Austen Agency | Serving Artists

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Website Design & Build

Your website is the marketing foundation and online anchor of your art business. Artists with their own website are more credible to potential buyers, collectors, gallerists, agents, businesses, and more. Whether you’re starting from scratch or need a website overhaul, we can help.

The website plans we offer can also be a good fit for galleries or other art spaces.

We offer 3 website levels plus several Add-On options. With any level you choose, your art business will have a professional, responsive website that looks great on any device and is structured to add more features as you want them.

Although prices are listed below, the best way to get an accurate cost for your website project is to schedule a free consultation. With several factors to consider, we'll help you choose the right plan to achieve your goals.

How Pricing works

  • One-Time Costs: Prices shown in “Levels & Pricing” below are one-time fees you pay to Austen Agency for the initial design & build of your website.

  • Ongoing Platform/Hosting Costs: We build on Squarespace and Shopify. The platform cost (with website hosting) is a separate fee that’s paid directly to the platform since you will be the sole owner of your website. These costs are set by the platform, not Austen Agency. The annual cost ranges between $200 - $1000+/year, depending on the capabilities you need. Most platforms allow either monthly or discounted annual payments. We will walk you through these costs during the Initial Consultation.

  • Free Training: As part of your project, after your website is built and released, we’ll conduct a 30-minute Site Overview on basic website functionality.

  • Technical Support Costs: After your website is published, if you do not have the time or technical skills to make future changes to your website, we strongly recommend opting into a Technical Support Plan (TSP). If you opt-in, it’s a required 6-month commitment with a separate cost, ranging from $30 - $75/month. You can start/stop the TSP at any time (outside of a 6 month term). Most of our clients use the TSP and find it very helpful to change out their artwork, add fresh content (helpful to SEO), and perform various updates to their website. Learn more about our TSPs.

Levels & Pricing

The Process

Schedule your free consultation phone call to discuss which level would work best for your goals and budget. To proceed, we’ll send an agreement and payment link for the deposit, collect your files and wording, and get your website built! Depending on the website level you choose, this service will require 30 minutes - 3 hours of your time across a few Zoom sessions for prep and review.