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PricingMost studios in Harare will not put a number on a page. Here are the real market bands, what moves them, and what gets left off the quote — so you can judge any proposal, ours included.
These are the ranges you will encounter from established developers here, in USD. They are market observations, not our rate card — every job we take is quoted as a fixed price for that job.
US$150 – US$500
What it is. Five to seven pages, usually template-based. Home, about, services, contact.
Who it suits. Businesses that need to exist online, look legitimate, and be findable by name.
Real value if that is genuinely all you need. You give up differentiation and it is harder to extend later.
US$500 – US$1,500
What it is. Custom design, ten to twenty pages, proper mobile behaviour, and the technical groundwork to rank rather than just be found.
Who it suits. Most serious small and medium businesses. Where copywriting, business email and post-launch support start being included.
This is the band we build in most often.
US$1,500 – US$5,000+
What it is. Booking systems, member logins, multi-language, large catalogues, integrations with what you already run.
Who it suits. Businesses buying a piece of software that happens to have a public front page.
Priced on what it has to do, not how many pages it has.
from US$600
What it is. Driven by catalogue size and payment methods rather than page count. Gateway integration is usually a separate line.
Who it suits. Anyone selling online. Thirty products and one payment method is a very different job from three thousand with variants.
See our guide to Zimbabwean payment gateways before you choose one.
US$500 – US$5,000
What it is. A bot that answers common questions and captures enquiries sits at the lower end. Taking orders, checking stock or booking appointments sits at the upper.
Who it suits. Businesses losing enquiries outside office hours, or drowning in the same ten questions.
Meta charges per conversation on top. Model it before you launch a campaign.
A template takes hours to configure. A custom design takes days before a line of code is written. This is the single biggest swing in any quote.
Most quotes assume you supply the content. Most clients then find that twelve pages of copy is harder than expected, and the project stalls. Decide upfront.
Stock images are cheap. A photographer for a day is not. For a lodge, a restaurant or a construction firm, real photography is often what makes the site convert.
Every integration — payments, bookings, email marketing, stock — is separate work with its own testing and its own failure modes.
A site with no maintenance plan is cheaper on day one and more expensive in year two, when the contact form has quietly stopped working.
Get written answers on all six before you accept anything — from us or anyone else.
Roughly US$6 to US$20 a year for a .co.zw. Small money — but it must be in your name, not your developer’s.
Often US$50 to US$150 a year for a small business site. Some quotes include year one and stay quiet about year two.
[email protected] is not automatic. It is a paid service or a mailbox on your hosting.
Should be free and automatic in 2026. If someone charges separately for it, ask why.
Can you change prices yourself, or does every edit mean emailing a developer and waiting?
When it is finished, do you own the code, the domain and the hosting account? The answer should be yes, in writing.
A simple brochure site typically runs US$150 to US$500, a custom business website US$500 to US$1,500, and a complex platform US$1,500 upwards. Online shops generally start around US$600. The single biggest factor is whether the design is custom or a template.
Fixed prices, agreed in writing before we start. Hourly billing on a first website almost always ends badly for the client, because the risk of the unknown sits entirely with you.
We build with AI throughout — scaffolding, first-draft implementation, tests and content structuring all happen substantially faster than they used to, with senior engineers reviewing everything before it ships. A build that took six weeks takes two or three, and we charge for the work.
Around half up front and the balance on launch is standard and fair. Paying the whole amount upfront is not — it leaves you with no leverage.
Yes. Tell us what you are trying to build and we will give you a straight number, including when the honest answer is that you need something smaller than you asked for.
More detail in our guide: How much does a website cost in Zimbabwe?
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