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How long does a website take? Realistic timeline
A website creation project is not a weekend job, but not a six-month project either. What happens in which order, where bottlenecks typically occur, and how to shorten the timeline.
Website creation takes 4 to 8 weeks in practice. The biggest time factor is almost never the implementation itself, but how quickly content, access, and decisions come from your side.
01 — Timeframe
How long it takes
- Typical duration
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Price
- Individual based on effort
The timeline starts after approval of the quote. Lead time for initial meeting and quote: typically one to two weeks. We provide a fixed price after this initial meeting.
02 — Process
The steps in detail
Vision and structure
What should someone do when they leave the site? That determines the page structure, not the other way around.
Design
A design for the home page and one subpage. Only once that's right does the rest get built.
Implementation
Build, add content, technical review for speed and accessibility.
Go-live
Migration, redirects for old URLs, setup of tracking. Followed by training.
03 — Bottlenecks
What typically causes delays
- Content and deliveries. By far the most common cause of delay. Text, images, price lists, access credentials — what's missing blocks progress.
- Decisions. When it's unclear who approves, the project waits. A named contact person with decision-making authority noticeably shortens the timeline.
- Access to third-party systems. Getting access to inventory management, phone systems, or CRM regularly takes longer than the integration itself.
- Endless review rounds. Two correction rounds are normal, five are a sign that the goal wasn't clear at the start.
04 — Scope
What's included
- Structure and copy based on what your customers actually search for
- Design in your corporate look, light and dark, without template appearance
- Technically sound: fast loading time, clean heading structure, structured data
- Accessibility according to WCAG 2.1 AA as standard, not as an extra charge
- Content management system so you can change content yourself
- Legal texts, cookie logic, and analytics set up in compliance with GDPR
05 — Questions
Frequently asked questions
What happens to our old site?
The content is carried over as long as it's suitable, and old addresses are redirected to the new ones. Without these redirects, you lose the visibility built up over years — that's the most common mistake in a relaunch.
Are there subsidies?
For digitalization projects in Austria, there are several funding programs, such as KMU.DIGITAL (kmudigital.at) or the aws digitalization subsidy (aws.at). Whether your project currently qualifies, we check individually — the application must be approved before awarding the contract in any case.
WordPress or something else?
Depends on the case. WordPress makes sense when many people manage content and standard features are enough. Where speed, security, or custom functions matter, we build leaner. We don't recommend what we like building most, but what you can still operate in three years.
What does ongoing operation cost?
Hosting, domain, updates, and backups are ongoing costs — how much depends on the size and requirements of the site, and we state that transparently in the quote. Anyone who skimps on that skimps until the first security incident.
How long does it take?
Four to eight weeks is realistic if content and images arrive on time. The bottleneck is practically never development, but approval of texts and photos.
What does a website cost in Austria?
There's no serious way to answer that as a flat rate — the market ranges are huge because a one-pager and a multilingual company site with twenty pages are completely different projects technically. What matters most is how much content has to be created from scratch — that's almost always the biggest line item, not the technology. Send us a quick note about what you have in mind, and you'll get a proposal that fits your scope.
Does our website have to be accessible?
Since 28 June 2025, the Accessibility Act (Barrierefreiheitsgesetz) applies in Austria. Mainly affected are online shops, bookings, e-ticketing, and banking services in consumer business; micro-enterprises are exempt for services. A pure information site generally doesn't fall under it — we still build to WCAG 2.1 AA because it makes the site better for everyone and the rules tend to get stricter.
06 — Next
Related pages
- Having a website created — Overview
- Having a website built — measuring success
- Having a website created — Funding
- Having a website created — Costs
- Having a website created — Common mistakes
- Having a Website Built — Alternatives
- Having a website built — introduction
- Having a Website Built — Provider Comparison
- Landing page
- SEO
- Website relaunch
- All guides
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