about rebuilding it. Starting over. Doing it the right way. Which means now you’re paying twice for something you could have done once.
Look, I get it. Spending $5,000 on a website when someone else says they can do it for a fraction of that is a hard decision—especially when your budget is tight. But the truth is, you’re not just buying a website. You’re buying peace of mind. You’re buying something that reflects who you are as a business. Something that helps people find you, trust you, and want to work with you.
When we build sites at 5Kwebsite, we think about all the things that cheap sites skip: how fast the site loads, how easy it is to use on a phone, how clear the message is, and how easy it is for you to make updates without needing a computer science degree.
We build websites that are made to last—not just look good today, but work well a year from now, two years from now. We build sites that don’t need a patch every time you change a sentence or update a photo. We build sites that help you grow.
So yeah, a cheap website might sound appealing up front. But it almost always ends up costing more—either in actual dollars or in time and missed opportunities.
Better to get it done right the first time.
If that sounds like something you’re ready for, you know where to find us. We’re smart. We’re friendly. And we build websites that do their job.
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